Selected Honors and Awards:
1983 MSU Alumni-Chamber of Commerce Award for Excellence (Lisa Peterson '84) 1998 Wiley Award for Meritorius Research 2007 Provost's Award for Undergraduate Research/Creativity Mentoring 2008 Fellow of the American Vacuum Society
Biographical Sketch:
B.A. 1969 Saint Mary's College, Winona, MN Ph.D. 1975 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1989 to present: Professor, Physics Department, Montana State University 1987 to 1988: Visiting Scientist FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1980 to 1989: Assoc. Professor, Physics Dept., Montana State University 1978 to 1980 Assistant Scientist, Physics Department,Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 1975 to 1977: Research Assoc., Physics Dept., Montana State University
Interests:
Professor Smith is using MeV ion backscattering/channeling and electron spectroscopies to determine the atomic structure at solid surfaces and at solid-solid interfaces. At present, the emphasis of this research is on epitaxial growth and the formation of alloys at metal-metal interfaces. Ion beam techniques are also used to measure the oxidation rates and thermal stability of metal surfaces on current collectors in solid oxide fuel cell stacks.
Selected Publications:
"Thermal stability and oxidation resistance of TiCrAlYO coatings on SS430 for solid oxide fuel cell interconnect applications", H. Chen, J.A. Lucas, W. Priyantha, M. Kopczyk, R.J. Smith, K. Lund, C. Key, M. Finsterbusch, P.E. Gannon, M. Deibert, V.I. Gorokhovsky, V. Shutthanandan, P. Nachimuthu, Surface and Coatings Technology 202, 4820 (2008).
"Interface intermixing of Al/Fe and Fe/Al multilayer systems and the role of Ti as a stabilizer layer using Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy (RBS) and X-ray reflectrometry (XRR)", W. Priyantha, H. Chen, M. Kopczyk, R.J. Smith, A. Kayani, A. Comouth, M. Finsterbusch, P. Nachimuthu, D. McCready, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 014598 (2008). "Thermal and chemical stability of epitaxial Fe films grown on the Ti-stabilized Al(100) surface", C.V. Ramana, W. Priyantha, R.J. Smith, Bum-Sik Choi, Surface Science 602, 534 (2008). “Surface structure of ultrathin Ag film on the Al(100) surface”, D.-S. Choi, M. Kopczyk, A. Kayani, R. J. Smith, Guillermo Bozzolo, Physical Review B 74, 115407 (2006). “Chromium Volatility of Coated and Uncoated Steel Interconnects for SOFCs”, C. Collins, J. Lucas, T.L. Buchanan, M. Kopczyk, A. Kayani, P.E. Gannon, M.C. Deibert, R. J. Smith, D.-S. Choi, V.I. Gorokhovsky, Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006), 4467-4470. “Oxidation studies of CrAlON Nanolayered Coatings on Steel Plates”, A. Kayani, R. J. Smith, S. Teintze, M. Kopczyk, P. E. Gannon, M. C. Deibert, V. I. Gorokhovsky, V. Shutthanandan, Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006), 1685-1694. “Atomistic modeling of Ag deposition on the low index faces of Al and Al deposition on Ag”, Guillermo Bozzolo, Jorge E. Garcés, and Richard J. Smith, Surface Science 583, 229-252 (2005). “Epitaxial growth of bcc Fe films on Al(100) surfaces using Ti as an interface stabilizer”, C. V. Ramana, N. Winward, R.J. Smith, Bum-Sik Choi, Surf. Sci. 551 (2004) 189-203. “Using MeV ion backscattering/channeling and MC simulations to characterize the composition and structure of buried metal-metal interfaces”, R. J. Smith, C.V. Ramana, Bum-sik Choi, Adli A. Saleh, N.R. Shivaparan, V. Shutthanandan, Applied Surface Science, 219 (2003) 28-38. “Using metallic interlayers to stabilize abrupt, epitaxial metal-metal interfaces”, C. V. Ramana, Bum-Sik Choi, P. Masse and R.J. Smith, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 066101 (2003). See a more complete list of recent publications
Grants:
“Corrosion Resistant Coatings on Interconnects in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells” DOE (PNNL HiTEC) $256,940(Years 5-6) 10/1/06 to 9/30/08 "Using metallic interlayers to stabilize metal-metal interfaces" NSF (DMR 0516603) $360,000 8/15/2005 to 7/31/2008
Academic Responsibilities:
Classes being taught by Dr. Smith this semester are listed below. Follow the link to find the online content for the class:-
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