Dr. Philip D. Rack
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Florida: Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Thin Film Processing and Characterization
Brief Bio
Dr. Rack earned his bachelor’s degree Magna Cum Laude in Materials
Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993, and
his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida
in 1997. His dissertation research included thin film deposition, surface
analysis, and theoretical modeling of optical transitions in thin film
electroluminescent materials. In 1997, Dr. Rack joined Advanced Vision
Technologies Inc. (AVT) as a Senior Research Scientist where he led their
research on luminescent and field emitter materials and contributed to process
development of their vacuum microelecronic devices. In 1999, Dr. Rack
joined the faculty in the Microelectronic Engineering Department at the
Rochester Institute of Technology. There he taught courses in thin film processing,
materials characterization, and microlithography and performed research on VUV
optical properties and vacuum microelectronic devices. In 2001 Dr. Rack
joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee and is investigating
combinatorial thin film processing, fabrication of nanoscale devices, and is
researching nanoscale focused electron beam induced processing. Dr Rack
has authored or co-authored 80 technical papers (2 book chapters and 3 invited
review articles) and has contributed to over 130 (25 invited) technical
presentations at national and international conferences.
Research Areas
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- Combinatorial thin film synthesis for rapid materials discovery
- Materials integration and nanofabrication for advanced device application
- Nanoscale focused electron beam stimulated processing.
Selected Awards and Honors
2007 University of Tennessee College of Engineering
Research Fellow Award
2006 University of Tennessee College of Engineering Research
Fellow Award
2005 Best Poster Award: Microscopy and Microanalysis
National Meeting
2005 Best Poster Award: National Materials Research Society
Spring Meeting
2003 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Achievement Award
Professional Activities
MRS Member
AVS (executive committee of thin film division and program chair of the Thin film division for 2007 and 2008).
Selected Publications
Smith D.A., Fowlkes J.D., Rack P.D., "A nanoscale three-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation of electron-beam induced deposition with gas dynamics", Nanotechnology 18 (2007).
English, A. E., C. K. Choi, Seung-Ik Jun, Kihm, K.D., Rack, P.D. (2007). "An endothelial cell compatible biosensor fabricated using optically thin indium tin oxide silicon nitride electrodes." Biosensors & Bioelectronics 22(11): 2585-90.
Fowlkes, J. D., J. M. Fitz-Gerald, Rack P.D. (2007). "Ultraviolet emitting (Y1-xGdx)2O3-δ thin films deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering; structure-property-thin film processing relationships." Thin Solid Films 515(7-8): 3488-98.
Leventouri, T., Melechko, A.V.; Sorge, K.D.; Klein, K.L.; Fowlkes, J.D.; Rack, P.D.; Anderson, I.M.; Thompson, J.R.; McKnight, T.E.; Simpson, M.L. (2006). "Magnetic alloys in nanoscale biomaterials." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science) 37A(12): 3423-7.
Choi, Y. R., P. D. Rack, Randolph, S.J., Smith D.A., Joy D.C. (2006). "Pressure effect of growing with electron beam-induced deposition with tungsten hexafluoride and tetraethylorthosilicate precursor." Scanning 28(6): 311-18.
Selected Patents
Philip D. Rack, Paul Holloway, Sey-Shing Sun, Eric R. Dickey, Christian F. Schaus, Richard T. Tuenge, and Christopher N. King, TFEL Device with Injection Layer, US Patent # 5,581,150
Contact Dr. Rack
603 Dougherty Engineering Bldg.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel: (865) 974-5344
Email: prack @utk.edu
