About

Dr. S. A. Atarah joined the Department in August 2013 as a lecturer in physics having completed his higher education at the University of Hesinki Finland (MPhil (Physics), and De Montfort University (Ph.D) in Leicester, UK. Shortly before being hired by the University of Ghana, he had worked with the prestigious Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester. He also held a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship position with lectureship responsibility at the University of the West of Scotland, UK. His research field is in the area of condensed matter with a focus on characterizing solid matter using X-rays, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and related radiations.

Education

PhD (De Montfort, UK)

MPhil (Helsinki)

BSc(Hons) Physics & Dip Ed (UCC)

Research Interest

Physical and  instrumental characterisation of ores

Application of transition metal oxides to gas sensing

First principles computational studies of electronic properties of solid crystalline matte

Publications

1. Samuel A. Atarah, Martin N . H. Egblewogbe and Gebreyesus. G Hagoss
First principle study of the structural and electronic properties of Nihonium AMRS Adv. 5,
No. 23-24 2020 , pp. 1175-1183
https://doi.org/10.1557/adv.2020.159
2. A. Voronov and S. A. Atarah,
Control and broadband monitoring of transparent multilayer thin films deposited by
magnetron sputtering. Surface and Coatings Technology 347 (2018) 252–256.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2018.05.004.
3. S. A. Atarah, G. K. Atule.
Characterization of rocks samples from Yale area of the Upper East Region of Ghana
Science and Development. 1, No. 2, (2017), 50 – 59. ISSN 2550-3421
4. Martin Egblewogbe, Garu Gebreyesus, S. A. Atarah, Determination of the Growth Rate of
Hydrothermally Synthesised ZnO2. J. Nano Research 50 (2017) .pp. 41 – 49
doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.50.41
5. S. A. Atarah, G.K. Atule, M. N. Y. Egblewogbe and A. Kuditcher.
Instrumental analysis and characterization of mineral ores from Yale, Upper East Region,
Ghana. J. Appl. Sc. Techn., 20, Nos. 1 & 2, ( 2015), 62 – 68. ISSN 0855-2215.
6. S. A. Atarah, Energy distribution of interface state density in Si band gap of hafnium
silicate based MOS capacitors. J. Appl. Sc. Techn 19 (2014) 31 – 36. ISSN 0855-2215.
7. S. A. Atarah, Experimental study of mobility degradation in ultrathin high-κ Based
MOSFETs. Solid-State Electronics 55 (2011) 44–48. doi:10.1016/j.sse.2010.09.004

8. S. A. Atarah, M. M. De Souza, J Paterson, G Bersuker, G. Brown and C Young.
Experimental study of the impact of SO phonon scattering in high-κ gate dielectric
MOSFETs. ECS Trans. 2006 3(3): 49-56. doi: 10.1149/1.2355698
9. S. Atarah, A. Voronov, S. Song, F. Placido. Integrated method for control and broadband
monitoring of multilayer thin film. Opt. Interf. Coat. (Opt. Soc. Am) 2010