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Harry T. Chu

Professor Emeritus of Physics and Chemistry
Condensed Matter Theory


Phone: (330) 972 - 8027 
E-Mail: htc@physics.uakron.edu

Dr. Harry T. Chu

Resume:

  • Ph.D., Physics - SUNY, Stony Brooks, NY - 1969
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Research:

Solid-state physics: 
  • Shubnikov-de Haas Effect in bismuth-antimony alloys 
  • Quantum size effect
  • Electron tunneling. 
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Recent Publications:

1. "Eigen Energies and Eigen States of Conduction Electrons in Pure Bismuth Under Three-Dimensional Quantization," H. T. Chu, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 50 , 319 (1989).

2. "De Haas-Van Alphen Effect in Two-Dimensional Thin Films of Pure Bismuth," H. T. Chu and Yimin Ji, Phys. Rev. B 41 , 920 (1990).

3. "Magnetic-Field Dependence of Hall Resistance in Thin Films of Pure Bismuth", H. T. Chu, P. N. Henriksen, Jing Jing, Hong Wang, and Xiaofeng Xu, Phys. Rev. B 45 , 11233 (1992).

4. "Crystallographic Structure and Defects in Epitaxial Bismuth Films Grown on Mica", Hong Wang, Jing Jing, R. R. Mallik, H. T. Chu and P. N. Henriksen, J. Crystal Growth 130 , 571 (1993).

5. "Rearrangement of the Au(111) Surface as a Result of Scanning with STM/AFM", Hong Wang, Jing Jing, H. T. Chu and P. N. Henriksen, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B11(6), 2000 (1993).

6. "Comment on "Semimetal-to-semiconductor transition in bismuth thin films"", H. T. Chu, Phys. Rev. B 51 , 5532 (1995).

7. "Double Quantum Size Effects in the Energy Spectra of Charge Carriers in Thin Wires of Pure Busmuth", H. T. Chu, Ni Fang, and Zheng Qi, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 56 , 1069 (1995).

8. "Hole Majority Condition in Thin Films of Semimetal Bismuth", Dion D. Franket and H. T. Chu, Phys. Rev. B 61 , 13183 (2000).

9. "Magnetic Field Dependence of the Carrier Density and Magnetization in a Bismuth Thin Film", H. T. Chu and Dion D. Franket, Phys. Rev. B 62, 16792 (2000). 

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