Neil D. Mathur

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Neil Mathur
Born
Neil David Mathur
Alma mater University of Cambridge [1]
Scientific career
Fields Material physics
Institutions University of Cambridge
Thesis Quantum order in heavy fermion systems  (1995)
Website www.msm.cam.ac.uk/department/profiles/mathur.php

Neil David Mathur is a Professor in Materials Physics in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. [2] [3] [4]

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Education

Mathur received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1995 for research into heavy fermion systems.

Research

Mathur's area of research is magnetic and electronic oxides, with a concentration on crystalline oxides. He has been experimenting with thin films (epitaxial films) and exploring applications for use in interfacing and imaging. [5] He is the co-author of Mesoscopic texture in manganites [6] with Peter Littlewood and Nanotechnology: The Third Way. [7]

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References

  1. Cambridge University Reporter, 4 October 2000
  2. Anon (2014). "Neil Mathur: Investigator Profiles". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  3. Hueso, L. E.; Pruneda, J. M.; Ferrari, V; Burnell, G; Valdés-Herrera, J. P.; Simons, B. D.; Littlewood, P. B.; Artacho, E; Fert, A; Mathur, N. D. (2007). "Transformation of spin information into large electrical signals using carbon nanotubes". Nature. 445 (7126): 410–3. Bibcode:2007Natur.445..410H. doi:10.1038/nature05507. hdl: 11336/96240 . PMID   17251975. S2CID   4400218.
  4. Garcia, V; Fusil, S; Bouzehouane, K; Enouz-Vedrenne, S; Mathur, N. D.; Barthélémy, A; Bibes, M (2009). "Giant tunnel electroresistance for non-destructive readout of ferroelectric states". Nature. 460 (7251): 81–4. Bibcode:2009Natur.460...81G. doi:10.1038/nature08128. PMID   19483675. S2CID   4339829.
  5. Loudon, J. C.; Mathur, N. D.; Midgley, P. A. (2002). "Charge-ordered ferromagnetic phase in La0.5Ca0.5MnO3". Nature. 420 (6917): 797–800. arXiv: cond-mat/0209436 . Bibcode:2002Natur.420..797L. doi:10.1038/nature01299. PMID   12490944. S2CID   4382641.
  6. Mathur, N.; Littlewood, P. (2003). "Mesoscopic texture in manganites". Physics Today. 56 (1): 25–30. Bibcode:2003PhT....56a..25M. doi:10.1063/1.1554133.
  7. Mathur, N.; Littlewood, P. (2004). "Nanotechnology: The third way". Nature Materials. 3 (4): 207–209. Bibcode:2004NatMa...3..207M. doi:10.1038/nmat1108. PMID   15085858. S2CID   34783620.