Prof Steve Lee

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3143

Email

sl10@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Teaching

Level 2:  PH2011 Lectures in Mechanics (18 lectures)

Level 3:  PH3012 Lecture course in Thermal and Statistical Physics (15 lectures, 50% of course, 4 tutuorial groups).

Level 4: PH4039 Solid State Physics  (27 lectures, 3-4 tutorial groups).

Administration: Examination Officer for all courses at all 5 levels of Physics and Astronomy

Research areas

Microscopic probes (SANS, 5SR) applied to superconducting and magnetic systems (see below).

Superconductivity:  magnetic-superconducting hybrid systems, vortex matter, mesoscopic systems, thin films and multilayers

Magnetism: magnetic structures of single crystals, multilayers, including magnetic-superconductor interfaces and magnetic recording media, artificial spin-ice systems, lithographically defined nanomagnetic systems.

Neutron Scattering: small angle scattering (SANS), polarised neutron reflectometry (PNR), powder and four axis magnetic crystallography.

Muon spin rotation/relaxation: particularly for vortex structures in superconductors. Low energy muon spin rotation/relaxation in superconducting and magnetic multilayers.

PhD supervision

• Evgenia Georgiadou

Selected publications

• Open access

  Dielectric barrier plasma discharge exsolution of nanoparticles at room temperature and atmospheric pressure

  Ul Haq, A., Fanelli, F., Bekris, L., Martin, A. M., Lee, S., Khalid, H., Savaniu, C. D., Kousi, K., Metcalfe, I. S., Irvine, J. T. S., Maguire, P., Papaioannou, E. I. & Mariotti, D., 4 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Science . Early View, 15 p., e2402235.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Extending the family of hybrid layered fluoride perovskites

  Li, T., Bradford, A. J., Lee, S. & Lightfoot, P., 9 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemistry of Materials.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Enhanced photoluminescence and reduced dimensionality via vacancy ordering in a 10H halide perovskite

  Liu, H., Hafeez, H., Cordes, D. B., Slawin, A. M. Z., Peters, G., Lee, S., Samuel, I. D. W. & Morrison, F. D., 27 Feb 2023, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 62, 8, p. 3629-3636 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Partitioning the two-leg spin ladder in Ba₂Cu_1– xZn_xTeO₆: from magnetic order through spin-freezing to paramagnetism

  Pughe, C., Mustonen, O. H. J., Gibbs, A. S., Lee, S., Stewart, R., Gade, B., Wang, C., Luetkens, H., Foster, A., Coomer, F. C., Takagi, H. & Cussen, E. J., 11 Apr 2023, In: Chemistry of Materials. 35, 7, p. 2752-2761 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Spin-orbit driven superconducting proximity effects in Pt/Nb thin films

  Flokstra, M. G., Stewart, R., Yim, C. M., Trainer, C., Wahl, P., Miller, D. N., Satchell, N., Burnell, G., Luetkens, H., Prokscha, T., Suter, A., Morenzoni, E., Bobkova, I. V., Bobkov, A. M. & Lee, S., 21 Aug 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 5 p., 5081.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Polar ferromagnet induced by fluorine positioning in isomeric layered copper halide perovskites

  Han, C., McNulty, J. A., Bradford, A. J., Slawin, A. M. Z., Morrison, F. D., Lee, S. & Lightfoot, P., 21 Feb 2022, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 61, 7, p. 3230-3239

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Polarity and ferromagnetism in two-dimensional hybrid copper perovskites with chlorinated aromatic spacers

  Han, C., Bradford, A. J., McNulty, J. A., Zhang, W., Halasyamani, P. S., Slawin, A. M. Z., Morrison, F. D., Lee, S. & Lightfoot, P., 8 Mar 2022, In: Chemistry of Materials. 34, 5, p. 2458-2467 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Meissner screening as a probe for inverse superconductor-ferromagnet proximity effects

  Flokstra, M. G., Stewart, R., Satchell, N., Burnell, G., Luetkens, H., Prokscha, T., Suter, A., Morenzoni, E. & Lee, S., 20 Aug 2021, In: Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics. 104, 6, 6 p., L060506 .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Open access

  Na₂Fe(C₂O₄)(HPO₄): a promising new oxalate-phosphate based mixed polyanionic cathode for Li/Na ion batteries

  Pramanik, A., Bradford, A. J., Lee, S., Lightfoot, P. & Armstrong, R., 25 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Physics: Materials. 4, 2, 9 p., 024004.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Observation of a molecular muonium polaron and its application to probing magnetic and electronic states

  Rogers, M., Prokscha, T., Teobaldi, G., Liborio, L., Sturniolo, S., Poli, E., Jochym, D., Stewart, R., Flokstra, M., Lee, S., Ali, M., Hickey, B. J., Moorsom, T. & Cespedes, O., Aug 2021, In: Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics. 104, 6, 9 p., 064429.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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