Arthur P Baddorf

Bio

Art Baddorf has studied materials for over 35 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Group at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), a Department of Energy Nanoscale Science Research Center. The group operates over 15 microscopes that use an extremely sharp tip to explore nanoscale objects and surfaces using either force (atomic force microscopy) or current (scanning tunneling microscopy). The techniques allow mapping of properties such as conductivity, polarization and ferroelectricity, magnetism, dielectric constant, thermal conductivity, and local density of electronic states at resolutions down to individual atoms. Art’s research interests focus on a fundamental understanding of the relationship between atomic structure and properties at complex surfaces and interfaces, electron scattering and excitations, and energy flow at the nanoscale. Recent projects include analysis of carbon nanospikes, molecular self-assembly in 2D, and electronic transport in quantum materials. Art leads a new project to create and analyze quantum materials by atomic assembly using a scanning tunneling microscope tip. He serves on a number of ORNL and national advisory boards and has published over 150 journal articles.

Awards

Fellow of the AVS, 2017

Cosslett Award for best invited paper at Microscopy & MicroAnalysis Conference, 2008

ORNL Director’s Award Outstanding Team Accomplishment in Science and Technology, 2006

ORNL Award for Science and Technology, 2006

Education

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL              Math and Physics                   B.A., 1980

University of Pennsylvania, PA              Physics                                  Ph.D., 1987

Professional Service

External Advisory Committee, µAtoms EFRC, 2023-p

Nanomaterials Editorial Board, 2020-p

ORNL Research Conflict of Interest Advisory Committee, 2014-p, Deputy Chair 2021-p

Canadian Foundation for Innovation Expert Committee 2017

Journal of Physics D Advisory Panel, 2015-p

ORNL Materials Characterization Committee, 2015-19

Institute for Functional Imaging Advisory Board. 2015-19

Initiative Review Committee, ORNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development, 2015-18

Committee of Visitors Review Panel, NSF Division of Materials Science 2015

Triennial Review Board, DOE Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab (EMSL), PNNL, 2014

Nature Scientific Reports Editorial Board, 2014-p

Triennial Review Board, DOE Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), ANL, 2013

Program Advisory Board, Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, 2010-15

Executive Board, Complex Materials Consortium, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL, 1995-2004

President, Tennessee Valley Chapter of the American Vacuum Society, 1991–92, 2002–03          

Lecturer, Louisiana State University Summer School, 2000

Professional Affiliations

American Physical Society

American Vacuum Society

Materials Research Society

Trademarks and Patents

Semiconductor Composition Containing Fe, Dy, and Tb, R. C. Pooser, B. J. Lawrie, A. P. Baddorf, A. Malasi, H. Taz, A. Farah, R. Kalyanaraman, G. Duscher, M. Patel, 2017.

Asymmetric Ferroelectric Tunneling Element (AFTE) and Applications for Non-Volatile Random Access Memory, S. V. Kalinin, H. M. Christen, A. P. Baddorf, and V. Meunier, 2010.

Ultra-high Density Ferroelectronic Storage and Lithography by Second Order Ferroelectroelastic Switching, S. V. Kalinin, A. Gruverman, Junsoo Shin, H. N. Lee, H. M. Christen, A. P. Baddorf, E. Karapetian, and M. Kachanov, 2006.

Fourier Transform for Acoustic Microscopy, S. Jesse, A. P. Baddorf, and S. V. Kalinin, patent disclosure.

Publications