Professor John Coey

Professor John Coey

Professor Emeritus, Physics

http://people.tcd.ie/jcoey

Biography

Prof Michael Coey has degrees from universities in the UK, Ireland, France and Canada. After gaining his PhD in 1971 he was appointed Chargé des Recherches with the CNRS (Grenoble) and was visiting scientist at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre (New York) before moving to Trinity College Dublin in 1978, where he became Professor of Experimental Physics in 1987, and took up his present chair in 2007. He founded Magnetic Solutions Ltd. in 1994, and co-ordinated the Concerted European Action on Magnets from 1985-94. His SFI-funded project on Conception and Implementation of Nanoscale Spin Electronics (CINSE, 2001-2006) was followed by Magnetic Nanostructures and Spin Electronics project (MANSE 2006-2010.) Honours included the Charles Cree Medal, Institute of Physics (1997), the Gold Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (2005) and an honorary doctorate from Grenoble (1994). He has developed novel permanent magnets and contributed to the understanding of magnetism in both amorphous and natural materials. Current interests are centred on novel magnetic materials, spin electronics and the influence of magnetic fields on chemical and biological processes. An authority on magnetism and its applications, Prof Coey is the author of more than 500 scientific papers, 20 patents and several books.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • D.O'Mahony, C.Smith, C.Budtz-Jorgensen, M.Venkatesan, J.G.Lunney, J.F.McGilp, J.M.D.Coey, Optical and magnetic properties of europium sulphide thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition, Thin Solid Films, Volume 488, (1-2), 2005, p200-203Journal Article, 2005, DOI , URL
  • Karsten Fleischer, Naganivetha Thiyagarajah, Yong-Chang Lau, Davide Betto, Kiril Borisov, Christopher C. Smith, Igor V. Shvets, J. M. D. Coey, Karsten Rode, Magneto-optic Kerr effect in a spin-polarized zero-moment ferrimagnet, Physical Review B, 98, (13), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • S. Krishnamurthy, C. McGuinness, L. S. Dorneles, M. Venkatesan, J. M. D. Coey, J. G. Lunney, C. H. Patterson, K. E. Smith, T. Learmonth, P.A. Glans, T. Schmitt, J.-H. Guo, Soft x-ray spectroscopic investigation of ferromagnetic Co-doped ZnO, Journal of Applied Physics, 99, (08M111), 2006, p1 - 3Journal Article, 2006, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • T.R. Ní Mhíocháin, D. Weaire, S.M. McMurry, J.M.D. Coey, Analysis of Torque in Nested Halbach Cylinders, Journal of Applied Physics, 86, (11), 1999, p6412 - 6424Journal Article, 1999, DOI
  • T. R. Ní Mhíocháin, J.M.D. Coey, D. L. Weaire, S.M. McMurry, Torque in Nested Halbach Cylinders, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 35, (5 part 2), 1999, p3968 - 3970Journal Article, 1999, DOI
  • Michael Coey and Dennis Weaire, Magnets, markets and magic cylinders, Industrial Physicist, September , 1998, p34- 36Journal Article, 1998
  • D. L. Weaire and J. M. D. Coey, Mentor and constant friend: the life of George Francis Fitzgerald (1851 - 1901), The European Review , 15, (4), 2007, p513-521Journal Article, 2007, DOI
  • Krishnamurthy, S., Kennedy, B., Mcgee, F., Venkatesan, M., Coey, J.M.D., Lunney, J.G., Learmonth, T., (...), Mcguinness, C., Resonant soft X-ray emission and X-ray absorption studies on Ga1-xMnxN grown by pulsed laser deposition, Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 8, (5), 2011, p1608-1610Journal Article, 2011, DOI

Research Expertise

Prof Coey's research interests include magnetic, electronic and structural properties of solids, spin electronics, magnetoelectrochemistry, amorphous materials, physical properties of minerals and permanent magnet applications.