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
- Wang, C.,Matta, S.,Ng, C.,Cao, C.,Sharma, M.,Chesman, A.,Russo, S.,Jasieniak, J. (2024). Direct synthesis of CsPbX3 perovskite nanocrystal assemblies In: Nanoscale, 16, 614 - 623
- Ghasemian, M.,Zavabeti, A.,Allioux, F.,Christofferson, A.,Meftahi, N.,McConville, C.,Russo, S., et al, . (2024). Liquid Metal Doping Induced Asymmetry in Two-Dimensional Metal Oxides In: Small, , 1 - 12
- Krishnamurthi, V.,Parker, C.,Nguyen, C.,Vaillant, P.,Hocking, R.,Haas, B.,Christofferson, A.,Russo, S.,Chiang, K.,Elbourne, A.,Daeneke, T. (2024). A toolbox for investigating liquid metal systems In: Cell Reports Physical Science, 5, 1 - 37
- Hudson, R.,Manian, A.,Hall, C.,Schmidt, T.,Russo, S.,Ghiggino, K.,Smith, T. (2023). Quantifying the Relaxation Dynamics of Higher Electronic Excited States in Perylene In: Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 14, 8000 - 8008
- Manian, A.,Campaioli, F.,Hudson, R.,Cole, J.,Schmidt, T.,Lyskov, I.,Smith, T.,Russo, S. (2023). Charge Transfer-Mediated Multi-exciton Mechanisms in Weakly Coupled Perylene Dimers In: Chemistry of Materials, 35, 6889 - 6908
- Vaillant, P.,Krishnamurthi, V.,Parker, C.,Kariuki, R.,Russo, S.,Christofferson, A.,Daeneke, T.,Elbourne, A. (2023). Beneath the Skin: Nanostructure in the Sub-Oxide Region of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets In: Advanced Functional Materials, , 1 - 14
- Tang, J.,Christofferson, A.,Sun, J.,Zhai, Q.,Kumar, P.,Yuwono, J.,Tajik, M.,Meftahi, N.,Tang, J.,Dai, L.,Mao, G.,Russo, S.,Kaner, R.,Rahim, M.,Kalantar-Zadeh, K. (2023). Dynamic configurations of metallic atoms in the liquid state for selective propylene synthesis In: Nature Nanotechnology, , 1 - 7
- Guo, X.,Nguyen, C.,Syed, N.,Ravindran, A.,Cao, K.,Mazumder, A.,Xu, C.,Walia, S.,Scholten, S.,Robertson, I.,Healey, A.,Tetienne, J.,Elbourne, A.,Daeneke, T.,Holland, A.,Russo, S.,Li, Y.,Zavabeti, A., et al, . (2023). Multi-Functional Atomically Thin Oxides from Bismuth Liquid Metal In: Advanced Functional Materials, , 1 - 13
- Alijani, H.,Reineck, P.,Komljenovic, R.,Russo, S.,Low, M.,Balendhran, S.,Crozier, K.,Walia, S.,Nash, G.,Yeo, L.,Rezk, A. (2023). The Acoustophotoelectric Effect: Efficient Phonon-Photon-Electron Coupling in Zero-Voltage-Biased 2D SnS2 for Broad-Band Photodetection In: ACS Nano, 17, 19254 - 19264
- Li, X.,Mai, H.,Lu, J.,Wen, x.,Le, T.,Russo, S.,Winkler, D.,Chen, D.,Caruso, R. (2023). Rational Atom Substitution to Obtain Efficient, Lead-Free Photocatalytic Perovskites Assisted by Machine Learning and DFT Calculations In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62, 1 - 12
- Liquid metal solvents for high entropy and atomically configured systems (administered by University of Sydney). Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2024 to 2027)
- 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 2024)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Current Supervisions19 PhD Completions and 4 Masters by Research Completions
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