Dr Michael Derek Cropper

Employment History

Education

Recognition

PhD Students

Refereed Publications

Research Grants

Employment

From 1987        Loughborough University, Senior (1997) Lecturer in Physics

o    Current Responsibilities: Research in surface and nanoscale physics (one postgraduate students); Finance Officer.

o    Teaching: Surfaces, Thin Films and High Vacuum (Part C); Astronomy (Part A); Basic Physics and Materials (Foundation Level); Tutorials (Part A); Projects (Part C, D and PGT), Physics Liaison for Physics Enhancement Course.

o    Former Responsibilities: Research Coordinator (1998-99 and 2002-2005), Postgraduate Research Admissions Tutor (2002-2007), Industrial Placement Tutor (2001-02), Part A Tutor (2000-01), Coordinator for External Subject Review 1997-1999 (Department scored an Excellent 23/24), created and managed MSc in Surface Science and Technology (1988-1998), created current MSc in Research Studies (2003)

o    Former Teaching: Electronics (Part B); Special Relativity (Parts A and B), Waves and Optics (Part A), Light (Part A), Vacuum Techniques (PG), Surface Structure and Spectroscopy (PG), Thermal Environment (Part A Civil and Building Engineering), Physics for Human Scientists, Electrical Technology (Part A Mechanical Engineering), Problem Class (Part A), Electronics (Part B).

1985-1987         Research Fellow, University of Warwick (supervisor D P Woodruff)

Education

1982-1985         PhD in Physics, University of Warwick (supervisor D P Woodruff)

1979-1982         BSc in Physics with First Class Honours, University of York

Recognition

o    Member of the International Ph.D. Board, Salerno University 2008 onwards

o    Member of the Institute of Physics (1987), Chartered Physicist (1987).

o    Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Surface Science, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, New Journal of Physics.

o    Member of CLRC Facilities Access Panel for Physics (2002-2005)

o    Loughborough University Teaching Award 2005

o    University Teaching Assessor (2004-2009)

o    “Award Winning Partnership” at the National Knowledge Transfer Awards 2004 (Lead Academic)

o    Certificate of Excellence for Knowledge Transfer Partnership 2003

o    Member of Diamond Light Source Beam-line Working Party for Surface and Interface Structural Analysis

o    Member of Thin Films and Surfaces Group Committee, Institute of Physics 1997-2000

o    832 citations, h-index 14

PhD Students

Current: T P Fleming, A Caruana

Completed PhDs: D Brown (1997), M T Butterfield (2000), A E R Malins[1] (2000), I S Gilmore[2] (2000), C J Tremlett (2000), M S K Al-Busaidy (2001), C J Howe (2008), A M Booton (2008), R M Wardle (2009), S A Stanley (2009)


Publications

 

64

The structure formed by the deposition of a sub-monolayer quantity of platinum onto Cu(110) investigated using medium energy ion scattering

Surface Science accepted

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2011.05.013

63

Stacking faults in ultra-thin films of silver on Al(111) investigated by medium energy ion scattering

Surface Science 604 (2010) 1658-1665

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2010.06.010

62

Ultra-thin films and surface alloying of Pd on Cu(111) investigated by medium energy ion scattering”
Surface Science,
604 (2010) 201-209.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/scidirimg/clear.gifdoi:10.1016/j.susc.2009.11.007

61

“Influence of ion assisted deposition on interface broadening in Fe/Al multilayers investigated by medium energy ion scattering“
Vacuum
83 (2009) 1454-1458

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2009.06.002

60

“The ordered Heusler Alloy Pd2MnIn investigated by Photoelectron Spectroscopy”
 Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19 (2007) 176217 (8pp).

http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0953-8984/19/17/176217

59

“Energetic ion bombarded Fe/Al multilayers
 Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A24 (2006) 595-599

58

“Investigation of the structure of ultra-thin films of Fe on Cu(111) using medium-energy ion scattering”,
Surface Science 594 (2005) 212-220

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.07.025

57

“Normal incidence standing wave analysis of the Cu(111)-(Ö3´Ö3)R30°Mn structure: Evidence for stacking faults or large scale alloying?”
Surface Science 566-568 (2004) 842-848.

56

“Pulsed LASER deposition of metallic multilayers: the influence of laser power on microstructure”
Applied Physics A 79 (2004) 1453-1456.

55

“Normal incidence x-ray standing wave study of Fe on Cu(111)”
Surface Science 522 (2003) 167-174.

