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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
  • Diamond like carbon films
  • Plasma physics
  • 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 ; Placido F ; "Omnidirectional Mirror Coating Design for Infrared Applications", Thin Solid Films, 492, 226-231, (2005)
  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.; Abdulhalim I.; Placido F.: “Omnidirectional Reflection from Fibonaccci Quasi-periodic One-dimensional Photonic Crystal”, Optics Communications, 198, 273-279, (2001)
 
Prof. Frank Placido Prof. Des Gibson Prof Abraham Ogwu Dr Gregory Morozov Dr Yvonne Carella Mr Andrey Voronov Dr Shigeng Song Dr David Lusk Mr Andy Bunyan Mr Jim Orr Dr Samuel Atarah Mr Geoff Moores