Materials Characterisation & Modelling
Key Personnel I Morrison, SH Kilcoyne, DK Ross, DJ Bull, DL Roach, SE Donnelly and WA Oates
Research Staff D Moser and IL Shabalin
Visiting Staff M Abyaneh and M Ricci
Research Students S Ahmad, AM Bailey, G Baldisson, SJ Bakowski, PF Halkyard, S Jawahar, RMA Khalil, MA Khan, Z Mileeva, RD Moorehead, LM Simmons and D Wilkinson
Atomistic Materials Modelling
Morrison, Ross, Bull, Roach and Oates
First principles atomistic modelling is employed in the prediction of material properties. Simulations of structure and dynamics are used to understand and to design materials with optimal properties.
- New Hydrogen Storage Materials (for mobile applications)
- Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Solids (for example, ice and biotech solids)
- Magnetic Phase Transitions induced by Hydrogen
- Thermodynamical and Biomolecular considerations
Structural Analysis and Material Properties
Kilcoyne, Donnelly, Bull, Roach and Ross
- Magnetostrictive Effects and their Applications (for example, in aeronautics)
- Processing of Mica Glass Ceramics to create Synthetic Biomaterials
- Porous Silicon for Drug Delivery
- Phase Formation, Transformations and Crystallisation (in glasses and alloys of scientific, technological and biomedical relevance)
- X-Ray, Neutron and Muon Techniques at Central Facilities
- Laboratory-based Magnetisation, Susceptibility and Mossbauer Spectroscopy Methods
Further information
I Morrison (Research Pages)
SH Kilcoyne (Research Pages)
DK Ross (Research Pages)
DJ Bull (Research Pages)
DL Roach (Research Pages)
SE Donnelly (Research Pages,
Website)
WA Oates (Research Pages)
HyTrain Website
NESSHY (Novel Efficient Solid Storage for H2) Website
Materials & Physics Research Centre