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Investigations have involved both experimental and numerical work, in addition to the development of appropriate techniques and instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A particular focus has been in the potential applications of nanostructured materials in the energy sector and the development of a novel quantitative time-resolved polarisation microscopy for applications in life science and materials research. This work, in collaboration with biologists at Salford&nbsp;&nbsp;and Manchester Universities, has led to the recent establishment of the spin out company Optimum Imaging Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"63\" src=\"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/sirc-materials-and-physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2020\/06\/magnetism-materials-physics-research-university-salford.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1679\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Techniques such as magneto-optical Stokes polarimetry, soft X-ray microscopy and spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy accompany research involving the fabrication of magnetic nanowires and focused ion-beam patterning of thin films. Both mono-crystalline and poly-crystalline nanowire arrays have&nbsp;&nbsp;been fabricated, by pulsed dc electro-deposition, and studies of the phase relations and textures of particular nanowire arrays have been undertaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other research has investigated: ion-beam irradiated gold nano-rods (including molecular dynamical modelling); the effects of solvents on electro-spinning of nanotubes (investigating and characterising the nanotube formation process); characterisation of magnetic multilayer nanowires (with a view to&nbsp;&nbsp;their applications in nano-devices and nano-electronics); Mossbauer spectroscopy and neutron diffraction studies of magnetostrictive alloy ribbons; and fabrication and nano-scale characterisation of multi-particle-chain nano-fibres (considering implications for biomagnetic nano-devices).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General research topics investigated include the electronic, magnetic and magneto-optic properties of magnetic and semiconductor thin film structures, including the fabrication and characterisation of nanostructured materials &#8211; with an emphasis on self-organised electrochemical and focused ion-beam&nbsp;&nbsp;direct-write fabrication techniques and linear and non-linear optical characteristics in the context of photonics and metamaterials. 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