The Kavanagh group is part of the Physics Department at Simon Fraser University. We are located in 4D Labs, TASC II, an interdisciplinary electronics materials laboratory. We aim to understand the properties of interfaces and nanostructures important to semiconductor materials and devices. 

Our expertise covers a range of characterization techniques including: scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) with electron holography (EH), focussed ion beam milling and imaging both Ga (FIB) and He ion microscopy (HIM), high resolution x-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with ballistic electron emission microscopy (BEEM) . We have strong connections to the Chemistry Dept. and School of Engineering Science through collaborative projects and joint students.

Our group is famous for the Worlds smallest book. In 2007 Robert Chaplin used the SFU focussed gallium ion beam system to publish a nanoscale book entitled 'Teeny Ted from Turnip Town' by Malcolm Douglas Chaplin (ISBN-978-1-894897-17-4).