Professor Beverley J Inkson
MA PhD (Cantab)
Nanostructured Materials
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5925
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: beverley.inkson[AT]sheffield.ac.uk
Beverley Inkson joined the department in 2002, moving from The University of Oxford as a Royal Society URF in Nanomechanics. She is a Reader in Nanostructured Materials, Director of the RCUK Basic Technology programme in Nanorobotics and Chair of the UK NanoFIB network.
Research interests
- Mechanical properties of metals and ceramics at the nanoscale
- Development of SEM/TEM Nanorobotics technologies: to simultaneously view, manipulate and test materials down to the atomic scale
- Nanotribology, nanoindentation and surface wear
- Nanoprocessing and nanoanalysis using focused ion beams (FIB)
- Reliability of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems devices (MEMS)
- 3D TEM, SEM and FIB microstructural analysis, tomography, in-situ TEM
Key projects
- NanoLAB Centre, Dept of Engineering Materials (www.nanolab.org.uk)
- RCUK Basic Technology programme in Nanorobotics (www.nanomanipulation.org)
- UK NanoFIB network (www.nanofib.org)
Professional activities and recognition
- EPSRC Peer Review College
- Chair of EPSRC NanoFIB network: www.nanofib.org
- Member: IOM3 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology committee
- Member: EUROMAT 2009 organising committee
- Director of the RCUK Basic Technology programme in Nanorobotics: www.nanomanipulation.org
- Member: RMS, IOM3, IOP
Key publications
- JJ Wang, AJ Lockwood, Y Peng, X Xu, MS Bobji, BJ Inkson, Formation of carbon nanostructures by in-situ TEM mechanical nanoscale fatigue and fracture of carbon thin films, Nanotechnology, 20, 30, 305703 (2009).
- Y Peng, AG Cullis, BJ Inkson, Bottom-up construction by welding individual nanoobjects using nanoscale solder, NanoLett, 9, 1, 91-96 (2009).
- Y Peng, AG Cullis, BJ Inkson, Accurate electrical testing of individual gold nanowires by in-situ SEM nanomanipulators, Appl Phys Lett, 93, 183112 (2008) and the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 18, 20 (2008)
- F. Elfallagh, B.J. Inkson, Evolution of residual stress and crack morphologies during 3D FIB tomographic analysis of alumina, J. Microsc., 230, 2, 240-251 (2008).
- G. Möbus, B.J. Inkson, Nanoscale tomography in materials science, Materials Today, 10, 12, 18-25 (2007).
- M.D. Uchic, L. Holzer, BJ Inkson, E.L. Principe, P. Munroe, 3D Microstructural Characterization using Focused Ion Beam Tomography, MRS Bulletin, 32, 5, 408-416 (2007).
- M.S Bobji, C.S. Ramanujan, J.B. Pethica, B.J. Inkson, A miniaturized TEM nanoindenter for studying material deformation in-situ, Meas. Sci. Technol., 17, 1324-1329 (2006).
Research group
Dr Yong Peng
Dr Aiden Lockwood
Dr Daved Devaprakasam
Dr Umananda Bhatta
Dr Rob Evans
Mr Kevin Briston
Mr Amit Rana
Mr Robert Milne
Mr M Elawayeb
Research centres
Engineering Faculty FEGTEM facility