54

“Structure of ultrathin films of Mn on Cu(111) investigated by the normal-incidence x-ray standing-wave method”
Physical Review B 66 (2002) art. no. 165414.

53

“Investigation of the structure of ultra-thin films of Co on Cu(111) using normal-incidence X-ray standing wave and medium-energy ion scattering”
Physical Review B 62 (2000) 16984-16994.

52

''Pre-treatment of Polystyrene Using a Mediated Electrochemical Method''
Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, The Adhesion Society, Myrtle Beach, USA, (2000), pp 258-260.

51

“EXAFS investigation of the structure of Fe overlayers on Cu(111)”
Surface Science 454-456 (2000) 719-722.

50

“A Structural Study of the interaction of SO2 with Cu(111)”
Surface Science, 459 (2000) 231-244.

49

“Soft X-ray photoemission from Heusler alloys”
Surface Science Spectra 6 (1999), 268-273.

48

“Photoemission studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x
Surface Science 433-435 (1999) 696-699.

47

“Exotic structures on magnetic multilayers
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 198-199 (1999) 743-745.

46

“The Effect of Energetic Ion Bombardment During Growth on the Interface Structure of Co/Cu Multilayers
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 198-199 (1999) 713-715.

45

“Modelling of pulsed laser deposition of large area films”
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 198-199 (1999) 113-115.

44

“Amorphous alloys as secondary standards for electron spin polarimetry
Journal of Measurement Science and Technology 10 (1999) 269-274.

43

“The structure of PF3 adsorbed on Cu(111)”
Surface Science 414 (1998) 396-408.

42

Microstructural modification in Co/Cu multilayers prepared by low energy ion-assisted deposition”
Thin Solid Films 317 (1998) 278-281.

41

“Evidence of roughness distributions and interface smoothing in Co/Cu multilayers deposited under energetic particle bombardment”
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 31 (1998) 472-481.

40

“Photoelectron spectroscopy of manganese based Heusler alloys”
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 57 (1998) 1563-1571.

39

“A simple method for the control of substrate ion fluxes using an unbalanced magnetron”
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A16 (1998) 145–147.

38

Microstructural Modification in Co/Cu Multilayers Prepared Under Energetic Ion-Bombardment”
pp 1031-1034 Proceedings of ECASIA 97 ed. I Olefjord, L Nyborg and D Briggs, (1997).

37

“Experimental Determination of the Pt 5d and V 3d partial density of states in the intermetallic compound Pt3V”
pp 894-898 Proceedings of ECASIA 97 ed. I Olefjord, L Nyborg and D Briggs, (1997).

36

“Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Intermetallic Compounds Utilising Synchrotron Radiation”
pp 891-894 Proceedings of ECASIA 97 ed. I Olefjord, L Nyborg and D Briggs, (1997).

35

“Experimental determination of the partial density of states for the binary alloys Pt3V and Pt3Mn”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 9 (1997) 9435-9456.

34

“A photoemission investigation of the valence band electronic structure of Pd2TiIn and Pd2TiSn”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 9 (1997) 2955-2961.

33

“A study of the Cu2MnAl Heusler alloy using ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 8 (1996) 5941-5950.

32

“The experimental density of states of Pd 4d and Ti 3d in the intermetallic compound Pd2TiAl”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 8 (1996) 3955-3962.

31

“Photoemission studies of the Pt3Cr(110) surface”
Surface Science 331/332/333 (1995) 794-798

30

“Ultraviolet Photoemission Studies of Pd2TiAl Heusler Alloy”
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 140-144 187-188 (1995).

29

“The Discovery of Weak Metallic Ferromagnetism with a High Curie Temperature”
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 146 (1995) 30-36.

28

“The Measurement of the Intensity Profile of an Electron Gun using Modulation Techniques”
Vacuum 46 (1995) 23-25.

27

“Studies of the Electronic Structure of the Ferrimagnetic Alloy Pt3Cr using Normal Take-off Angle Resolved Photoemission”
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 6 (1994) 9973-9979.

26

“Photoemission Studies of the Pt3Cr Surface”
Surface Review and Letters 1 641-644 (1994).

25

“Surface Studies of the Ferrimagnetic Alloy Pt3Cr”
Surface Science, 307-309 (1994) 450-454.

24

“X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Studies of Surfaces”
Vacuum 45 (1994) 691-704.

23

“The Effect of Oxygen Flooding on the Secondary Ion Yield of Cs in the Cameca IMS 3f”
Vacuum 43 159-162 (1992).

