STAFF PROFILE
Professor Salvy Russo
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Phone:
+61399252601
Email:
salvy.russo@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
- Quantum Theory
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Group Theory applied to solids
- Nanotechnology
Current and recent research projects
- Single atom defined nanostructures: atom-electronics beyond the miniaturization limit.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof L. Hollenberg (Melbourne), Prof G. Klimeck (Purdue, USA), Prof S. Rogge (Delft University, Netherlands), Dr M. Per (RMIT)
- Understanding and controlling the processes underlying self assembly of nanostructures on surfaces.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Prof K. Binder (Mainz, Germany)
- Accurate quantum modelling of the van der Waals interaction and its application to molecular physisorption onto surfaces.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Prof R. Needs (Cambridge, UK), Dr M. Towler (Cambridge, UK)
- Electrode materials in application to high performance energy storage devices.
Funding: Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, International Science Linkage Grant, CSIRO Flagship Fellowship Grant
Collaborators: Dr T. Hollenkamp (CSIRO), Dr R.Rees (CSIRO), Prof G. Smith (Utah, USA), A/Prof O. Borodin (Utah, USA)
- Electronic and Optical Properties in Transition Metal Oxides:
Collaborators: Prof Y.P. Feng (NUS, Singapore), Dr Lu Yunhao (NUS, Singapore)
- Nonvolatile memories using deep traps formed in Al2O3 by metal ion implantation
Collaborators: Prof S.H. Choi (Kyung Hee University, Korea), Prof R.G. Elliman (ANU)
- Role of Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Self-Assembly of Metallic Nanocrystals.
Funding: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant
Collaborators: Prof I. Snook (RMIT), Dr G. Grochola (RMIT), Dr G. Opletal, Prof P. Mulvaney (Melbourne Dr Y.H. Chui (Mainz, Germany), A/Prof M. Ford (UTS)
- Project: Predication of the mechanical, electronic and optical properties of CdSe quantum dots.
Funding: VPAC Expertise Grant
Collaborator: Prof P. Mulvaney (Melbourne)
- Quantum Modelling of Photo-electrodes.
Funding: CSIRO Flagship Fellowship Grant
Collaborators: Dr I. Grey (CSIRO), N. Wilson (CSIRO)
Other Activities/Awards
- Guest co-Editor, Special Issue of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Volume 21, Issue 14, 2009)
- Invited Lecturer, Workshop on Mathematical Theory and Numerical Methods for Computational Materials Simulation and Design, University of Singapore, July-August 2009.
- Awarded CSIRO Division of Minerals 2007 Best Paper Award in the category of Contribution to science (with N. Wilson and I. Grey)
- Invited Chair, Symposium F (Nanocomputation), 2008 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Melbourne 2008
- Co-organiser and session chair of the Workshop on Interaction Energies and the Structure of Surfaces and Nano-structures (International Workshop), Melbourne 2008
- Invited Chair, Symposium K (Materials Modelling and Design), IUMRS-ICEM 8th International Conference on Electronic Materials, Sydney 2008
- Invited co-Chair of the 'Computational Nanotechnology' symposium for the 2006 International Conference on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Brisbane 2006
- Invited author, for a special issue on Nano-morphology in the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience
Research
- Project Leader, in the Condensed Matter Theory Group
- Member of the RMIT Research Technology Advisory Group (RTAG) Committee
- CSIRO Flagship Fellow, Division of Energy Technology
- Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Division of Minerals
Teaching
- 4th year, PHYS2079 Honours Theory 2 (Many Body Theory)
- 3rd year, PHYS1095: Quantum and Statistical Physics (Quantum part)
- 2nd year, PHYS1077: Mechanics and Modern Physics (Modern part)
- 2nd year, PHYS2076: Quantum Mechanics and Radiation Physics (Quantum Part)
