From 1987
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)
1982-1985 PhD in Physics,
1979-1982 BSc in Physics with First Class
Honours, University of
o Member of the International Ph.D. Board, Salerno University 2008 onwards
o
Member of the
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)
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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
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)
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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 |
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Stacking faults in ultra-thin films of silver on Al(111) investigated
by medium energy ion scattering Surface Science 604
(2010) 1658-1665 |
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62 |
“Ultra-thin films and surface alloying of
Pd on Cu(111) investigated by medium energy ion
scattering” |
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61 |
“Influence of ion assisted
deposition on interface broadening in Fe/Al multilayers
investigated by medium energy ion scattering“ |
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60 |
“The ordered Heusler Alloy Pd2MnIn investigated by
Photoelectron Spectroscopy” |
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59 |
“Energetic ion
bombarded Fe/Al multilayers” |
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58 |
“Investigation of
the structure of ultra-thin films of Fe on Cu(111) using medium-energy ion
scattering”, |
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57 |
“Normal incidence
standing wave analysis of the Cu(111)-(Ö3´Ö3)R30°Mn structure: Evidence for stacking faults
or large scale alloying?” |
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56 |
“Pulsed LASER deposition of metallic multilayers:
the influence of laser power on microstructure” |
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55 |
“Normal incidence x-ray standing wave study of Fe on Cu(111)” |
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54 |
“Structure of ultrathin films of Mn on Cu(111) investigated by the normal-incidence x-ray
standing-wave method” |
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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” |
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52 |
''Pre-treatment of
Polystyrene Using a Mediated Electrochemical Method'' |
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“EXAFS
investigation of the structure of Fe overlayers on Cu(111)” |
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50 |
“A Structural Study
of the interaction of SO2 with Cu(111)” |
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49 |
“Soft X-ray
photoemission from Heusler alloys” |
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48 |
“Photoemission
studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x” |
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“Exotic structures
on magnetic multilayers” |
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“The Effect of
Energetic Ion Bombardment During Growth on the Interface Structure of Co/Cu Multilayers” |
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45 |
“Modelling of
pulsed laser deposition of large area films” |
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44 |
“Amorphous alloys
as secondary standards for electron spin polarimetry”
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43 |
“The structure of
PF3 adsorbed on Cu(111)” |
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“Microstructural modification in Co/Cu multilayers
prepared by low energy ion-assisted deposition” |
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41 |
“Evidence of
roughness distributions and interface smoothing in Co/Cu multilayers
deposited under energetic particle bombardment” |
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40 |
“Photoelectron
spectroscopy of manganese based Heusler alloys” |
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39 |
“A simple method
for the control of substrate ion fluxes using an unbalanced magnetron” |
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38 |
“Microstructural Modification in Co/Cu Multilayers
Prepared Under Energetic Ion-Bombardment” |
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37 |
“Experimental
Determination of the Pt 5d and V 3d partial density of states in the
intermetallic compound Pt3V” |
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36 |
“Investigation of
the Electronic Structure of Intermetallic Compounds Utilising Synchrotron
Radiation” |
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35 |
“Experimental
determination of the partial density of states for the binary alloys Pt3V
and Pt3Mn” |
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34 |
“A photoemission
investigation of the valence band electronic structure of Pd2TiIn
and Pd2TiSn” |
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33 |
“A study of the Cu2MnAl
Heusler alloy using ultraviolet photoemission
spectroscopy” |
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32 |
“The experimental
density of states of Pd 4d and Ti 3d in the intermetallic compound Pd2TiAl”
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31 |
“Photoemission
studies of the Pt3Cr(110) surface” |
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30 |
“Ultraviolet
Photoemission Studies of Pd2TiAl Heusler
Alloy” |
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29 |
“The Discovery of
Weak Metallic Ferromagnetism with a High Curie Temperature” |
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28 |
“The Measurement of
the Intensity Profile of an Electron Gun using Modulation Techniques” |
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27 |
“Studies of the
Electronic Structure of the Ferrimagnetic Alloy Pt3Cr
using |
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26 |
“Photoemission
Studies of the Pt3Cr Surface” |
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25 |
“Surface Studies of
the Ferrimagnetic Alloy Pt3Cr” |
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24 |
“X-ray Absorption
Fine Structure Studies of Surfaces” |
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23 |
“The Effect of
Oxygen Flooding on the Secondary Ion Yield of Cs in the Cameca
IMS 3f” |
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22 |
“Quantitative SIMS
of III-V Compounds of Graded Composition Without the Use of Standards” |
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21 |
“Intramolecular and Multiple Scattering in SEXAFS of an
Adsorbed Small Molecule” |
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20 |
“A Simple Parallel Isochromat Detector for Inverse Photoemission” |
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19 |
“A Simple X-ray
Standing Wave Technique for Surface-Structure Determination - Theory and
Application” |
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18 |
“A Simple X-ray
Standing Wave Technique for Surface Structure Determination - Theory and
