User ProfileProfile Prof Des McMorrow Professor of PhysicsTelephone Number: +44 (0)20 7679 7189 Telephone Extension: 37 189Fax Number: +44 (0)20 7679 0595Email: d.mcmorrow@ucl.ac.ukOffice/Location: 3C4Research Interests: Low dimensional quantum spin systemsHigh-temperature superconductivityMultipolar order in novel materials BiographyBiography: 2008-Present Deputy Director, London Centre for Nanotechnology2004-Present Professor of Physics, UCL2004-2009 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award2002-2003 Senior Research Scientist, Riso National Laboratory2000-2002 Head of Research Programme, X-ray and Neutron scattering, Riso1998-2003 External lecturer in Physics, Niels Bohr Institute1993-2000 Senior Scientist, Risø1991-1993 Senior College Lecturer, Keble College, Oxford1990-1993 Research Fellow, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford1987-1990 Research Fellow, Physics Department, University of Edinburgh1983-1987 Ph. D., University of Manchester1979-1983 B.Sc. in Physics, University of Sheffield ResearchResearch: My research is focussed on understanding how electrons organise themselves in solids to produce the wonderfully diverse range of phenomena encountered in modern condensed matter physics. I am particularly interested in how low-dimensionality and strong collective quantum effects can produce new states of matter, such as the high-temperature superconductors, quantum spin liquids, etc. The techniques I use are based mainly on using x-rays and neutrons to probe the structural and magnetic correlations that dominate the low-energy behaviour of these and other interesting classes of solids. This invariably means that I spend significant periods of time at central facilities such as ISIS in Oxfordshire, and the Institute Laue-Langevin and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, both located in Grenoble, France. Research Highlights: Publications Search publication title 09.04.1990 EVIDENCE FOR A MAGNON ENERGY-GAP IN THE SPIN-SLIP PHASE OF HOLMIUM 05.02.1990 A NEUTRON-SCATTERING STUDY OF THE IMPULSE APPROXIMATION IN SINGLE-CRYSTAL BERYLLIUM 25.12.1989 EXCHANGE AND CRYSTAL-FIELD INTERACTIONS OF HO3+ IN GDAI2 - A SINGLE-CRYSTAL NMR-STUDY 01.08.1988 STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF STRAINED LAYER QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS BY GRAZING-INCIDENCE X-RAY-SCATTERING 01.02.1986 NMR OF HO-165 IN A SINGLE-CRYSTAL OF HO-GDA12 Pages« first ‹ previous … 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 News Print
01.08.1988 STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF STRAINED LAYER QUANTUM WELL SYSTEMS BY GRAZING-INCIDENCE X-RAY-SCATTERING