22

“Quantitative SIMS of III-V Compounds of Graded Composition Without the Use of Standards”
Surface and Interface Analysis 17 177-182 (1991).

21

Intramolecular and Multiple Scattering in SEXAFS of an Adsorbed Small Molecule”
Vacuum 41 244-247 (1990).

20

“A Simple Parallel Isochromat Detector for Inverse Photoemission”
Physica Scripta 41 546-549 (1990).

19

“A Simple X-ray Standing Wave Technique for Surface-Structure Determination - Theory and Application”
Vacuum 38 428 (1988).

18

“A Simple X-ray Standing Wave Technique for Surface Structure Determination - Theory and Application”
Surface Science 195 237-254 (1988).

17

“X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Study of Mercaptide on Cu(111)”
in The Structure of Surfaces II ed. J F van der Veen and M A Van Hove pp 189-194 (1987).

16

“A Mercaptide Intermediate on Cu(111)”
Surface Science 189/190 529-534 (1987).

15

“Adsorption Site Identification in Surface Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure”
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A5 914-918 (1987).

14

“The Structure of Formate on Cu(100) and Cu(110) Surfaces”
Surface Science 184 121-136 (1987).

13

“Simple X-ray Standing Wave Technique and Its Application to the Investigation of the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl Structure”
Physical Review Letters 58 1460-1462 (1987).

12

“NEXAFS from Adsorbed Molecules: Ethanol and Ethoxy on Cu(110)”
Surface Science Letters 182 L241-L247 (1987).

11

“Investigation of the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl Structure using SEXAFS and Photoelectron Diffraction”
Surface Science 182 213-230(1987).

10

“A SEXAFS Study of Several Surface Phases of Iodine Adsorption on Ni(100) II: The Breakdown of Fourier Filtering Single Shell Analysis”
Surface Science 179 442-452 (1987).

9

“A SEXAFS Study of Several Phases of Iodine Adsorption on Ni(100) I: Multi-shell Simulation Analysis”
Surface Science 179 425-441 (1987).

8

“The Structure of the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl Surface: A Combined SEXAFS and Photoelectron Diffraction Study”
Journal de Physique C8 533-538 (1986).

7

“The Adsorption Site of Formate (HCOO) on Copper Surfaces”
Journal de Physique C8 487-490 (1986).

6

“Normal Versus Anomalous Formate-Copper Surface Bonding and the Application of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Studies to Molecular Adsorption”
Physical Review Letters 57 2598 (1986).

5

“Complete Adsorption Site Information for Cl on Cu(111) Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and Photoelectron Diffraction”
Europhysics Letters 2 857-861 (1986).

4

“Determination of the Adsorption Structure for Formate on Cu(110) Using SEXAFS and NEXAFS”
Surface Science 171 1-12 (1986).

3

“A Surface EXAFS Study of a Surface Iodide Phase on Ni(100)”
Surface Science 152/153 443-452 (1985).

2

“Structure Determination of the Formate Intermediate on Cu(110) by Use of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Measurements”
Physical Review Letters 54 2250-2252 (1985).

1

“A SEXAFS Study of Iodine on Ni(100): The Surface Iodide Phase”
in “EXAFS and Near Edge Structure III” ed. K O Hodgson, B Hedeman and J E Penner-Hahn, Springer-Verlag pp 258-260 (1984).

Research Grants

37

6/10-6/11 Access to the Nanoprobe instrument at LENFF

36

1/10-6/10 “Ultra-thin films of the ferromagnetic shape memory alloy FePd“ STFC MAP27-12 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 five days access to UK National MEIS

35

1/10-6/10 “Depth profiling of magnetic films“ STFC MAP27-06 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 two days access to UK National MEIS

34

 

33

1/09-6/09 “Ultra-thin films of Pt3Mn on Fe(001) “STFC MAP25-07 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 five days access to UK National MEIS Facility plus five days preparation

32

7/08-12/08 “Investigation of relaxation in Fe(001) surface induced by 1 ML of Pt “STFC MAP24-02 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 five days access to UK National MEIS Facility plus five days preparation

31

7/07-12/07 “Surface alloying of Mn with Al(111)“ STFC MAP22-10 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 five days access to UK National MEIS Facility plus five days preparation

30

8/03-7/05 "Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Loughborough University and SVS Ltd", KTP4101, £106,354

29

4/02-3/06 "Medium energy ion scattering studies of surface and near surface structure and composition with atomic resolution" with TS Turner, CJ Baddeley, PR Chalker, C Jeynes, CF McConville, B Sealy, P Skeldon, SP Tear, GE Thompson, JA van den Berg and DP Woodruff EPSRC GR/R88809/01