Community
- RMIT Representative, Victorian Partnership of Advanced Computing
- Member, Australian Institute of Physics Accreditation Committee
- PhD (Physics) RMIT, 1994
- B.Sc (Hons) (Melbourne University), 1983
- Liu, M.,Matta, S.,Ali-Löytty, H.,Russo, S. P., et al, . (2022). Moisture-Assisted near-UV Emission Enhancement of Lead-Free Cs4CuIn2Cl12 Double Perovskite Nanocrystals In: Nano Letters, 22, 311 - 318
- Mazumder, A.,Ahmed, T.,Mayes, E.,Abbas, S.,Russo, S.,Low, M.,Ranjan, A.,Balendhran, S.,Walia, S. (2022). Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Layered InSe via Electrochemical Cation Diffusion In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 8, 1 - 8
- Manian, A.,Shaw, R.,Lyskov, I.,Russo, S. (2022). The quantum chemical solvation of indole: accounting for strong solute-solvent interactions using implicit/explicit models In: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 24, 3357 - 3369
- Abbas, S.,Russo, S. (2022). PyPhotonics: A python package for the evaluation of luminescence properties of defects In: Computer Physics Communications, 273, 1 - 6
- Tang, J.,Lambie, S.,Meftahi, N.,Christofferson, A.,Daeneke, T.,McConville, C.,Russo, S. P., et al, . (2022). Oscillatory bifurcation patterns initiated by seeded surface solidification of liquid metals In: Nature Synthesis, 1, 158 - 169
- Alivand, M.,Mazaheri, O.,Wu, Y.,Zavabeti, A.,Christofferson, A.,Meftahi, N.,Russo, S.,Stevens, G.,Scholes, C.,Mumford, K. (2022). Engineered assembly of water-dispersible nanocatalysts enables low-cost and green CO2 capture In: Nature Communications, 13, 1 - 11
- Syed, N.,Stacey, A.,Zavabeti, A.,Nguyen, C.,Haas, B.,Koch, C.,Creedon, D.,Della Gaspera, E.,Reineck, P.,Abbas, S.,Russo, S.,Murdoch, B.,McConville, C.,Daeneke, T., et al, . (2022). Large Area Ultrathin InN and Tin Doped InN Nanosheets Featuring 2D Electron Gases In: ACS Nano, 16, 5476 - 5486
- Manian, A.,Shaw, R.,Lyskov, I.,Russo, S. (2022). Exciton Dynamics of a Diketo-Pyrrolopyrrole Core for All Low-Lying Electronic Excited States Using Density Functional Theory-Based Methods In: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 18, 1838 - 1848
- Jakku, R.,Priver, S.,Mirzadeh, N.,Esmaiel Zadeh Kandjani, A.,Sabri, Y.,Kennedy, S.,Alenezy, E.,Russo, S.,Lyskov, I.,Wilson, K.,Trivedi, R.,Bhargava, S. (2022). Organic ligand interaction with copper(II) ions in both aqueous and non-aqueous media: Overcoming solubility issues for sensing In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 365, 1 - 10
- Rahim, M.,Tang, J.,Christofferson, A.,Kumar, P.,Meftahi, N.,Daeneke, T.,McConville, C.,Russo, S. P., et al, . (2022). Low-temperature liquid platinum catalyst In: Nature Chemistry, 14, 935 - 941
- Liquid metal solvents and colloids – a new frontier. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects commencing in 2022 from (2022 to 2025)
- Sustaining and strengthening merit-based access at NCI (administered by Australian National University). Funded by: ARC Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) 2019 from (2019 to 2022)
- AB Initio / DFT Modelling to optimise performance in ballistic and blast protection. Funded by: Defence Science and Technology Group - Contract from (2018 to 2023)
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science (Administered by The University of Melbourne). Funded by: 009-ARC Centre of Excellence via other university 2017 from (2017 to 2023)
- A high-performance cloud resource for computational modelling - led by The University of Melbourne. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2017)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
15 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions8 PhD Current Supervisions
Quantum Modelling of Electronic and Optical properties, Development of Multi-scale Modelling techniques, Atomistic Modelling of zero, one and two Dimensional Nano-materials, Molecular Dynamics & Monte-Carlo Modelling