Dr Matthew Smith
MSc, PhD
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Physics
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Vertical GaN-on-Si membrane power transistors: Efficient power electronics for mass-market applications (VertiGaN) EP/X014924/1
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/05/2024 to 30/04/2027
Publications
Recent publications
09/03/2026Double drift layers to minimize on-resistance in 2.7-kV β-Ga2O3 (001) vertical trench Schottky barrier diodes
Applied Physics Letters
Microanalysis of β-(AlxGa1−x )2O3 Films Grown by MOCVD
Materials
Mitigating Plasma Etch-Induced Negative Charge Trapping in 2.7 kV β-Ga2O3 (001) Trench Schottky Barrier Diodes Using H3PO4 Treatment
ACS Applied Electronic Materials
Thermal Characterization of 650 V GaN HEMTs on 200 mm Engineered Substrates
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Carrier transport and electronic defects in gallium oxide studied by photoconductivity techniques
23rd International School on Condensed Matter Physics "Recent Progress in Advanced Materials and Applications"
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