About Me

I completed a Master of Physics (MPhys) degree at the University of York in 2018.

My PhD centred on Skyrmionic materials and exploring new materials which may exhibit this behaviour. I worked under the supervision of Prof. Geetha Balakrishnan.

I studied some intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides that form in a space group that has potential for skyrmionic behaviour, and some of which have been shown to host interesting magnetic phenomenon such as the chiral soliton lattice.

PhD Thesis

My PhD thesis is entitled: Structural and magnetic investigations of chiral magnets can be found on WRAPLink opens in a new window or downloaded here (PhD ThesisLink opens in a new window).

Publications

[1] S. J. R. Holt, A. Štefančič, C. Ritter, A. E. Hall, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Structure and magnetism of the skyrmion hosting family GaV₄S_8-ySe_y with low levels of substitutions between 0 < y < 0.5 and 7.5 < y < 8, Physical Review Materials 4, 114413 (2020)Link opens in a new window.

[2] A. E. Hall, D. D. Khalyavin, P. Manuel, D. A. Mayoh, F. Orlandi, O. A. Petrenko, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Magnetic structure investigation of the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide V_1/3NbS₂, Physical Review B 103, 174431 (2021)Link opens in a new window.

[3] T. J. Hicken, M. N. Wilson, K. J. A. Franke, B. M. Huddart, Z. Hawkhead, M. Gomilšek, S. J. Clark, F. L. Pratt, A. Štefančič, A. E. Hall, M. Ciomaga Hatnean, G. Balakrishnan, T. Lancaster, Megahertz dynamics in skyrmion systems probed with muon-spin relaxation, Physical Review B 103, 024428 (2021)Link opens in a new window.

[4] T. J. Hicken, Z. Hawkhead, M. N. Wilson, B. M. Huddart, A. E. Hall, G. Balakrishnan, C. Wang, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Clark, T. Lancaster, Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in Cr_1/3MS₂ (M = Nb, Ta), Physical Review B 105, L060407 (2022)Link opens in a new window.

[5] A. E. Hall, J. C. Loudon, P. A. Midgley, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, S. J. R. Holt, D. A. Mayoh, J. P. Tidey, Y. Han, M. R. Lees, and G. Balakrishnan, Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of Mn_1/3NbS₂ and Cr_1/3NbS₂, Physical Review Materials 6, 024407 (2022)Link opens in a new window.

[6] D. A. Mayoh, J. Bouaziz, A. E. Hall, J. B. Staunton, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Giant topological and planar Hall effect in Cr_1/3NbS₂, Physical Review Research 4, 013134 (2022)Link opens in a new window.

[7] G. D. A. Wood, D. D. Khalyavin, D. A. Mayoh, J. Bouaziz, A. E. Hall, S. J. R. Holt, F. Orlandi, P. Manuel, S. Blügel, J. B. Staunton, O. A. Petrenko, M. R. Lees, and G. Balakrishnan, Double-Q ground state with topological charge stripes in the centrosymmetric skyrmion candidate GdRu₂Si₂, Physical Review B 107, L180402 (2023)Link opens in a new window.

[8] B. Edwards, O. Dowinton, A. E. Hall, P. A. E. Murgatroyd, S. Buchberger, T. Antonelli, G. R. Siemann, A. Rajan, E. A. Morales, A. Zivanovic, C. Bigi, R. V. Belosludov, C. M. Polley, D. Carbone, D. A. Mayoh, G. Balakrishnan, M. S. Bahramy, and P. D. C. King, Giant valley-Zeeman coupling in the surface layer of an intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide, Nature Materials 22, 459, (2023)Link opens in a new window.

Courses Taken

PX446 Condensed Matter Physics II

Neutron Training School, ISIS Neutron and Muon Centre

Teaching Duties

I demonstrate in the first year undergraduate laboratory.

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For questions about Amelia's research at Warwick please contact Prof. Geetha Balakrishnan g dot balakrishnan at warwick dot ac dot uk

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