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.
Our group consists of approximately 70 academics, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students.
Staff
Quantum optics, atom optics, semiconductors and optical and electron vortices.
- Professor Ed Boyes
Catalysis, electron microscopy.
Magnetoelectrics, spinwave dynamics, novel magnetic textures.
Femto-magnetism and spinwave dynamics.
Spin-transport and spintronics.
Atomistic spin dynamics, advanced magnetic materials, spintronics.
- Condensed matter theory.
Catalysis, electron microscopy.
Many-electron quantum mechanics.
Spin transport, tight binding models, density functional theory.
Photonic crystals, silicon photonics.
Nanomaterials and raman spectroscopy.
New spintronic materials & electron microscopy (experiment).
Predictive materials modelling for applications in energy, electronics and catalysis.
Magnitisation reversal, exchange bias.
Surface properties of nanomaterials, electron spectroscopy
Density functional theory, materials modelling.
Quantum technologies (implementations and theory).
Scanning electron and probe microscopies, surface science.
Spin transport and nanothermal imaging.
Thin film and fine particle magnetism.
Optomechanics/nanomechanics (theory).
Femto-magnetism and spinwave dynamics.
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 Sergiu Ruta Posdoctoral Reserach Fellow
- Computational Magnetism
- Dr Yue Wang Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
- Nanotechnology, 2D material devices
- Dr Sitki Aktas
- Density functional theory, materials modelling.
- Dr John Carey Density functional theory, materials modelling.
- Dr Donato Conteduca Nanophotonics, optical trapping.
- Dr William Frost Spintronic devices.
- Dr James Hussey
- Sarah Jenkins Computational magnetism.
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Spintronics.
- Dr Rupesh Kumar Parapatil Subraman Experimental DV-Quantum key distribution and CV-Quantum key distribution.
- Dr Kezheng Li Nanophotonics and biophotonics.
- Dr Roberto Moreno-Ortega Computational magnetism.
- Dr Anita Radini Archaeology.
- Dr Christopher Reardon Photonics.
- Ashish Suri Electronic Engineering.
- Dr Chuan-Jia Tong Density functional theory, materials modelling.
- Dr Anthony Vaquero-Stainer Metrology for quantum key distribution.
- Dr Samuel Westmoreland Computational magnetism.
Application areas
We apply our collective expertise to four key research areas:
Centres
Our researchers have strong links to several leading interdisciplinary research centres, including:
York Centre for Quantum Technologies
An initiative aimed at further developing the University’s substantial expertise into quantum research. The Centre aims to foster new collaborations across all areas of quantum theory, and in particular their applications to emerging quantum technologies.