SCHOLAR DETAILS
Name
Derek Lawther
Email
dlawther@upei.ca
Position
Faculty Member
Department(s)
Physics
Phone
902-566-0338
Building
FSDE 217
Status
Current
Biography
Associate Professor
BSc, MSc, PhD (Dalhousie)
Dr. Derek Lawther, an experimental physicist, uses positron annihilation to identify defects in materials such as metals. He probes for defects at the atomic level and works to understand better how to manipulate these defects to produce enhanced physical properties such as increased strength or conductivity.
Recent Citations
physica status solidi (c),
2007
Applied Physics Letters,
2001
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms,
1996
Research Interests
Investigation of the links between atomic-scale defects in materials and their corresponding macroscopic physical properties
Positron annihilation spectroscopy
Radiation detection and measurement
Raman spectroscopy