Scott Chambers
Laboratory Fellow, Fundamental and Computational Sciences Directorate, Chemical and Material Sciences Division, Material SciencesCurrent Activities and Projects
Dr. Chambers' current activities and projects focus on the magnetic, electronic and photochemical properties of doped transition metal oxides, and the structure and photochemical properties of oxide nanostructures. These projects are funded by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, and Division of Chemical Sciences.
Research Interests
Dr. Chambers' research interests center around the synthesis and properties of novel oxide films, interfaces, layered structure, and surfaces. Such materials are of significant interest in a variety of scientific arenas, including microelectronics, spintronics, thermal and photocatalysis, and surface geochemistry. The growth methods include molecular beam epitaxy and pulsed laser deposition all assisted by activated oxygen from an oxygen plasma or ozone. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, invited book chapters and review articles, and has given more than 150 invited lectures and seminars at conferences, universities, and research laboratories worldwide. He holds 3 U.S. patents.
Past Experience
Dr. Chambers has been active in surface and interface science and epitaxial film growth for over 30 years. In addition to film growth, Dr. Chambers has interests and significant accomplishments in the areas of surface and interface geometric and electronic structure determination. He was a pioneer in the development and use of Auger and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and diffraction as tools for determining thin epitaxial film structure, surface interlayer relaxations, interdiffusion at interfaces, as well as band bending, band offsets, and interface electronic state densities at heterojunctions.
Dr. Chambers came to PNNL in 1992 from the Boeing High Technology Center where he led a research effort in semiconductor interface science from 1987-1992. Prior to that he was Associate and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Bethel University and George Fox University, respectively.
Education
Dr. Chambers received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of California at San Diego and Oregon State University, respectively.
Awards, Honors, & Appointments
Dr. Chambers is currently Affiliate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Affiliate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington.
Dr. Chambers is an active member of and has held offices in the AVS and the Materials Research Society. He has also organized several conferences and conference symposia under these and other auspices, and serves or has served on several national and international advisory boards.
In 1996, Dr. Chambers was elected Fellow of the American Vacuum Society "for the development of Auger and photoelectron diffraction as unique probes of surface structures, and their application to a broad range of problems involving metals, semiconductors, and metal oxides." He was promoted to Laboratory Fellow (Level VI scientist) at PNNL in 2000. Dr. Chambers was also the recipient of a 2002 Federal Laboratory Consortium Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for "Molecular Beam Epitaxy Semiconductor Wafer Development", and was the 2004 recipient of the E.W. Mueller Award for outstanding research in surface science, conferred by the Laboratory for Surface Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
