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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
152
Citations
120836
World Ranking
141
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the understanding of high-k dielectrics and metal gate electrodes for CMOS technology

Overview

John Robertson is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Oncology.

Their work covers various main topics, notably Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Ga2O3 and related materials, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

Key papers authored or coauthored by John Robertson include:

  • Switching the intracellular pathway and enhancing the therapeutic efficacy of small interfering RNA by auroliposome, 2020, Science Advances
  • Targeting Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Stellate Cells Using Designer Nanotherapeutics in vitro, 2020, International Journal of Nanomedicine
  • Gold Nanoparticles Disrupt the IGFBP2/mTOR/PTEN Axis to Inhibit Ovarian Cancer Growth, 2022, Advanced Science
  • Aqueous harvesting of Zr88 at a radioactive-ion-beam facility for cross-section measurements, 2021, Physical review. C
  • Electronic Structure of Amorphous Copper Iodide: A p-type Transparent Semiconductor, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with John Robertson include Md. Nazir Hossen, Resham Bhattacharya, Priyabrata Mukherjee, Zhaofu Zhang, and Lin Wang.

The venues where John Robertson has published work reflect a diverse range of scientific journals and conferences, including Science Advances, International Journal of Nanomedicine, Advanced Science, Physical review. C, and Surfaces and Interfaces.

John Robertson has been recognized with notable professional distinctions such as the Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2015, and the IEEE Fellow designation in 2013, the latter acknowledging contributions to the understanding of high-k dielectrics and metal gate electrodes for CMOS technology.

Best Publications

  • Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon

    A. C. Ferrari;J. Robertson

  • Diamond-like amorphous carbon

    J. Robertson

  • Resonant Raman spectroscopy of disordered, amorphous, and diamondlike carbon

    A. C. Ferrari;J. Robertson

  • Raman spectroscopy of amorphous, nanostructured, diamond-like carbon, and nanodiamond

    Andrea Carlo Ferrari;John Robertson

  • Band offsets of wide-band-gap oxides and implications for future electronic devices

    John Robertson

  • High dielectric constant oxides

    J. Robertson

  • High dielectric constant gate oxides for metal oxide Si transistors

    John Robertson

  • Electronic and atomic structure of amorphous carbon.

    J. Robertson;E. P. O’Reilly

  • Raman spectroscopy of hydrogenated amorphous carbons

    C. Casiraghi;A. C. Ferrari;J. Robertson

  • Growth process conditions of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

    M. Chhowalla;K. B. K. Teo;C. Ducati;N. L. Rupesinghe

  • Resonant bonding in crystalline phase-change materials

    Kostiantyn Shportko;Stephan Kremers;Michael Woda;Dominic Lencer

  • Origin of the 1 1 5 0 − cm − 1 Raman mode in nanocrystalline diamond

    A. C. Ferrari;J. Robertson

  • Flexible Electronics: The Next Ubiquitous Platform

    A. Nathan;A. Ahnood;M. T. Cole;Sungsik Lee

  • Kohn anomalies and electron-phonon interactions in graphite.

    S. Piscanec;M. Lazzeri;Francesco Mauri;A. C. Ferrari

  • Hard amorphous (diamond-like) carbons

    John Robertson

  • Properties of filtered-ion-beam-deposited diamondlike carbon as a function of ion energy

    P. J. Fallon;V. S. Veerasamy;C. A. Davis;J. Robertson

  • Properties of diamond-like carbon

    J. Robertson

  • Interpretation of infrared and Raman spectra of amorphous carbon nitrides

    A. C. Ferrari;S. E. Rodil;J. Robertson

  • In situ Observations of Catalyst Dynamics during Surface-Bound Carbon Nanotube Nucleation

    Stephan Hofmann;Renu Sharma;Caterina Ducati;Gaohui Du

  • High-K materials and metal gates for CMOS applications

    John Robertson;Robert M. Wallace

  • Flexible Electronics: The Next Ubiquitous Platform This paper reviews thin-film materials and technologies for flexible electronics and considers future applications in healthcare, the automotive industry, human-machine interfaces, mobile devices, and other environments.

    Arokia Nathan;Arman Ahnood;Matthew T. Cole;Sungsik Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea C. Ferrari
Andrea C. Ferrari University of Cambridge
Stephan Hofmann
Stephan Hofmann University of Cambridge
William I. Milne
William I. Milne University of Cambridge
Caterina Ducati
Caterina Ducati University of Cambridge
Stewart J. Clark
Stewart J. Clark Durham University
Arokia Nathan
Arokia Nathan University of Cambridge
Sandra E. Rodil
Sandra E. Rodil National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gehan A. J. Amaratunga
Gehan A. J. Amaratunga University of Cambridge
Cinzia Casiraghi
Cinzia Casiraghi University of Manchester
Robert S. Weatherup
Robert S. Weatherup University of Oxford

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