Condensed Matter

Scientific Staff

Graduates

Honours Students

Matt Ambrose

Alyssa Nixon-Loyd

PhD Students

Official Group Cake Recipe Repository

• Dilute carrot alloy cake
• Brazilian cryogenic strawberry cake
• Reflection symmetry (BOB) cake
• Nanopatterned cake

Publications (and CV's)

Research

An exciting and rewarding area for research into fundamental physics can be found in the realm of condensed matter. The general area is broad with many different aspects, encapsulating topics as seemingly disparate as how electrons scatter in plasmas to how financial markets collapse. Some of the most fascinating problems are found in mesoscopic systems which display quantum phenomena in carefully crafted geometries produced with emerging nanotechnologies. The challenges for theorists and computational physicists are particularly exciting, especially with new avenues afforded by recent developments in condensed matter field theories, ab-initio electronic structure calculations, and computational simulation methods.

Work is done in close collaboration with leading experimental groups in thin film magnetism and magnetic nanostructures, and with numerous opportunities for postgraduate student involvement and exchange. Collaborations include groups at the CNR-Florence, NIST, University of Colorado, University of Leeds, University of Glasgow, University of Kaiserslautern, University of Paris, University of Perugia, and University of Louis Pasteur.

Resonant studies of interface magnetism

Kim Kennewell

Spin wave interactions

Karen Livesey

Self organised magnetic nanostructures

Nils Ross

Nanoparticle synthesis and molecular magnets

Becky Fuller

Creep and viscosity in two dimensional magnets

Pete Metaxas

Spin glass dynamics

Nick Loh

Spinwaves scattering in self organised arrays

Rhet Magaraggia

Vortex pinning in magnetic wires

Zoe Budrikis

Magnetic polaritons in patterned nanostructures

Vincensius Gunawan