Larry Robins
Employment
2007 to present: Physicist, Materials Reliability Division, NIST, Boulder, CO
1987 to 2007: Physicist, Ceramics Division, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD
Education
Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
B.S., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979
Research Interests:
Measurements of mechanical stress and strain at the 10 nm to 100 nm length scale by nano-optical techniques such as tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; optical and mechanical properties of semiconductor nanowires and related low-dimensional nanostructures in the SiGe, AlGaInN, and ZnO materials systems; optical characterization of defects and impurities in semiconductor nanostructures; applications of optoelectronic materials in sustainable technologies for energy generation and efficiency, including solid-state lighting and photovoltaics
Professional Affiliations:
American Physical Society
Materials Research Society
Professional Activities:
Photovoltaics technical area coordinator
Contributor to AlGaAs compound semiconductor composition standard (SRM 2841)