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DR ALBERTO CIMMINO



Contact Details

Organization: Physics
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW IN QUANTUM DEVICE FABRICATION
Email:
Work: 8344 7405
Fax: 9347 4783
Room: 209
Level: 02
Building: Physics Building
Campus: Parkville

Biography

Dr. Alberto Cimmino,
born in Naples (Italy) on 8/19/45
Nationality: Australian (1975)
Married, three children.
Address: 7 Wallen St. , East Brighton, Vic 3187
Tel. 9592 2119

Qualifications:
1971: Universita’ FedericoII, Naples
Dottore in Fisica (Dispersion Relations of 4-��o S-matrix based on Unitarity, Symmetry and Crossing )

1981: The University of Melbourne
M.Sc. (The Fizeau Effect for Neutrons)

2002: The University of Melbourne
Ph.D. (The AC experiment with Neutrons)

Work Experience:
1972-75 School of Physics, La Trobe University
72-73 Research assistant
74-75 Supervisor of Teaching Laboratory.

1976: Department of Physics, Bendigo College of Advanced Education
Senior Tutor /Demonstrator.

1976-99: School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
76-80: Senior Technical Officer I
Supervisor of High Energy Physics Laboratory (HEP)

80-86: Senior Technical Officer II-III
Supervisor of Particles and Fields Group (PFG) Laboratory

86-92: Professional Officer I-II-III
Supervisor of Fundamental Experiments Group (FEG) Laboratories

From 1993: HEW8
Supervisor of FEG Laboratories and (from 98) Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Laboratory .
From 1998: School Safety Officer, Laser Protection Officer

2002-04
Research Fellow (CQCT) School of Physics

From 2004: Honorary Fellow and Casual employment in the School

1-12-06 Research Fellow (NANO-CQCT) School of Physics




Awards and Publications:
R&D100 Award for Technological Innovation
ESA Awards for EUROMIR 95 Mission.
Over 60 publications in Pure and Applied Research and Instrumentation.
2 Patents




























Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Spectroscopy Neutron Optics, Atomic Force Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy Australia, France, United States of America

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Dottore in Fisica Universita' Federico II Napoli 31-Dec-1971
Master of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1981
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2002

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) R&D Magazine Development of "Rubbery Ruler" : 100 most significant products for the year 1995 10-Sep-1995
Other (Award) ESA Awards for EUROMIR 95 Mission. 05-May-1996

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Extremely high aspect ratio alumina transmission nanomasks: their fabrication and characterization using electron microscopy
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Nanotechnology
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 0657061-0657066
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Electronic conductance of ion implanted and plasma modified polymers
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 0521031-0521033
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Fabrlcatlon of periodic Al203 nanomasks
    Year: 2007
    Event name: AINSE 2007
    Conference Publication: 15th Australian Conference on Nuclear and Complementary Techniques ofAnalysis & 9th Vacuum Society ofAustralia Congress proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering(Lucas Hieghts)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Progress towards a high-precision Aharanov-Casher experiment with neutrons highlighting its topological nature
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Physica B
    Volume: 385-386
    Page numbers: 1392-1394
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Ultrathin continuous undoped diamond films: Investigation of nanoscale conduction properties


    Year: 2005
    Journal: Diamond and Related Materials
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 272-278
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Manipulation of single magnetic protein particles using atomic force microscopy
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
    Volume: 272-276
    Page numbers: e1231-e1233
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Growth of diamond on ∝-(0 0 0 1) sapphire substrates
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Diamond and Related Materials
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 1663-1669
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  • Highly nonlinear atomic medium with steep and sign-reversible dispersion
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: S479-S485
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  • Light propagation in an atomic medium with steep and sign-reversible dispersion
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Physical Review A
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 0118011-0118014
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Optical detection of donor states in silicon
    Year: 2003
    Event name: AINSE 2003
    Conference Publication: 13 Australian Conference on Nuclear Techniques of Analysis & 7th Vacuum Socity of Australia proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering(Lucas Hieghts)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Nanoscale fabrication using single-ion impacts
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Smart Materials and Structures
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 686-690
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  • Negative group velocity of a light pulse in cesium vapour
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Quantum Electronics
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 567-569
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Effect of surface roughness on field emission from chemical vapor deposited polycristalline diamond
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters
    Volume: 79
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1288-1290
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  • The evaluation of four conditioners for glass ionomer cements using field-emission scanning electron microscopy
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Dentistry
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 131-138
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A role for ion implantation in quantum computing


    Year: 2001
    Event name: 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Page numbers: 169-171
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  • Demonstration of single ion imact on the Si(001) surface using a self-assembled organic monolayer of 1,3,5,7-cuclooctatraene


    Year: 2001
    Event name: 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Page numbers: 282-286
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  • Studies of PMMA for the ion beam route into quantum computing


    Year: 2001
    Event name: 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Page numbers: 327-331
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  • The study of C60 as a thin film resist in the Kane quantum computer


    Year: 2001
    Event name: 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Experimental Implementation of Quantum Computation
    Page numbers: 319-322
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