Rodney Herring
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Credentials
BASc, MASc (Windsor) PhD (Birmingham), P.Eng
Area of expertise
Crystal growth, electron microscopy, confocal holography
Research Areas
- Imaging Systems and Associated Imaging Methods
- Crystal Growth and Characterization
- Electron Microscopy and Electron Holography
- Property Measurements of Materials/Matter
Research Description
Dr. Herring's current research program at the 51勛圖 involves the development of imaging systems and their associated imaging methods using beams of electrons, ions, lasers, acoustic, sonar and radio waves in order to study energy and mass transfer in solids, fluids, and plasmas related to nanotechnology, medical diagnostics and Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. Energy-filtered electron holography is applied to the three-dimensional nanoscale measurement of crystal strains and the fundamental properties of quasiparticles such as phonons, plasmons, excitons and magnons in materials.
An award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund was awarded in 2007 enabling the creation of a Scanning Transmission Electron Holography Microscope (STEHM), Field Ion Beam/Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB/SEM), Ion Miller and Plasma Cleaner. The STEHM has proven to be the most stable microscope in the world as well as one of the highest resolution microscopes.
Dr. Herring started his research career in 1977 as an undergraduate student working as a research assistant in the laboratories