Cuong Ton-That joined UTS as a lecturer within Department of Applied Physics and INT in December 2003. His research is focused upon the characterisation of nanostructured materials using scanning probe and synchrotron radiation techniques, directed towards the development of organic electronic devices. He has a growing interest in polymer optics and scanning near-field optical microscopy (SNOM).
Cuong received a BSc degree in Physics from UTS and a PhD degree in Surface Science from the Robert Gordon University, UK in 2000. He carried out postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge for three years, working on a project concerned with the development of fullerene-based nanoscale devices. During the postdoctoral period, he also studied structures of atomic and molecular adsorbates on metal surfaces at the Daresbury Synchrotron Radiation Source.
Selected Publications
C. Ton-That, M. E. Welland, J. A. Larsson, J. C. Greer, A. G. Shard, V. R. Dhanak, A. Taninaka, H. Shinohara, "Electrostatic ordering of the lanthanum endoatom in La@C82 adsorbed on metal surfaces", Phys. Rev. B 71, 045419 (2005).
A. G. Shard, C. Ton-That, P. A. Campbell, V. R. Dhanak, "Site occupancy of chlorine on Cu(111) using normal-incidence x-ray standing waves: The energy difference between fcc and hcp hollow sites", Phys. Rev. B 70,155409 (2004).
C. Ton-That, A. G. Shard, S. Egger, V. R. Dhanak, A. Taninaka, H. Shinohara and M. E. Welland, "Orientation and constraints of endohedral lanthanum in La@C82 molecules adsorbed on Cu(111)", Phys. Rev. B 68, 045424 (2003).
C. Ton-That, A. G. Shard, S. Egger, V. R. Dhanak and M. E. Welland, "Modulations of valence-band photoemission spectrum from C60 monolayers on Ag(111)", Phys. Rev. B 67, 155415 (2003).
