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University of the West of Scotland
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High Street
Paisley
PA1 2BE
+44 (0)141 848 3610 frank.placido@uws.ac.uk

 
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 Dr. David Lusk
 
Telephone: +44 (0)141 849 4031
Fax: +44 (0)141 848 3627
Email: david.lusk@uws.ac.uk or dlusk@sub-one.com
Position: Sub-One Technology Development Engineer

Interests

  • Omnidirectional mirror coating design
  • Thin film deposition and characterisation techniques
  • Polymers
  • Barrier coatings
  • Anti-corrosion coatings

Brief work history

  • Bsc Hons Physics completed at University of Paisley in 1999
  • PhD thesis entitled "Omnidirectional reflectors based on Thin Film Structures" completed at the Thin Film Centre, University of Paisley in 2004
  • Research Assistant within the Thin Film Centre, in a collaboration with Dupont Teijin films, investigating oxygen and water vapour permeability measurements for barrier coatings on polymer substrates.
  • Now an employee of Sub-One Ltd, based in the Thin Film Centre, working on pipeline coatings.
 

Recent/relevant publications:

  1. Lusk D.; Abdulhalim I.; Placido F.: “Omnidirectional Reflection from Fibonaccci Quasi-periodic One-dimensional Photonic Crystal”, Optics Communications, 198, 273-279, (2001).
  2. Lusk D ; Placido F ; "Omnidirectional Mirror Coating Design for IR Applications", Proceedings of Society of Vacuum Coaters 47th Annual Technical Conference (2003)
  3. Lusk D ; Placido F ; "Omnidirectional Mirror Coating Design for Infrared Applications", Thin Solid Films, 492, 226-231, (2005)
 
Prof. Frank Placido Prof. Abraham Ogwu Mr Andrey Voronov Dr Shigeng Song Mr Eddie Crossan Dr. David Lusk