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Physics Ultrasonics Group

Rachel Edwards contact author

Publications

Preprints of most papers are available at WRAP.Link opens in a new window

Refereed journal papers

  1. Ultrasonic displacement measurements from local absorption of ultrasound in thermochromic liquid crystal sensors, M Turvey, OTrushkevych, DJ McKnight and RS Edwards, Ultrasonics, 141 107352 (2024)
  2. Acoustic field visualisation using local absorption of ultrasound and thermochromic liquid crystals, OTrushkevych, M Turvey, DR Billson, R Watson, DA Hutchins and RS Edwards, Ultrasonics, 140 107300 (2024)
  3. Reflection behaviour of SH0 from small defects in thin sheets, with application to EMAT inspection of titanium, C Peyton, S Dixon, B Dutton, W Vesga and RS Edwards, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, doi:10.1080/10589759.2023.2299787 ISSN 1058-9759. (In Press) (2024)
  4. Calibration-free SH guided wave analysis for screening of wall thickness in steel with varying properties, OTrushkevych, S Dixon, M Tabatabaeipour, MDG Potter, C MacLeod, G Dobie and RS Edwards, NDT and E International, 135 102789 (2023)
  5. Characterization of EMAT guided wave reflectivity on welded structures for use in ranging, R McMillan, M Tabatabaeipour, R Hampson, RS Edwards, C Loukas, T Zhao, C Macleod and G Dobie, IEEE Sensors, 23 (5) 4383-4391 (2023)

  6. Ultrasonic guided wave estimation of minimum remaining wall thickness using Gaussian process regression, M Tabatabaeipour, K Tzaferis, R McMillan, W Jackson, G Dobie, RS Edwards, O Trushkevych and A Gachagan, Materials & Design, 221 110990 (2022)

  7. Lift-off performance of electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs) for surface acoustic wave generation, L Xiang, S Dixon, CB Thring, Z Li and RS Edwards, NDT & E International, 126 102576 (2022)

  8. Application of ultrasonic guided waves to robotic occupancy grid mapping, M Tabatabaeipour, O Trushkevych, G Dobie, RS Edwards, R McMillan, C Macleod, R O'Leary, S Dixon, A Gachagan and SG Pierce, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 163 108151 (2022)

  9. From graphene to graphene oxide : the importance of extended topological defects, AJ Marsden, M Skilbeck, M Healey, HR Thomas, M Walker, RS Edwards, NA Garcia, F Vuković, H Jabraoui, TR Walsh, J Rourke and NR Wilson, Neil R, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24 (4) 2318-2331 (2022)

  10. Miniaturised SH EMATs for fast robotic screening of wall thinning in steel plates, OTrushkevych, M Tabatabaeipour, S Dixon, MDG Potter, G Dobie, C Macleod and RS Edwards, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21 (2) 1386-1394 (2021)

  11. Ultrasonic inspection and self-healing of Ge and 3C-SiC semiconductor memberanes, L Zhou, GB Colston, M Myronov, DR Leadley, O Trushkevych, VA Shah and RS Edwards, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 29 (3) 370-377 (2020)

  12. Torque magnetometry study of the spin reorientation transition and temperature-dependent magnetocrystalline anisotropy in NdCo5, S Kumar, CE Patrick, RS Edwards, G Balakrishnan, MR Lees and J Staunton, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32 (25) 255802 (2020)

  13. Tunability of the spin reorientation transitions with pressure in NdCo5, S Kumar, CE Patrick, RS Edwards, G Balakrishnan, MR Lees and J Staunton, Applied Physics Letters, 116 (10) 102408 (2020)