Application” |
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17 |
“X-ray Absorption
Fine Structure Study of Mercaptide on Cu(111)” |
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16 |
“A Mercaptide Intermediate on Cu(111)”
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15 |
“Adsorption Site Identification
in Surface Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure” |
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14 |
“The Structure of Formate on Cu(100) and Cu(110)
Surfaces” |
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13 |
“Simple X-ray
Standing Wave Technique and Its Application to the Investigation of the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl
Structure” |
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12 |
“NEXAFS from
Adsorbed Molecules: Ethanol and Ethoxy on Cu(110)” |
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11 |
“Investigation of
the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl
Structure using SEXAFS and Photoelectron Diffraction” |
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10 |
“A SEXAFS Study of Several
Surface Phases of Iodine Adsorption on Ni(100) II:
The Breakdown of Fourier Filtering Single Shell Analysis” |
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9 |
“A SEXAFS Study of
Several Phases of Iodine Adsorption on Ni(100) I:
Multi-shell Simulation Analysis” |
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8 |
“The Structure of
the Cu(111) (Ö3xÖ3)R30°-Cl
Surface: A Combined SEXAFS and Photoelectron Diffraction Study” |
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7 |
“The Adsorption Site
of Formate (HCOO) on Copper Surfaces” |
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6 |
“Normal Versus
Anomalous Formate-Copper Surface Bonding and the
Application of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Studies to Molecular
Adsorption” |
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5 |
“Complete
Adsorption Site Information for Cl on Cu(111) Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and
Photoelectron Diffraction” |
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4 |
“Determination of the
Adsorption Structure for Formate on Cu(110) Using SEXAFS and NEXAFS” |
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3 |
“A Surface EXAFS
Study of a Surface Iodide Phase on Ni(100)” |
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2 |
“Structure
Determination of the Formate Intermediate on Cu(110) by Use of X-ray Absorption Fine Structure
Measurements” |
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1 |
“A SEXAFS Study of
Iodine on Ni(100): The Surface Iodide Phase” |
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6/10-6/11 Access to the Nanoprobe instrument
at LENFF |
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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 |
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1/10-6/10 “Depth profiling of magnetic films“ STFC
MAP27-06 EPSRC EP/E003370//1 two days access to UK National MEIS |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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8/03-7/05 "Knowledge Transfer Partnership
between |
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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 |
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4/02-3/03 “Raman
spectroscopy of diamond like carbon” ARI (EU)81 3 days Raman Access |
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10/1-9/02 “Raman spectroscopy of diamond like
carbon” ARI (EU)63 3 days Raman Access |
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1/01-12/02 "Teaching Company Scheme between |
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10/00-3/01 “Modification
of metal-metal interfaces using ion assisted magnetron deposition” CLRC 36046
2 days SRS Access |
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9/98-3/99
“Photoemission investigation of surface alloys of Cu and Mn”
CLRC 32225 7 days SRS Access |
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9/98-3/99 “ |
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4/97-9/97
“Photoemission studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x” CLRC
29416 7 days SRS Access |
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4/97-9/97
“Photoemission studies of Pt3MnxCr1-x” CLRC
29234 13 days SRS Access |
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1/97-3/00 “Display
Technology |
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11/96-8/98
“Teaching Company Scheme between |
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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 |
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7/96-3/97 “Investigation of the band structure of Co2MnSn”
CLRC 28155 11 days SRS Access |
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7/96-3/97 “Photoemission investigation of the 3d
band of V in VPt3” CLRC 28077 14 days SRS Access |
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7/96-3/97 “Resonance photoemission studies of VPt3”
CLRC 28076 12 days SRS Access |
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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 |
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3/96-11/99 “Enhanced Magneto-resistive Materials
using Pulsed LASER Deposition” with M Petty, D |
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1/96-6/96
“Photoemission investigation of Pd2MnIn” CLRC 27/462 11 days SRS
Access |
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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 |
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10 |
1/96-6/96 “Spin resolved photoemission measurements
on the Pt3Cr surface” CLRC 27/297 22 days SRS Access |
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9 |
7/95-12/95
“Photoemission studies of ternary alloys” CLRC 26/408 8 days SRS Access |
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7/95-12/95 “Spin resolved
photoemission studies of Pt3Cr” CLRC 26/192 14 days SRS Access |
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1/95-6/95
“Photoemission studies of the ordered
intermetallic compounds Pd2TiX” DRAL 25/170 39 shifts SRS Access |
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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 |
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1/94-6/94
“Photoemission studies of the d-bands of the intermetallic compounds Pd2TiX”
SERC 23/119 45 shifts SRS Access |
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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 |
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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 |
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2/90-2/93
“Unoccupied Electronic Structure of Ultra-Thin Films” SERC GR/F49063
£42,565 |
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4/89-3/92 “High
Precision Chemical Analysis for Future Silicon Materials/Devices” with D |