Simon J. Bending

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Simon J. Bending
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Prof Simon J. Bending - 09 Feb 2022
Born (1957-10-29) October 29, 1957 (age 67)
Brentwood, Essex, UK
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Known for Superconductivity
Scanning Hall probe microscopy
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Thesis Tunneling and Transport via Localised States in α-Si Tunnel Barriers  (1985)
Doctoral advisor Malcolm Beasley
Other academic advisors Malcolm Beasley
Theodore H. Geballe
Klaus von Klitzing
Website people.bath.ac.uk/pyssb/profsj.htm

Simon John Bending, FInstP (born 29 October 1957) is a British physicist. He is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Bath, where he was the Head of department from 2013 to 2016. [1] He is co-director of the Bath-Exeter Centre for Graphene Science [2] [3] and deputy director of the Bath-Bristol EPRSC Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics. [4] [5] He developed scanning Hall probe microscopy [6] and has made notable contributions to the field of superconductors. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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Early life and education

Bending was born in Brentwood, Essex 29 October 1957 and attended St Peter's School, [13] in South Weald, from 1962 to 1969 and then King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford from 1969 to 1976. In 1979, he graduated B.A. Hons (1st. class) in Natural Sciences - Physics from the University of Cambridge. He obtained his PhD in 1985, from the Applied Physics Department at Stanford University. [1]

Research

Following his PhD, Bending joined the group of Dr P. Guéret at IBM Research Laboratories, Zürich, Switzerland, as a postdoc, in 1985. In 1986, he became a postdoc in the group of Prof. Klaus von Klitzing, at the Max Planck Institut FKF, in Stuttgart, Germany. An year earlier, Von Klitzing had been awarded the Physics Nobel Prize. Bending joined the University of Bath in 1989, first as a Lecturer and then as a Senior Lecturer, from 1995. In 1991–92, Bending supervised Andre Geim as a postdoc in his group. Geim was subsequently awarded the 2010 Physics Nobel Prize. In 1996, Bending was promoted to Reader and, in 2000, he was appointed to a personal chair in the Department of Physics.

Much of Bending's research evolved from his development of scanning Hall probe microscopy. [6] Highlights of his work include studies of vortex matter in highly anisotropic superconductors, [7] [8] ferromagnetic superconductors, [9] [14] ferromagnet-superconductor heterostructures, [10] domain wall phenomena and dynamics in ferromagnetic thin films [11] and the realisation of novel hybrid material structures by electrocrystallisation. [12] [15] [16] More recently the focus of Bending's research has shifted to new physics in two-dimensional crystals, e.g., graphene and other layered (super)conductors. [17] [18]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 Prof Simon Bending University of Bath profile
  2. ↑ EPSRC grant details
  3. ↑ University of Exeter press release
  4. ↑ The CDR-CMP team
  5. ↑ EPSRC grant details
  6. 1 2 Oral, A.; Bending, S.J.; Henini, M. (1996). "Real‐time scanning Hall probe microscopy" . Applied Physics Letters. 69 (9): 1324–1326. Bibcode:1996ApPhL..69.1324O. doi:10.1063/1.117582. hdl: 11511/38181 .
  7. 1 2 Grigorenko, A.; Bending, S.J.; Tamegai, T.; Ooi, S.; Henini, M. (2001). "A one-dimensional chain state of vortex matter" . Nature. 414 (6865): 728–731. Bibcode:2001Natur.414..728G. doi:10.1038/414728a. PMID   11742393. S2CID   4384475.
  8. 1 2 Cole, D.; Bending, S.J.; Savel'Ev, S.; Grigorenko, A.; Tamegai, T.; Nori, F. (2006). "Ratchet without spatial asymmetry for controlling the motion of magnetic flux quanta using time-asymmetric drives" . Nature Materials. 5 (4): 305–311. Bibcode:2006NatMa...5..305C. doi:10.1038/nmat1608. PMID   16532001. S2CID   123223565.
  9. 1 2 Collomb, D.; Bending, S.J.; Koshelev, A.E.; Smylie, M.P.; Farrar, L.; Bao, K.-B.; Chung, D.Y.; Kanatzidis, M.G.; Kwok, W.-K.; Welp, U. (2021). "Observing the Suppression of Superconductivity in BrEuFe4As4 by Correlated Magnetic Fluctuations". Physical Review Letters. 126 (15): 157001. arXiv: 2010.09901 . Bibcode:2021PhRvL.126o7001C. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.157001. PMID   33929261. S2CID   224803375.
  10. 1 2 Van Bael, M.J.; Bekaert, J.; Temst, K.; Van Look, L.; Moshchalkov, V.V.; Bruynseraede, Y.; Howells, G.D.; Grigorenko, A.N.; Bending, S.J.; Borghs, G. (2001). "Local observation of field polarity dependent flux pinning by magnetic dipoles" . Physical Review Letters. 86 (1): 155–158. Bibcode:2001PhRvL..86..155V. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.155. PMID   11136117.
  11. 1 2 San Emeterio Alvarez, L.; Wang, K.-Y.; Lepadatu, S.; Landi, S.; Bending, S.J.; Marrows, C.H. (2010). "Spin-transfer-torque-assisted domain-wall creep in a Co/Pt multilayer wire" . Physical Review Letters. 104 (13): 137205. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.104m7205S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.137205. PMID   20481911.
  12. 1 2 Lukyanchuk, I.; Vinokur, V.M.; Rydh, A.; Xie, R.; Milošević, M.V.; Welp, U.; Zach, M.; Xiao, Z.L.; Crabtree, G.W.; Bending, S.J.; Peeters, F.M.; Kwok, W.-K. (2015). "Rayleigh instability of confined vortex droplets in critical superconductors". Nature Physics. 11 (1): 21–25. Bibcode:2015NatPh..11...21L. doi: 10.1038/nphys3146 .
  13. ↑ St Peter’s School
  14. ↑ Physicists Uncover New Mechanism Enabling Magnetism and Superconductivity to Co-exist in the Same Material
  15. ↑ Flokstra, M.G.; Satchell, N.; Kim, J.; Burnell, G.; Curran, P.J.; Bending, S.J.; JFK Cooper, M.; Cooper, J.F.K.; Kinane, C.J.; Langridge, S.; Isidori, A.; Pugach, N.; Eschrig, M.; Luetkens, H.; Suter, A.; Prokscha, T.; Lee, S.L. (2016). "Remotely induced magnetism in a normal metal using a superconducting spin-valve". Nature Physics. 12 (1): 57–61. arXiv: 1505.03565 . Bibcode:2016NatPh..12...57F. doi:10.1038/nphys3486. S2CID   31851623.
  16. ↑ Magnetised gold heralds new generation of electronics
  17. ↑ Farrar, L.S.; Nevill, A; Lim, Z.J.; Balakrishnan, G.; Dale, S.; Bending, S.J. (2021). "Superconducting Quantum Interference in Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures". Nano Letters. 21 (16): 6725–6731. arXiv: 2101.04557 . Bibcode:2021NanoL..21.6725F. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00152. PMC   8397396 . PMID   34428907.
  18. ↑ Superconducting flakes could outperform quantum computer parts
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