  14. Phased electromagnetic acoustic transducer array for Rayleigh wave surface defect detection, L Xiang, D Greenshields, S Dixon and RS Edwards, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2968151 (in press) (2020)
  15. The interaction of polymer dispersed liquid crystal sensors with ultrasound, RS Edwards, J Ward, LQ Zhou and O Trushkevych, Applied Physics Letters 116 044104 (2020)
  16. Multiple wavemode scanning for near and far-side defect characterisation, L Xiang and RS Edwards, Journal of NDE 39 9 (2020)
  17. The effect of EMAT coil geometry on the Rayleigh wave frequency behaviour, CB Thring, SJ Hill, S Dixon and RS Edwards, Ultrasonics 99 105945 (2019)
  18. Characterisation of small defects using miniaturised EMAT system, O Trushkevych and RS Edwards, NDT&E International, 107 102140 (2019)
  19. Structural and magnetic properties of GdCo(5−x)Nix, Amy L. Tedstone, Christopher E. Patrick, Santosh Kumar, Rachel S. Edwards, Martin R. Lees, Geetha Balakrishnan, and Julie B. Staunton, Physical Review Materials 3 034409 (2019)
  20. Rayleigh wave nondestructive evaluation (NDE) for defect detection and material characterization, SK Chakrapani, RS Edwards and LJ Bond, Metals Handbook, Vol 17, Nondestructive Evaluation of Materials, Editors A Ahmed, and LJ Bond (ASM International) (2018)
  21. Calculating the magnetic anisotropy of rare-earth/transition-metal ferrimagnets, CE Patrick, S Kumar, G Balakrishnan, RS Edwards, MR Lees, L Petit and JB Staunton, Physical Review Letters 120 097202 (2018)
  22. Rare-earth/transition-metal magnetic interactions in pristine and (Ni,Fe)-doped YCo5 and GdCo5, CE Patrick, S Kumar, G Balakrishnan, RS Edwards, MR Lees, E Mendive-Tapia, L Petit and JB Staunton, Physical Review Materials 1(2) 024411 (2017)
  23. Non-linear vibrational response of Ge and SiC membranes, LQ Zhou, G Colston, MJ Pearce, RG Prince, M Myronov, DR Leadley, O Trushkevych and RS Edwards, Applied Physics Letters 111 011904 (2017)
  24. Multi-coil focused EMAT for characterisation of surface-breaking defects of arbitrary orientation, CB Thring, Y Fan and RS Edwards, NDT&E International 88 1-7 (2017)
  25. Focused Rayleigh wave EMAT for characterisation of surface-breaking defects, CB Thring, Y Fan and RS Edwards, NDT&E International 81 20-27 (2016)
  26. Ultrasound sensing using the acousto-optic effect in polymer dispersed liquid crystals, O Trushkevych, TJR Eriksson, SN Ramadas, S Dixon and RS Edwards, Applied Physics Letters 107 054102 (2015)
  27. Characterisation of hidden defects using the near-field ultrasonic enhancement of Lamb waves, AR Clough and RS Edwards, Ultrasonics 59 64-71 (2015)
  28. Laser ultrasonic characterisation of branched surface-breaking defects, JF Hernandez-Valle, RS Edwards, B Dutton, AR Clough and MH Rosli, NDT&E International 68 113-119 (2014)
  29. Multifunctional AFM imaging using ‘half and half’ contact mode and ultrasonic force microscopy, MS Skilbeck, AJ Marsden, RS Edwards and NR Wilson, Nanotechnology 25 33570 (2014)
  30. High quality single crystal Ge nano-membranes for opto-electronic integrated circuitry, VA Shah, SD Rhead, JE Halpin, O Trushkevych, E Chávez-Ángel, A Shchepetov, V Kachkanov, NR Wilson, M Myronov, JS Reparaz, RS Edwards, F Alzina, IP Dolbnya, DH Patchett, PS Allred, MJ Prest, PM Gammon, M Prunnila, TE Whall, EHC Parker, C Sotomayor Torres and DR Leadley, J. Appl. Phys, 115, 144307 (2014)
  31. Laser-based ultrasonic characterisation of resonant modes and quality factors of Ge membranes, O Trushkevych, V Shah, M Myronov, JE Halpin, SD Rhead, MJ Prest, DR Leadley and RS Edwards, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 15 025004 (2014)
  32. Scanning Laser Source Lamb Wave Enhancements for Defect Characterisation, AR Clough and RS Edwards, NDT&E International, 62 99-105 (2014)
  33. Stress corrosion cracking detection using non-contact ultrasonic techniques, JF Hernandez-Valle, AR Clough and RS Edwards; Corrosion Science, 78 335-342 (2014)
  34. Simultaneous detection of the acoustic emission and Barkhausen noise during the martensitic transition of a NiMnGa magnetic shape-memory alloy, Jordi Baro, Lluıs Manosa, Antoni Planes, Eduard Vives, Yichao Fan, Rachel S Edwards, Dean Keeble and Steve Dixon, Phys. Rev. B, 88 174108 (2013)
  35. Magnetic phase transitions in Gd64Sc36 studied using non-contact ultrasonics, O Trushkevych, Y Fan, R Perry and RS Edwards, J. Phys. D: Applied Physics, 46 105005 (2013)
  36. Lamb Wave Near Field Enhancements for Surface Breaking Defects in Plates, AR Clough and RS Edwards, Journal of Applied Physics, 111 (10) 104906 (2012)
  37. Interaction of laser generated ultrasonic waves with wedge-shaped samples, RS Edwards, B Dutton and AR Clough; Applied Physics Letters, 100 (18) 184102 (2012)
  38. In-plane and out-of-plane measurements of Rayleigh waves using EMATs for characterising surface cracks, MH Rosli, B Dutton and RS Edwards, NDT&E International, 49 1-9 (2012)
  39. Sol-gel prepared bismuth titanate for high temperature ultrasound transducers, SE Burrows, KL McAughey, RS Edwards and S Dixon; RSC Advances, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20243C (2012)
  40. Enhancement of ultrasonic surface waves at wedge tips and angled defects, RS Edwards, B Dutton, AR Clough and MH Rosli; Applied Physics Letters, 99 (9) 094104 (2011)
  41. Non-contact ultrasonic detection of angled surface defects, B Dutton, AR Clough, MH Rosli and RS Edwards; NDT&E International, 44 (4) 353-360 (2011)
  42. Near field enhancements from angled surface defects; a comparison of scanning laser source and scanning laser detection techniques, B Dutton, AR Clough and RS Edwards, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 30(2) 64-70 (2011)
  43. Temperature contour maps at the strain-induced martensitic transition of a Cu-Zn-Al shape memory single crystal, E Vives, S Burrows, RS Edwards, S Dixon, L Manosa, A Planes and R Romero, Applied Physics Letters 98 011902 (2011)
  44. Ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking railhead defects, RS Edwards, C Holmes, Y Fan, M Papaelias, S Dixon, CL Davis, BW Drinkwater and C Roberts, Insight 50 (7) 369-373 (2008)
  45. Data fusion for defect characterisation using a dual probe system, RS Edwards, A Sophian, S Dixon and GY Tian, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 144 (1) 222-228 (2008)
  46. Disorder and intermolecular interactions in a family of tetranuclear Ni(II) complexes probed by high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance, J Lawrence, EC Yang, R Edwards, MM Olmstead, C Ramsey C, NS Dalal, PK Gantzel, S Hill and DN Hendrickson, Inorganic Chemistry 47 (6) 1965-1974 (2008)
  47. Non-linear enhancement of laser generated ultrasonic Rayleigh waves by cracks, S Dixon, B Cann, D Carroll, Y Fan and RS Edwards, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 23 (1) 25-34 (2008)
  48. Effect on ultrasonic generation of a backplate in electromagnetic acoustic generation, X Jian, S Dixon, R Edwards, K Quirk and I Baillie, Journal of Applied Physics 102 (2) 024909 (2007)
  49. Rayleigh wave interaction with surface-breaking defects, X Jian, S Dixon, N Guo and R Edwards, Journal of Applied Physics 101 (6) 064906 (2007)
  50. Ultrasonic surface wave propagation and interaction with surface defects on rail track head, Y Fan, S Dixon, RS Edwards and X Jian, NDT&E International 40 (6) 471-477 (2007)
  51. Integrity evaluation of steel products using EMATs, X Jian, S Dixon, I Baillie, R Edwards and J Morrison, J. Phys. D - Applied Physics 40 (2) 300-304 (2007)
  52. Shear wave generation using a spiral electromagnetic acoustic transducer, X Jian, S Dixon, I Baillie, RS Edwards, J Morrison and Y Fan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89 (24) 244106 (2006)
  53. Characterisation of defects in the railhead using ultrasonic surface waves, RS Edwards, S Dixon and X Jian, NDT&E International (Elsevier) 39 (6) 468-475 (2006)
  54. Depth gauging of defects using low frequency wideband Rayleigh waves, RS Edwards, S Dixon and X Jian, Ultrasonics (Elsevier) 44 93-98 (2006)
  55. Surface-breaking crack gauging with the use of laser-generated Rayleigh waves, X Jian, Y Fan, RS Edwards and S Dixon, J. Appl. Phys. (AIP) 100 064907 (2006)
  56. Dual EMAT and PEC non-contact probe: applications to defect testing, RS Edwards, A Sophian, S Dixon, GY Tian and X Jian, NDT&E International (Elsevier) 39(1) 45-52 (2006)
  57. A model for pulsed Rayleigh wave and optimal EMAT design, X Jian, S Dixon, KTV Grattan and RS Edwards, Sensors and Actuators A-Physical (Elsevier) 128(2) 296-304 (2006)
  58. Coupling mechanism of electromagnetic acoustical transducers for ultrasonic generation, X Jian, S Dixon, RS Edwards and J Reed, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (AIP) 119(5) 2693-2701 (2006)
  59. Dual-probe methods using pulsed eddy currents and electromagnetic acoustic transducers for NDT inspection, A Sophian, RS Edwards, GY Tian and S Dixon, Insight (Brit. Inst. NDT) 47(6) 341-345 (2005)
  60. Signal enhancement of the in-plane and out-of-plane Rayleigh wave components, RS Edwards, X Jian, Y Fan and S Dixon, Appl. Phys. Lett. (AIP) 87 194104 (2005)
  61. Detection and depth gauging of transverse cracks in the rail head, S Dixon, RS Edwards and X Jian, Ironmaking & Steelmaking (Maney Publishing) 32(5) 376-378 (2005)
  62. Optimising Ultrasonic Wideband Rayleigh Wave Generation by Pulsed Electromagnetic Coils, X Jian, S Dixon and RS Edwards, NDT&E (Taylor & Francis) 20(1) 43-62 (2005)
  63. Modelling ultrasonic generation for Lorentz force EMATs, X Jian, S Dixon and RS Edwards, Insight (BINDT) 46(11) 671-673 (2004)
  64. Enhancement of the Rayleigh wave signal at surface defects, RS Edwards, S Dixon and X Jian, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (IOP) 37 2291-2297 (2004)
  65. Inspection of rail track head surfaces using electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs), S Dixon, RS Edwards and X Jian, Insight (BINDT) 46(6) 326-330 (2004)
  66. Discrete easy-axis tilting in Mn12-acetate, as determined by EPR: implications for the magnetic quantum tunneling mechanism, S Takahashi, RS Edwards, JM North, S Hill and NS Dalal, Phys. Rev. B (APS) 70 094429 (2004)
  67. Single-Molecule Magnets: Preparation and Properties of Low Symmetry [Mn4O3(O2CPh-R)4(dbm)3] Complexes with S=9/2, N Aliaga-Alcalde, RS Edwards, SO Hill, W Wernsdorfer, K Folting and G Christou, J Am Chem Soc (ACS) 126(39) 12503-12516 (2004)
  68. EPR and NMR characterization of the S=9 excited state and spin density distribution in the single-molecule magnet Fe8Br8: Implications to the S=10 model and magnetization Tunneling pathways, D Zipse, NS Dalal, RM Achey, JM North, S Hill and RS Edwards, Applied Magnetic Resonance (Springer) 27(1-2) 151-163 (2004)
  69. Comparison of the Fermi-surface topologies of κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 and its deuterated analogue, RS Edwards, A Narduzzo, J Singleton, A Ardavan and JA Schlueter, J. Phys.- Cond. Mat. (IOP) 15(31) L483-L490 (2003)
  70. Definitive spectroscopic determination of the transverse interactions responsible for the magnetic quantum tunneling in Mn-12-acetate, S Hill, RS Edwards, SI Jones, NS Dalal and JM North, Phys. Rev. Lett (APS) 90 (21) 217204 (2003)
  71. Quantum coherence in an exchange-coupled dimer of single-molecule magnets, S Hill, RS Edwards, N Aliaga-Alcalde and G Christou, Science (AAAS) 302(5647) 1015-1018 (2003)
  72. Characterization of the S=9 excited state in Fe8Br8 by electron paramagnetic resonance, D Zipse, JM North, NS Dalal, S Hill and RS Edwards, Phys. Rev. B (APS) 68(18) 184408 (2003)
  73. Cyclotron resonance in the layered perovskite superconductor Sr2RuO4, E Rzepniewski, RS Edwards, J Singleton, A Ardavan and Y Maeno, J. Phys.- Cond. Mat. (IOP) 14(14) 3759-3774 (2002)
  74. Magnetic resonances observed in the high-field magneto-optical absorption of the quantum Ising ferromagnet LiHoF4, RS Edwards, A Narduzzo, E Lyons, L Childress, SJ Blundell, J Singleton and RCC Ward, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B (World Scientific) 16(20-22) 3312-3315 (2002)
  75. The millimetre-wave magneto-optical response of Sr2RuO4, A Ardavan, E Rzepniewski, RS Edwards, J Singleton and Y Maeno, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B (World Scientific) 16(20-22) 3238-3243 (2002)
  76. Millimetre-wave measurements of the bulk magneto-conductivity of anisotropic metals: application to the organic superconductors κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 and β-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3, JM Schrama, J Singleton, RS Edwards, A Ardavan, R Harris, M Kurmoo and P Day, J. Phys.- Cond. Mat. (IOP), 13(10) 2235-2261 (2001)
  77. Fermi Surface Spectroscopy: a Magnetic Resonance Approach, JM Schrama, SO Hill, J Singleton, A Ardavan, E Rzepniewski and R Edwards, Physica B (Elsevier), 280, 281-282 (2000)
  78. Millimetre-wave magneto-optical determination of the anisotropy of the superconducting order parameter in the molecular superconductor κ- (BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, JM Schrama, E Rzepniewski, R Edwards, J Singleton, A Ardavan, M Kurmoo and P Day, Phys. Rev. Lett. (APS), 83, 3041-3044 (1999)

Book chapters

  1. "Recent Studies of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Metals Involving High Magnetic Fields", J Singleton and RS Edwards, published in High Magnetic Fields: Science and Technology Volume 2: Theory and Experiments. eds. Fritz Herlach & Noboru Miura (World Scientific) ISBN 981-02-4965-9 pp 85-110 (2003)

Conference papers (reviewed and ISI indexed)

  1. Detection of defects in titanium using shear horizontal guided waves, C Peyton, RS Edwards, S Dixon, B Dutton and W Vesga, In: 2021 48th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, Online, 28-30 July 2021. Published in: Proceedings of the Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation pp. 1-6. doi:10.1115/QNDE2021-74942 (2022)
  2. Quality-factor and frequency shifts of suspended Ge membranes, LQ Zhou, G Colston, O Trushkevych, M Myronov, DR Leadey and RS Edwards, Mtgs. Acoust. 32, 032003 (2017)
  3. Enhanced surface defect detection using focused electromagnetic acoustic transducers (EMATs), CB Thring, WE Somerset and RS Edwards, Proc. Mtgs. Acoust. 32, 045001 (2017)
  4. Ultrasound Visualisation Using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Sensors, RS Edwards, O Trushkevych, TJR Eriksson, SN Ramadas and S Dixon, Review of Progress in QNDE, AIP Conference Proceedings 1806, 020021 (2017)
  5. Multiple Focused EMAT Designs for Improved Surface Breaking Defect Characterization, CB Thring, Y Fan and RS Edwards, Review of Progress in QNDE, AIP Conference Proceedings 1806, 020019 (2017)
  6. Laser Ultrasonic Characterisation of Membranes for use as MEMS, RS Edwards, L Zhou, MJ Pearce, RG Prince, M Myronov, G Colston, DR Leadley and O Trushkevych, Review of Progress in QNDE, AIP Conference Proceedings 1806, 050013 (2017)
  7. Tensile strained Ge membranes, VA Shah, O Trushkevych, M Myronov, S Rhead, J Halpin, R Edwards and DR Leadley, 15th international conference on ultimate integration of silicon, pp137-140, DOI: 10.1109/ULIS.2014.6813917 (2014)
  8. Effects of branched defect geometry on the propagation of Rayleigh waves, F Hernandez-Valle, AR Clough, B Dutton and RS Edwards, AIP Conf. Proc. 1581, 389 (2014); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4864846
  9. Detection of open and partially closed surface defects in plates using ultrasonic enhancement, AR Clough and RS Edwards, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 32B 367-374 (2013)
  10. Laser generation and detection for surface wave interactions with different defect geometries, JF Hernandez-Valle, RS Edwards, AR Clough, MH Rosli and B Dutton, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 32B 324-329 (2013)
  11. Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements of Sub-millimetre Thickness Sheets, KL McAughey, RS Edwards, MDG Potter and Steve Dixon; 18th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, 16-20 April 2012, Durban, South Africa. Paper 349 published at http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2012/index.htm.
  12. Investigation into the use of Bismuth Titanate as a High Temperature Piezoelectric Transducer, KL McAughey, SE Burrows, RS Edwards and S Dixon; 18th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, 16-20 April 2012, Durban, South Africa. Paper 352 published at http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2012/index.htm.
  13. Scanning laser techniques for characterisation of different surface breaking defect geometries, F Hernandez-Valle, RS Edwards, AR Clough, MH Rosli and B Dutton; 18th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing, 16-20 April 2012, Durban, South Africa. Paper 351 published at http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt2012/index.htm.
  14. Detection and Characterisation of Surface Cracking using Scanning Laser Techniques; RS Edwards, AR Clough, MH Rosli, JF Hernandez-Valle and B Dutton, presented at International Congress in Ultrasonics 2011, AIP conference proceedings 1433 563-566 (2012)
  15. Measuring Elastic Constants using Non-Contact Ultrasonic Techniques; RS Edwards, R Perry, D Cleanthous, DJ Backhouse, IJ Moore, AR Clough and DI Stone, presented at International Congress in Ultrasonics 2011, AIP conference proceedings 1433 511-514 (2012)
  16. Scanning Laser Source and Scanning Laser Detection Techniques for Different Surface Crack Geometries; RS Edwards, B Dutton, AR Clough and MH Rosli, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 31 251-258 (2012)
  17. Analysis of Rayleigh wave interactions for surface crack characterisation; MH Rosli, Y Fan and RS Edwards, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 31 209-216 (2012)
  18. High temperature thickness measurements using a bismuth titanate piezoelectric transducer, SE Burrows, KL McAughey, RS Edwards and S Dixon, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 31A, pp979-985 (2012)
  19. Non-contact ultrasonic measurements of the elastic constants of magnetic materials, R.S. Edwards, R. Perry, D.J. Backhouse, I.J. Moore, D. Cleanthous, A.R. Clough and D. Stone, presented at CMMP 2010, Warwick, December 2010; Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 286, 012050 (2011)
  20. Exploring surface wave interaction with angled defects in the near and far field, B Dutton, AR Clough, MH Rosli and RS Edwards, presented at Laser Ultrasonics 2010, Bordeaux, July 2010, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 278 012011 (2011)
  21. Non-contact ultrasonic characterisation of angled surface defects, RS Edwards, B Dutton, MH Rosli and AR Clough, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 30 (2011), 257-264
  22. Ultrasonic Rayleigh Wave Enhancements from Angled Defects in Aluminium, AR Clough, B Dutton and RS Edwards, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 30 (2011), 137-144
  23. Acoustic Emission avalanches in Martensitic Transitions: new perspectives for the problem of source location, Eduard Vives, Daniel Soto, Antoni Planes, Lluis Mañosa, Ricardo Romero, Rachel Edwards and Steve Dixon; presented at PTM2010 (Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials), Avignon, June 2010, Solid State Phenomena 144, 172-174 (2011)
  24. Identifying surface angled cracks on aluminium bar using EMATs and automated computer system, MH Rosli, RS Edwards, B Dutton, CG Johnson and P Cattani, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 29 1593-1600 (2010)
  25. Defect feature extraction using surface wave interactions and time-frequency behaviour, B Dutton, MH Rosli and RS Edwards, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 29 647-654 (2010)
  26. Novel Acoustic Barkhausen Noise Transducer and its Comparison with Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer, J Wilson, GY Tian, RS Edwards and S Dixon, Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation (XI), Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics 31 78-85 (2008)
  27. EMAT measurements of in- and out-of-plane ultrasonic signals, RS Edwards, S Dixon, Y Fan and X Jian, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 27A 841-848 (2008)
  28. Ultrasonic detection of surface-breaking railhead defects, RS Edwards, Y Fan, M Papaelias, S Dixon, CL Davis and C Roberts, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 27A 602-609 (2008)
  29. Data fusion for combining techniques to detect and size surface and near-surface defects, RS Edwards, A Sophian, S Dixon and GY Tian, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 26 619-626 (2007)
  30. High speed detection and characterisation of defects in the railhead, RS Edwards, Y Fan and S Dixon, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 26 1406-1412 (2007)
  31. Ultrasonic surface wave propagation and interaction with surface defects, Y Fan, S Dixon, RS Edwards and X Jian, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 26 894-901 (2007)
  32. Ultrasonic surface wave propagation and interaction with surface defects on rail track head, Y Fan, S Dixon, RS Edwards and X Jian, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 25B 1609-1615 (2006)
  33. Entanglement of exchange-coupled dimers of single-molecule magnets, A Wilson, S Hill, RS Edwards, N Aliaga-Alcalde and G Christou, Low Temperature Physics, Parts A and B 850 1141-1142 (2006)
  34. EMAT and eddy current dual probe for detecting surface and near-surface defects, RS Edwards, A Sophian, S Dixon and GY Tian, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 25B 1515-1522 (2006)
  35. Rail defect detection using ultrasonic surface waves, RS Edwards, X Jian, Y Fan and S Dixon, Review of Progress in QNDE (AIP) 25B 1601-1608 (2006)
  36. Coupling mechanism of an EMAT, X Jian, S Dixon, RS Edwards and J Morrison, Ultrasonics 44 E653-656 Suppl. 1 (2006)
  37. Pulsed Rayleigh wave scattered at a surface crack, X Jian, S Dixon, N Guo, RS Edwards and M Potter, Ultrasonics 44 E1131-1134 Suppl. 1 (2006)
  38. Transverse and longitudinal crack detection in the head of rail tracks using Rayleigh wave-like wideband guided ultrasonic waves, SB Palmer, S Dixon, RS Edwards and XM Jian, Non-destructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring of Aerospace Materials, Composites, and Civil Infrastructure IV 5767: 70-80 (SPIE) (2005)
  39. Ultrasonic field modelling for arbitrary non-contact transducer source, X Jian, Steve Dixon and Rachel S. Edwards, Third International Conference on Experimental Mechanics and Third Conference of The Asian Committee on Experimental Mechanics, (SPIE) 5282: parts 1 and 2 515-519 (2005)
  40. Non-contact ultrasonic characterisation of defects using EMATs, RS Edwards, S Dixon and X Jian, Rev. Prog. in QNDE (AIP) 24B 1568-1575 (2005)
  41. Ultrasonic generation and optimisation for EMAT, X Jian, Steve Dixon and Rachel S. Edwards, Rev. Prog. QNDE (AIP) 24A 1041-1046 (2005)
  42. Origin of the fast magnetization tunnelling in tetranuclear nickel single molecule magnets, DN Hendrickson, EC Yang, RM Isidro, C Kirman, J Lawrence, RS Edwards, S Hill, A Yamaguchi, H Ishimoto, W Wernsdorfer, C Ramsey, N Dalal and MM Olmstead, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 24(16-17) 2280-2283 (2005)
  43. High field high frequency EPR techniques and their application to single molecule magnets, RS Edwards, S Hill, P Goy, R Wylde and S Takahashi, Physica B (Elsevier) 346 211-215 (2004)
  44. Semiconductivity, spin delocalization, and excited states of the single molecule magnets Fe8Br8 and Mn-12-acetate (invited), D Zipse, JM North, RM Achey, NS Dalal, S Hill, RS Edwards, ES Choi and JS Brooks, J. Appl. Phys. (AIP) 95 (11) 6900-6905 (2004)
  45. Search for new iron single-molecule magnets, EM Rumberger, S Hill, RS Edwards, W Wernsdorfer, LN Zakharov, AL Rheingold, G Christou and DN Hendrickson, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 22(14-17) 1865-1870 (2003)
  46. Exchange bias in Ni-4 single-molecule magnets, EC Yang, W Wernsdorfer, S Hill, RS Edwards, M Nakano, S Maccagnano, LN Zakharov, AL Rheingold, G Christou and DN Hendrickson, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 22(14-17) 1727-1733 (2003)
  47. High-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance investigations of tetranuclear nickel-based single-molecule magnets, RS Edwards, S Maccagnano, EC Yang, S Hill, W Wernsdorfer, DN Hendrickson and G Christou, J. Appl. Phys. (AIP) 93(10) 7807-7809 (2003)
  48. A comparative high frequency EPR study of monomeric and dimeric Mn-4 single-molecule magnets, RS Edwards, S Hill, S Bhaduri, N Aliaga-Alcalde, E Bolin, S Maccagnano, G Christou and DN Hendrickson, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 22(14-17) 1911-1916 (2003)
  49. On the origin of anomalous EPR peaks observed in Mn-12-Ac, S Hill, RS Edwards, JM North, S Maccagnano and NS Dalal, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 22(14-17) 1897-1904 (2003)
  50. Environmental factors influencing EPR in Mn-12-Ac and Fe8Br8, S Hill, RS Edwards, JM North, K Park and NS Dalal, Polyhedron (Elsevier) 22(14-17) 1889-1896 (2003)
  51. Interplane corrugations in quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface sections of deuterated and undeuterated kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, A Narduzzo, RS Edwards, A Ardavan and J Singleton, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier), 133-134, 129-130 (2003)
  52. Harmonics of the cyclotron resonance in the organic superconductor beta-(BEDT-TTF)2IBr2, RS Edwards, A Narduzzo, A Ardavan and J Singleton, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier) 133-134, 117-118 (2003)
  53. Half-integer spin molecular magnets, DN Hendrickson, G Christou, W Wernsdorfer, SO Hill, N Aliaga-Alcalde, S Bhaduri, RS Edwards, SMJ Aubin and ZM Sun, Magnetoelectronics and Magnetic Materials – Novel Phenomena and Advanced Characterisation, 746 231-240 (2003)
  54. Single crystal high frequency cavity-based EPR spectroscopy of single molecule magnets, S Hill, RS Edwards, SI Jones, S Maccagnano, JM North, N Aliaga, EC Yang, NS Dalal, G Christou and DN Hendrickson, Magnetoelectronics and Magnetic Materials – Novel Phenomena and Advanced Characterisation, 746 253-264 (2003)
  55. Angle-dependent conductivity resonances in organic molecular superconductors measured using millimetre-wave techniques, RS Edwards, A Ardavan, A Narduzzo, J Singleton and E Rzepniewski, Proceedings of the IRMMW conference 2001 (2003)
  56. Unconventional cyclotron resonance in the organic superconductor beta-(BEDT-TTF)2SF5CH2CF2SO3, RS Edwards, JA Symington, E Rzepniewski, A Ardavan, J Singleton and J Schlueter, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier), 120, 1033-1034 (2001)
  57. Interplane corrugations in the quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface sections of kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, E. Rzepniewski, RS Edwards, JM Schrama, A Ardavan, J Singleton, M Kurmoo and P Day, Synthetic Metals (Elsevier), 120, 953-954 (2001)
  58. Unconventional cyclotron resonance in Sr2RuO4, A Ardavan, RS Edwards, E Rzepniewski, J Singleton and SJ Blundell, Physica B (Elsevier), 294, 379-382 (2001)
  59. A vector analyser for observing millimetre-submillimetre resonances, P Goy, S Caroopen, M Gross, A Ardavan, R Edwards, E Rzepniewski and J Singlton, DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338849 (2000)
  60. Millimetre-wave magneto-optical determination of the anisotropy superconducting order parameter in the molecular superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF) 2Cu(NCS)2, JM Schrama, E Rzepniewski, A Ardavan, R Edwards, J Singleton, M Kurmoo and P Day, Proc. SPIE, 3828, 311 (1999)
  61. Measurements of magnetic resonance and high-frequency conductivity at low temperatures and high magnetic fields, JM Schrama, E Rzepniewski, A Ardavan, R Edwards, A-K Klehe, A Kornilov and J Singleton, Proc. SPIE, 3828, 180 (1999)

 

Selected other conference publications

  1. Case Study: Railway safety systems of the future - what can we expect?, Rachel S Edwards and Steve Dixon, Africa Rail 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa, conference proceedings
  2. High speed detection and characterisation of defects in metals using ultasonic surface waves, RS Edwards, Y Fan, X Jian and S Dixon, NDT 2006 Stratford, BINDT conference proceedings
  3. Ultrasonic surface wave propagation and interaction with surface defects”, Y Fan, S Dixon and R S Edwards, NDT 2006 Stratford, BINDT conference proceedings
  4. Weighting based sensor fusion for defect characterization, A Sophian, RS Edwards, GY Tian and S Dixon, NDT 2006 Stratford, BINDT conference proceedings
  5. Rayleigh wave scattering at surface-breaking crack and crack depth gauging, X Jian, RS Edwards, Y Fan and S Dixon, NDT 2005 Harrogate, BINDT conference proceedings
  6. Ultrasonic Surface Wave Propagation and Interaction with Surface Breaking Defects, Y Fan, RS Edwards, X Jian and S Dixon, NDT 2005 Harrogate, BINDT conference proceedings
  7. Enhancement of the Rayleigh Wave Signal at a Defect, RS Edwards, X Jian, Y Fan and S Dixon, NDT 2005 Harrogate, BINDT conference proceedings
  8. EMAT and Eddy Current Dual Probe for detecting and characterizing surface and near-surface defects, RS Edwards, A Sophian, S Dixon and GY Tian, NDT 2005 Harrogate, BINDT conference proceedings
  9. Ultrasonic Field Modelling for Arbitrary Non-contact Transducer Source, X Jian, S Dixon, et al, Online NDT Journal through www.ndt.net (2005)
  10. Non-contact Rayleigh wave characterisation of surface and subsurface defects in metals, RS Edwards, S Dixon and X Jian, NDT 2004 Torquay, BINDT conference proceedings
  11. Ultrasonic generation and optimisation for EMAT, X Jian, S Dixon and RS Edwards, NDT 2004 Tourquay, BINDT conference proceedings
  12. Non-contact ultrasonic testing of the railhead, Rachel S. Edwards, Steve Dixon and Xiaoming Jian, Proceedings of the Railway Engineering conference (2004)