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Driscoll Research Group

 

For a full list of MacManus-Driscoll publications, please see: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-lYrze0AAAAJ&hl=en

Recent papers

2024

MacLaren I, Silinga A, Barhel J, Kleibeuker J, MacManus-Driscoll J L, Allen C S, Kirkland A I, Atomic resolution imaging of 3D crystallography in functional oxide thin films, arXiv:2412.16297 preprint, Dec 2024.

Salonikidou B, Gaggio B, Jan A, O Hill M, Lampronti G I, Fairclough S, Di Martino G, Hellenbrand M, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Na+-doped WO3 double-layer resistive switching device for biomimetic applications, Applied Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102515, Dec 2024.

Lovett A J, Wells M P, Zhang Y, Song J, Miller T S, Wang H, MacManus-Driscoll J L, Low Area Specific Resistance La-Doped Bi2O3 Nanocomposite Thin Film Cathodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications, Nano Lettershttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c03679; Nov 2024.

Silva N E, Jayakrishnan A R, Kaim A, Gwozdz K, Domingues L, Kim J S, Istrate M C, Ghica Corneliu, Pereire M, Marques L, Gomes M J M, Hoye R, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Silva, J P B, Ultra‐Sensitive, Self‐powered, CMOS‐Compatible Near‐Infrared Photodetectors for Wide‐Ranging Applications, Advanced Functional Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202416979; Nov. 2024.

Hellenbrand M, Teck I, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Progress of emerging non-volatile memory technologies in industry, MRS Comm, https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00660-2; Nov. 2024.

Maity T, Bansal M, Strkalj N, Dolui K, He Z, Nataf G F, Lovett A, Ghidini M, Dhesi S S, Lu P, Wang H, Li W, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L., Engineering exchange bias at the interface of self-polarized ultrathin ferroelectric Ba⁢Ti⁢O3 and ferromagnetic La0.67⁢Sr0.33⁢Mn⁢O3, Phys Rev Applied, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.22.054035; Nov. 2024.

Cheong M, Choi D, You B, Kim Y, Han Y, Kim T, Ko C, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L., Flewitt A j, Kim U J, Hahm M G, Lee M, Joo M-K, Understanding Coulomb Scattering Mechanism in Ambipolar Tellerium Nanosheet Transistors, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsaelm.4c01804; Oct. 2024. 

O Hill M, Kim J S, Muller M L, Phuyal D, Taper S, Bansal M, Becker M T, Bakhit B, Maity T, Monserrat B, Di Martino G, Strkalj N, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L., Depth-Resolved X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Evidence of Intrinsic Polar States in HfO2-Based Ferroelectrics, Applied Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408572, Sept 2024

Pal S, Palladino E, Yuan H, de h-Óra M, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Ontaneda J, Dwij V, Sathe V G and Briscoe J, Determination of Imprint Effects in Ferroelectrics from the Quantified Phase and Amplitude Response, ACS Applied Electronic Materialshttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsaelm.4c00875; Sept. 2024.

 

O Hill M, Kim J, Müller M L, Phuyal D, Taper S, Bansal M, Becker M T, Bakhit B, Maity T, Monserrat B, Di Martino G, Strkalj N and MacManus‐Driscoll Judith L, Depth‐Resolved X‐Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Evidence of Intrinsic Polar States in HfO2‐Based Ferroelectrics, Advanced Materialsonlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.202408572; Sept. 2024.

 

Wells M, Kreka K, Kante M, Botro M, Celikbilek O, Ouweltjes P O, Baiutti F, Fairclough S, Ducati C, Tarancon A and MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Reducing critical raw material use in commercial solid oxide fuel cells using vertically aligned thin-film cathodes with enhanced long-term stability, Energy & Environmental Materials10.22541/au.172518318.87990984/v1; Sept. 2024.

 

Jayakrishnan A R, Isfahanai V B, Nair S K P, Sekhar K C, Marques L S, Pereira M, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L and Silva Jose PB, The benefits of incorporating lead-free ferroelectric materials in high energy density Li- and Li-free batteries, Journal of Energy Storagehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.112846; Sept. 2024, 97.

 

Kursumovic A, Prestigiacomo J, de h-Óra M, Li W, Feighan J, Smolyaninova V, Smolyaninov I, Osofsky M and MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Sodium-Controlled Interfacial Resistive Switching in Thin Film Niobium Oxide for Neuromorphic Applications, Superconductivityhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.supcon.2024.100115; Sept. 2024.

Jan A, Fraser S A, Moon T, Lee Y S, Bae H, Lee H J, Choe D-H, Becker M T, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Heo J, Di Martino G, Resetting the Drift of Oxygen Vacancies in Ultrathin HZO Ferroelectric Memories by Electrical Pulse Engineering, Small Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202400223; Sept. 2024.

 

Zhu B, Schusteritsch G, Li W, Xing W, Yu R, Pickard C J and MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Structure and ionic conduction enhancement mechanisms at CeO2/SrTiO3 heterointerfaces, Applied Physics Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1063/5.0185746; May 2024, 11, 2.

