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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
Department of Physics

van der Berg, NG

BSc(UPE) MSc(Unisa) DSc(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3115
Fax number: 012 362 5288
E-mail address: nic.vanderberg@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Characterisation and modification of materials

Optical aspects of colour in biological systems

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Derry TE, van der Berg NG, Makau NW: 2008. Diamond surfaces polished both mechanically and manually; an atomic force micorscopy (AFM) study. Diamond and Related Materials, 17 (2), pp 127-136.

Malherbe JB, Friedland E, van der Berg NG: 2008. Ion beam analysis of materials in the PBMR reactor. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 266 (8), pp 1373-1377.

Nel JM, Griffiths T, Van Schalkwyk L, Auret FD, Hayes M, van der Berg NG: 2008. The effect of etching on Ge(111) surfaces and Pd Schottky contacts. Physica Status Solidi C, 5` (2), pp 587-590.

Brink DJ, van der Berg NG, Prinsloo LC: 2008. The role of interface effects on the reflection of circularly polarised light from the thin-film structure of scarabus beetles. Surface and Interface Analysis, 40 (3-4), pp 769-771.

 

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