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SUMMARY:Structural and functional characterisation of oxide nanomaterials 
 - Donald MacLaren\, School of Physics &amp\; Astronomy\, The University of
  Glasgow
DTSTART:20141106T160000Z
DTEND:20141106T170000Z
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CONTACT:Stephen Walley
DESCRIPTION:I will give an overview of recent activities of the Materials 
 & Condensed Matter Physics group in Glasgow\, with a focus on the characte
 risation of technologically-relevant complex oxides. My first exemplar is 
 the synthesis of manganese oxide nanoparticles as a potential contrast age
 nt in medical MRI scanners\; these particles are of interest because their
  unusual 'octapod' shape imbues them with unexpectedly pronounced ferromag
 netism\, even though bulk MnO is know to be a bulk antiferromagnet. My sec
 ond exemplar will be to describe our efforts in developing oxide materials
  for data storage applications. I will cover aspects of thin-film growth v
 ia pulsed laser deposition\; electrical characterisation of nanopatterned 
 devices\; and on-going developments in the characterisation of devices usi
 ng nanoanalytical and Lorentz electron microscopies.
LOCATION:Mott Seminar Room\, Cavendish Laboratory
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