28

4/02-3/03 “Raman spectroscopy of diamond like carbon” ARI (EU)81 3 days Raman Access

27

10/1-9/02 “Raman spectroscopy of diamond like carbon” ARI (EU)63 3 days Raman Access

26

1/01-12/02 "Teaching Company Scheme between Loughborough University and SVS Ltd" TCD&SVS Ltd TCS3171 £91,612

25

10/00-3/01 “Modification of metal-metal interfaces using ion assisted magnetron deposition” CLRC 36046 2 days SRS Access

24

9/98-3/99 “Photoemission investigation of surface alloys of Cu and Mn” CLRC 32225 7 days SRS Access

23

9/98-3/99 “Normal incidence standing x-ray wave and surface EXAFS investigation of Fe and Mn ultra-thin films on Cu(111)” CLRC 32101 8 days SRS Access

22

4/97-9/97 “Photoemission studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x” CLRC 29416 7 days SRS Access

21

4/97-9/97 “Photoemission studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x” CLRC 29234 13 days SRS Access

20

1/97-3/00 “Display Technology Alliance: Advanced Substrates for Displays” with R P Howson EPSRC, Pilkington PLC &CDT Ltd GR/K77501 £50,000

19

11/96-8/98 “Teaching Company Scheme between Loughborough University and CVT Ltd”  with M Petty TCD&CVT Ltd TCS2029 £164,790

18

7/96-3/97 “A further investigation of layered structure in Co/Cu multilayers prepared under low-energy ion irradiation” CLRC 28169 8 days SRS Access

17

7/96-3/97 “Investigation of the band structure of Co2MnSn” CLRC 28155 11 days SRS Access

16

7/96-3/97 “Photoemission investigation of the 3d band of V in VPt3” CLRC 28077 14 days SRS Access

15

7/96-3/97 “Resonance photoemission studies of VPt3” CLRC 28076 12 days SRS Access

14

7/96-3/97 “Experimental determination of the partial density of states of the Pd and Mn d bands in Pd2MnIn” CLRC 28039 12 days SRS Access

13

3/96-11/99 “Enhanced Magneto-resistive Materials using Pulsed LASER Deposition” with M Petty, D E Sykes, K R A Ziebeck LINK (DTI, EPSRC & CVT Ltd) GR/K47252 £717,075 & 42 Days SRS Access £129,360

12

1/96-6/96 “Photoemission investigation of Pd2MnIn” CLRC 27/462 11 days SRS Access

11

1/96-6/96 “An investigation of layer structure in Co/Cu multilayers deposited under low-energy ion irradiation”  CLRC 27/325 6 days SRS Access

10

1/96-6/96 “Spin resolved photoemission measurements on the Pt3Cr surface” CLRC 27/297 22 days SRS Access

9

7/95-12/95 “Photoemission studies of ternary alloys” CLRC 26/408 8 days SRS Access

8

7/95-12/95 “Spin resolved photoemission studies of Pt3Cr” CLRC 26/192 14 days SRS Access

7

1/95-6/95 “Photoemission studies of the  ordered intermetallic compounds Pd2TiX” DRAL 25/170 39 shifts SRS Access

6

1/94-6/94 “Surface EXAFS and NIXSW study of Co and Fe interaction with noble metal surfaces”  SERC 23/120 63 shifts SRS Access

5

1/94-6/94 “Photoemission studies of the d-bands of the intermetallic compounds Pd2TiX” SERC 23/119 45 shifts SRS Access

4

7/94-12/97 “Magnetic Nanoprobe Microscopy” with M Petty, K R A Ziebeck, K-U Neumann LINK (DTI & Oxford Instrument Ltd) NPT 64/039 £557,471 £114,620

3

4/90-9/93 “Angle Resolved Photoemission from Magnetic Materials” with K R A Ziebeck, K-U Neumann SERC GR/F49040 336 Shifts SRS Access £64,186

2

2/90-2/93 “Unoccupied Electronic Structure of Ultra-Thin Films” SERC GR/F49063 £42,565

1

4/89-3/92 “High Precision Chemical Analysis for Future Silicon Materials/Devices” with D E Sykes, I Sutherland  SERC GR/F34558/01 £134,733

 



[1] Co-supervised with E A Seddon and M Petty,

[2] Main Supervisors M Seah and D E Sykes