Condensed matter and materials physics
Using experimental, theoretical and computational techniques and supported by state-of-the-art facilities, we create and study a variety of advanced materials and nanostructures.
The scope of our work is broad - from materials design and theoretical modelling to materials synthesis and device fabrication - with a special focus on nanoscale characterisation and methods development.
Our group consists of approximately 70 academics, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students.
Staff
- Professor Stuart Cavill - Magnetoelectrics, spinwave dynamics, novel magnetic textures
- Professor Irene D'Amico - Spin-transport and spintronics
- Dr Richard Evans - Atomistic spin dynamics, advanced magnetic materials, spintronics
- Professor Aires Ferreira - Condensed matter theory
- Professor Thomas Krauss - Photonic crystals, silicon photonics
- Professor Roland Kröger - Nanomaterials and raman spectroscopy
- Professor Vlado Lazarov - New spintronic materials & electron microscopy (experiment)
- Professor Keith McKenna - Predictive materials modelling for applications in energy, electronics and catalysis
- Dr Andrew Pratt - Surface properties of nanomaterials, electron spectroscopy
- Professor Matt Probert - Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Professor Sarah Thompson - Spin transport and nanothermal imaging
- Dr Gonzalo Vallejo Fernandez - Thin film and fine particle magnetism
- Dr Jing Wu - Femto-magnetism and spinwave dynamics
- Professor Jun Yuan - Electron microscopy, electron vortices, nanomaterials
- Dr Laura Clark
- Royal Society University Research Fellow
- Image analysis and contrast mechanisms, electron microscopy
- Dr Phil Hasnip
- Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Demie Kepaptsoglou
- SuperSTEM Research Fellow
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Materials Science
- Dr Leonardo Lari
- Research Officer (Research Fellow)
- Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy, Materials Science.
- Dr Yue Wang
- Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
- Nanotechnology, 2D material devices
- Dr Sitki Aktas
- Dr Peter Byrne -Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr John Carey Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Donato Conteduca - Nanophotonics, optical trapping
- Dr Malcolm Dearg - Electron Microscopy
- Dr William Frost - Spintronic devices
- Dr Kezheng Li - Nanophotonics and biophotonics
- Dr Anita Radini - Archaeology
- Dr Christopher Reardon - Photonics
- Dr Sergiu Ruta - Computational Magnetism
- Ashish Suri - Electronic Engineering
- Dr Chuan-Jia Tong - Density functional theory, materials modelling
- Dr Anthony Vaquero-Stainer - Metrology for quantum key distribution
Application areas
We apply our collective expertise to three key research areas:
Centres
Our researchers have strong links to several leading interdisciplinary research centres, including: