Thesis
The group has graduated some 11 PhD candidates and 9 MSc candidates. As much as possible, details of each thesis are contained below. This is a work in progress, so please check back for regular updates.
PhD Thesis
| Name | Thesis Title | Submission Date | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| C. Durkan | Reflection mode scanning near-field optical microscopy | Sept 1996 | |
| A. Quinn | Development of an ultra high vacuum scanning tunnelling microscope | Sept 1996 | |
| J. Osing | Studies towards spin-sensitive scanning tunnelling microscopy | Sept 1998 | |
| C. Seoighe | Surface studies of magnetite (100) | Sept 1999 | |
| S. Murphy | Surface studies of Fe/Mo (100) and Fe/W (100) | Sept 2000 | S. Murphy PhD (PDF, 40 MB) |
| R. Kantor | Scanning near-field microscopy of microwave circuits | Sept 2001 | |
| G. Mariotto | Surface reconstructions of Fe3O4 (001) | Sept 2001 | G. Mariotto PhD (PDF, 13 MB) |
| A. Gademman | Optical Impedance matching studied with scanning near-field optical microscopy | March 2003 | |
| V. Usov | Structural characterisation and Kerr magnetometry of Fe/Mo (110) epitaxial systems | Sept 2004 | |
| S. F. Ceballos | STM study of the (001) and (110) surfaces of magnetite | Sept 2004 | S. Ceballos PhD (PDF, 13 MB) |
| K. Jordan | Surface Studies of Fe3O4, Fe/Ge (001) and Iron Oxide/Ge (001) | Sept 2005 | |
| A. Cazacu | Study of the Cr/Mo (110) Epitaxial System and of the (111) Surface of Magnetite | Sept 2005 | A. Cazacu PhD (PDF, 4.3 MB) |
| G. Manai | Interface Properties of Fe3O4/MgO and Surface Studies of Fe3O4 | April 2006 | G. Manai PhD (PDF, 6 MB) |
| R. G. S. Sofin | Implications of antiphase boundaries (APBs) on the strain relaxation and magnetotrasnport properties of Fe3O4 hetero-epitaxial thin films | Sept 2007 | |
| K. Radican | Studies of the oxidation of Mo (110): a method of nanowire growth | Sept 2007 | |
| H. C. Wu | Magnetic and transport properties of magnetite based nanostructures | April 2008 | Han Chun Wu PhD (PDF, 9.5 MB) |
| F. Cuccureddu | Plasmon resonance studies in silver nanoparticles arrays grown by Atomic Terrace Low Angle Shadowing (ATLAS) | April 2009 | |
| L. McGuigan | Ferromagnetic Resonance of Magnetite Films and Iron Nanowires | March 2010 | |
| R. Ramos | Anisotropic magneto-transport properties of epitaxial magnetite thin films | April 2010 | R Ramos PhD (PDF, 4.4 MB) |
MSc Thesis
| Name | Thesis Title | Submission Date | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Bowe | Development of optical interferometer | Sept 1999 | |
| L. Seravalli | Design and development of a SMOKE set-up | Sept 2000 | |
| Sergei Markov | Sub-Microlitre Dispensing | Sept 2000 | |
| Vivienna Williams | Microfluidic Biochips for Medical Diagnostics | Sept 2001 | |
| D. Kashanin | Liquid & Biological Cell Transport in Microchannel Structures | Sept 2001 | |
| D. MacMathuna | Surface Studies of Applied Physicsnetic Systems | Sept 2002 | D. MacMathuna MSc (PDF, 1.5 MB) |
| William Signac | Development of a Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy | Sept 2003 | |
| Ciaran McEvoy | Preparation and characterisation of Fe3O4/MgO/Fe and Fe3O4/MgO/Cr thin film stacks | April 2006 | C. McEvoy MSc (PDF, 1.6 MB) |
| Anthony McCoy | A scanning tunnelling microscopy study of the oxidation of W (110) | Sept 2007 | A. McCoy MSc (PDF, 1.4 MB) |
| Barry Heffernan | Preparation and characterisation of Copper Sulphide and Tin Sulphide Films by Spray Pyrolysis | Sept 2008 | |
| Savas Ulucan | High Temperature Oxidation of W (110) | October 2009 | S. Ulucan MSc (PDF 5 MB) | Paul McElligott | Formation of Magnetic Nanowires on Step Bunched Self Assembled Silicon (111) and Silicon Dioxide Templates | January 2011 |