Applicants are invited to apply for an Analytical Sciences CDT joint MSc and PhD (1+3 route) focused on the area of physics. Applicants will have a choice of mini-research projects and PhD projects in the areas of

1) Studies of Topological Superconductors using Muon Spectroscopy

Description: The growth and characterisation of topological superconductors using low-temperature transport studies, magnetic measurements, and muon spectroscopy.

Superconductivity and Magnetism Group, Department of Physics

Websites: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/supermag/

Supervisors: Dr Martin Lees and Prof. Geetha Balakrishnan

Martin Lees: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/supermag/whoswho/martin_lees/

Geetha Balakrishnan: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/supermag/whoswho/geetha_balakrishnan/

External Partners

Muon Spectroscopy Group – ISIS neutron and Muon Source

https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Muon-spectroscopy.aspx

ISIS Supervisor: Dr Pabitra Biswas

https://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/Dr-Pabitra-Biswas.aspx

 

(2) “Organic thin film electronic devices"

Description: X-ray characterisation of electronic devices based on organic molecules using in-situ and in-operando x-ray techniques. The project involves thin film growth, micro and nano-scale patterning and device optimisation.

Websites: https://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/institutter_centre/c_nanosyd

Supervisors:

Thomas Hase: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/staff/academic/hase/

Partners: University of Southern Denmark, Jakob Kjelstrup-Hansen,: http://physics.sdu.dk/people/jkh

XMaS Beamline, Oier Bikondoa: www.xmas.ac.uk

 

(3) “Magnetic materials with highly frustrated interactions studied with neutron diffraction and spectroscopy”

Oleg Petrenko, Physics

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