Physics research index
Learn about the research expertise of our Physics staff in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences.
Dr Baptiste Auguié
- optical properties of nanostructures (nano-optics, plasmonics)
- design, characterisation and modelling of optical sensors based on thin-film multilayers and nanoparticles
- circular dichroism and optical activity
- electromagnetic modelling
- link to our group website—nano-optics and plasmonics.
Dr Morgan Cable
- biosignature detection and characterization
- habitability of planetary environments
- ocean world cryomineralogy
- planetary mission formulation and development
- Raman and IR spectroscopy
- study of planetary analogues including glaciers, CO2-driven geysers, lava fields, and fumarole ice caves.
AProf Petrik Galvosas
- NMR in porous material
- hardware and methodology of NMR
- NMR imaging methodologies for materials science
- soft matter and NMR rheology
- NMR methods in environmental science and biology
- medical device technologies.
Prof Michele Governale
- theory of charge and spin transport in nanostructures (nanoelectronics and spintronics)
- time-dependent transport in nanoscale systems
- hybrid superconductor-normal systems
- strongly correlated electrons.
Dr Malcolm Ingham
- electrical and electromagnetic techniques in geophysics
- electrical resistivity and the structure of volcanic and geothermal regions
- modelling the geomagnetic field through polarity reversals
- development of techniques for measuring the physical properties of sea ice
- DC resistivity for detection of saline intrusion in coastal aquifers.
Prof John Lekner
- theory of propagation, polarisation, and reflection of focused laser beams
- energy, momentum and angular momentum of electromagnetic and acoustic pulses
- theory of reflection of electromagnetic, acoustic and particle waves
- optical properties of anisotropic and chiral media
- viscous fluid flow, with and without slip
- quantum wavepackets—propagation in free space and in force fields.
Prof Eric Le Ru
- optical properties of metals at the nano-scale (nano-plasmonics)—theory and applications
- electromagnetic modelling
- optics-based sensors and surface-enhanced spectroscopies (Raman and fluorescence).
Dr Franck Natali
- materials science—metals and semiconductors
- catalyst materials—hydrogen and ammonia
- epitaxial growth—thin films and low-dimensional structures
- magnetic devices.
Dr Tulasi Parashar
- turbulence
- space and astrophysical plasmas
- heliophysics, solar wind, magnetospheric physics
- space weather
- drag on satellites
- plasma thrusters
- simulations
- data analysis.
Dr Yvette Perrott
- clusters of galaxies
- Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
- radio astronomy
- Bayesian analysis.
Dr Natalie Plank
- electronic device physics of carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanowires
- electronic biosensors
- interfacing of carbon nanotubes with biological receptors—mechanisms and applications
- cleanroom fabrication techniques for new materials.
Prof Ben Ruck
- experimental condensed matter physics—thin films of novel materials
- materials for spintronics
- dilute magnetic semiconductors
- rare-earth nitrides
- preparation of perovskite superconductors and ruthenate perovskites
- novel conducting materials: measurement and modelling of electronic properties.
Prof Joe Trodahl
- magnetic semiconductors—rare-earth nitrides
- transport and optical properties of metals and semiconductors
- Raman spectroscopy of semiconductors and ferroelectric oxides
- coupled ferroelectric/ferromagnetic device.
Prof Uli Zuelicke
- theoretical condensed-matter physics
- electronic properties of semiconductor nano-structures
- unconventional materials (for example, graphene and topological insulators)
- quantum-state engineering with ultra-cold atom gases.