Research

Quantum Devices &
Superconducting Circuits

I work at the intersection of nanofabrication, quantum physics, and microwave engineering — building and measuring Josephson junction devices that operate at the edge of quantum mechanics.

Research Interests

Josephson Junction Fabrication Superconducting Qubits Microwave Quantum Electronics Electron Beam Lithography Physical Vapour Deposition AFM / SEM / XPS Electrolyte-Gated Transistors Neuromorphic Computing Biosensing Amorphous Carbon Thin Films

Publications

2026 APL Electronic Devices First Author

Neuromorphic sensing of TDP-43 antigen–antibody binding using an ionic liquid channel field effect transistor

Luke A. Sylvander; Enyi Guo; Linda Losurdo; Phuong Y. Le; Cheng Tan; Lan Wang; Dougal G. McCulloch; David R. McKenzie; Jim G. Partridge

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2023 Analytica Chimica Acta First Author

Neuromorphic sensing of biomolecules covalently immobilised on polydimethyl glutarimide

Luke A. Sylvander; Phuong Y. Le; Hiep N. Tran; Billy J. Murdoch; Enyi Guo; David R. McKenzie; Dougal G. McCulloch; Jim G. Partridge

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2023 ACS Applied Electronic Materials

Lateral, Optically Controlled, Artificial Synapses Realized in Room-Temperature RF-Sputtered SnO2 for Neuromorphic Computing and Visual Recognition

Phuong Le; Hilal Nagib; Luke A. Sylvander; Martin Allen; Dougal G. McCulloch; James G. Partridge; Hiep N. Tran

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Theses

2021–2025 RMIT University · PhD

PhD Thesis, Applied Physics

Luke A. Sylvander

Supervisors: A/Prof. Jim Partridge, Prof. Dougal McCulloch, Prof. David McKenzie (USyd). Research focused on electrolyte-gated transistors, neuromorphic computing, biosensing, and amorphous carbon thin films. Techniques included PVD, CVD, SEM, XRD, XPS, and AFM.

2017–2020 Queensland University of Technology · BSc(Hons)

Honours Thesis, Physics

Luke A. Sylvander

Computational simulation to study the rotational molecular diffusion of an ideal liquid, contributing to improved MRI accuracy for tumour detection in tissue.

Current Work

Josephson Junction Devices @ AQC

As a Research Scientist at Analog Quantum Circuits in Brisbane, my current focus is on fabricating and characterising Josephson junction devices using electron beam lithography and physical vapour deposition processes.