Dr. Sunnie H.N Lim

 

APD Postdoctoral Fellow Address: University Of Sydney School of Physics (Applied and Plasma Physics) Physics Road (A28) Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia Phone: +61 2 9351 3311 Fax: +61 2 9351 7726 Email: shnlim@physics.usyd.edu.au Research Group: USyd, Science, Physics

 

Role in the network

Early Career Researcher (ECR)  

Materials Research Focus

Innovative structural and functional materials for diverse applications  

Current Research Activities

Thin films synthesis of advanced materials
Materials Characterisation
electron microscopy
Physical Vapour Deposition
Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO)  

Selected Publications

Characterisation of Cathodic arc deposited titanium aluminum nitride films prepared using plasma
immersion ion implantation
Journal of Physics.: Condensed Matter vol 17 pp2791-2800. 2005
S H N Lim, D G McCulloch, M M M Bilek, D R McKenzie, S P Russo, A S Barnard and A Torpy

Electrical conductivity as a measure of the continuity of titanium and vanadium thin films
Thin Solid Films vol 474, pp 341-345, Mar 2005
F.A Burgmann, S.H.N Lim, D.G. McCulloch, B.K. Gan, K.E. Davis, D.R. McKenzie, M.M.M Bilek

Control of stress and microstructure in cathodic arc deposited films
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 31 vol 5; pp 939-944 Part 1; Oct 2003
M.M.M. Bilek, R.N. Tarrant, D.R. McKenzie, S.H.N. Lim, D.G. McCulloch.

Minimisation of intrinsic stress in titanium nitride using a cathodic arc with plasma immersion ion
implantation.
Surface & Coatings Technology vol 174-175C, pp 76-80, 2003
S. H. N. Lim, D. G. McCulloch, M. M. M. Bilek and D. R. McKenzie

Voltage dependence of cluster size in carbon films using plasma immersion ion implantation
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms,
vol 206, pp 741-744, May 2003
D. R. McKenzie, R. N. Tarrant, M. M. M. Bilek, G. Pearce, N. A. Marks, D. G. McCulloch and S. H. N. Lim

Relation between microstructure and stress in titanium nitride films grown by plasma immersion ion
implantation
Journal of Applied Physics vol 93, No 8, 17, pp 2483-2488, Jan 2003
S.H.N Lim, D.G. McCulloch, M.M.M Bilek, D.R. Mckenzie

Wannier function analysis for understanding disordered structures generated using Car-Parrinello
molecular dynamics
Molecular Simulation 28 (10-11), pp 971-979 OCT-NOV 2002
Lim S.H.N., McCulloch DG, Merchant AR, Marks NA, Bilek MMM, McKenzie DR

Plasma-based ion implantation utilising a cathodic arc plasma
Surface & Coatings Technology 156 (1-3), pp136-142 JUL 1 2002
M.M.M. Bilek, D.R. McKenzie, R.N. Tarrant, S.H.M. Lim, D.G. McCulloch

Characterisation of titanium nitride thin films prepared using PVD and a plasma immersion ion
implantation system
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms,
Volume 190, Issues 1-4, pp 723-727, May 2002
S. H. N. Lim, D. G. McCulloch, S. Russo, M. M. M. Bilek and D. R. McKenzie  

Membership/Fellowship of Key Organisations

Member of the American Vacuum Socity (AVS)  

Awards and Distinctions

2003: ANZ Fellowship awarded by AAA
2006: APD Fellow awarded by ARC  

International Linkages

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California USA
RMIT Univeristy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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