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Albert Davydov (Fed)
Albert Davydov is a leader of the Functional Nanostructured Materials Group. A group of 14 staff scientists and 20 guest researchers develops measurement methods, models, data, and standards for the electrical, chemical, and magnetic properties of nanostructured inorganic materials, including metals and semiconductors, in relation to their microstructure and processing. Five active projects in the group focus on materials and processes for advanced electronics, magnetics, energy and catalysis: (1) Electrochemical Processes (POC: Tom Moffat), (2) Metrology of Magnetic Materials (POC: Cindi Dennis), (3) Magnetic Thin Films (POC: Daniel Gopman), (4) Environmental TEM (POC: Wei-Chang D. Yang), and (4) Low-dimensional and Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductors (POC: Albert Davydov).
Research Opportunities with the Group: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship (open to U.S. citizens) - please contact above POCs if you're interested in applying.
Short Bio: Albert Davydov started his career as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry at MSU (1989-1993), then as a Research Scientist at the University of Florida (1993-1997), followed by a NIST Research Associate position with the University of Maryland (1997-2005). He joined NIST as a staff scientist in 2005. He has extensive experience and a publication record (~150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 5 patents) related to fabrication, processing, and microstructural characterization of a wide range of electronic materials, including semiconductors, 2D, and quantum materials. His expertise also includes thermodynamic modeling and experimental study of phase diagrams for metal and semiconductor material systems.
He serves as a Head of the Semiconductor Task Group for the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), member of Advisory Board with the Applied Physics Review journal, member of the Science Advisory Board with the nanoelectronics COmputing REsearch (nCORE) program at SRC, co-Chair of the Reference Materials Task Group at ASTM Subcommittee on Compound Semiconductors, member of Technical Committee 229 (Nanotechnology) at International Organization for Standardization, and co-Chair of SPIE Optics & Photonics Conference on Low-dimensional Materials and Devices.
He has been mentoring and co-advising M.Sc. and Ph.D. students from the DC metropolitan area universities and NRC postdocs at NIST.
Research interests:
1) Bulk crystal and thin film growth of compound semiconductors, 2D and quantum materials, including gallium nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides, and Group IIIA-VA chalcogenides
2) Fabrication, processing, and characterization of semiconductor nanowires: Si, GaN, SiC, ZnO
3) Thermodynamic assessment of phase diagrams for metal/semiconductor systems: Ga-N, Co-Mo etc.
Awards
2012 Invention of the Year on “Nanoengineered Chemical Sensors for Environmental Pollutants” Award by University of Maryland to the NIST and Univ. of Maryland team
2006 “25 Most Innovative Products (GaN Nanowire Nanolights)” Award by R&D Magazine and Micro/Nano Newsletter (to NIST team)
2003 Award of International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) for contribution to the "Next generation of powder diffraction file"
2001 Best Paper Award on ‘Phase Diagram Assessment’ from APDIC