 

Gaggio B, Jan A, Muller M, Salonikidou B, Bakhit B, Hellenbrand M, Di Martino G, Yildiz B and MacManus-Driscoll Judith L, Sodium-Controlled Interfacial Resistive Switching in Thin Film Niobium Oxide for Neuromorphic Applications, Chemistry of Materials, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00965; May 2024.

 

Wells MP, Lovett AJ, Zhang Y, Shang Z, Wang H, MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L, Pathway to high performance, low temperature thin-film solid oxide cells grown on porous anodised aluminium oxide, Nano Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.109049; Jan. 2024, 119, 109049.

2023

Akram W, de h-MacManus-Driscoll Judith L and Maity T, Table-like magnetocaloric effect due to field-induced inter-cluster interactions in Eu0.5Sr0.5MnO3–EuMnO3 composites. Journal of Physics D, Applied Physicshttps://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad030c; Nov. 23, 57, 055301.

 

Jeon J, Ha Y, MacManus-Driscoll JL and Lee SB, La-doped BaSnO3 for electromagnetic shielding transparent conductors,  Nanoconvergence, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-023-00397-z; Oct. 2023, 50.

 

Dou H, Lin Z, Hu Z Tsai B, Zheng D, Song Jm Lu J, Zhang, X; Jia, QX, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Ye P Wang H, Self-assembled Au Nanoelectrodes: Enabling Low-Threshold Voltage HfO2-based Artificial Neurons, Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02217; Oct. 2023, 23, 9711.

 

Biswas B,  Rudra S, Rawat RS, Pandey N, Acharya S, Joseph A, Pillai AIK, Bansal M, de h-Óra M, Dey AB, Bertram F, Narayana C, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Maity T, Garbrecht M, Saha B, Magnetic Stress-driven Metal-insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Antiferromagnetic CrN, Physical Review Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.126302; Sept. 2023, 126302.

 

Jan A, Strkalj N, Nguyen T, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Di Martino G, Comprehensive Study of Raman Optical Response of Typical Substrates for Thin-Film Growth Under 633 nm and 785 nm Laser Excitation, Optics Express, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.504002; Sept. 2023, 31, 33914.

 

Hellenbrand M, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Multi-level and Gradual Resistive Switching in Hafnium-oxide-based Devices, Nano Convergence,  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-023-00392-4; Sept. 2023, 10.

 

Lovett A, Daramalla V, Nayak D, Sayeed F, Mahadevegowda A, Ducati C, Spencer BF, Dutton S, Grey CP, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Three-Dimensional Nanocomposite Thin Film Cathodes for Micro-Batteries with Enhanced High-Rate Electrochemical Performance over Planar Films, Advanced Energy Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202302053; Sept. 2023, 13, 2302053.

 

Kim D, Sun X-G, Gao X, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Lee HN, Lee SB, Stable super-capacity all-solid-state nanobattery using binder-free single-crystalline TiO2(B) electrodes, Nano Letters, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00596. Jul. 2023, 23, 6815.

 

Lal S, Righetto M, Ulatowski AM, Motti SG, Sun Z, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Hoye RLZ, Herz LM, Band-like transport and charge-carrier dynamics in BiOI films, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01520, Jul. 2023, 14, 6620.

 

Lovett A, Daramalla V, Sayed F.N. h-Óra M, Grey CP, Dutton S E, MacManus-Driscoll, JL Low Temperature Epitaxial Growth of LiMn2O4 Utilizing A Novel NiCo2O4 Current Collector, ASC Energy Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01094, Jul. 2023,  8, 3437.

 

Le D, Wang H, Li K, Zhu B, Jiang K, Backes D, Veiga LSI, Shi J, Roy P, Xiao M, Chen A, Jia Q, Lee TL, Dhesi SJ,  Scanlon DO, MacManus-Driscoll JL, van Aken PA, Zhang KHL, Li W, Emergent and Robust Ferromagnetic-Insulating State in Highly Strained LaCoO3 Thin Films, Nature Communications,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39369-6; Jun. 2023, 14, 3638.

 

Kunwar S, Somodi CB, Lalk RA, Rutherford B, Corey Z, Paudel B, Roy P, Zhang Di, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Jia Q, Wang H, Nie W, Chen A, Protons: Critical Species for Resistive Switching in Interface-Type Memristors, Advanced Electronic Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202200816; Oct. 2022, 2200816.

 

Ashoka A, Nagane S, Strkalj N, Roose B, Sung Jooyoung, MacManus-Driscoll Judith L., Stranks SD, Feldmann S, Rao A, Local Symmetry Breaking Drives Picosecond Spin Domain Formation in Polycrystalline Semiconducting Films, Nature Materials, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01550-z; Jun 2023, 22, 977–984.

 

Ye L, Wu F, Xu R, Zhang D, Lu J, Wang C, Dong A, Xu S, Xue L, Fan Z, Xu L, Li K, Li D, Kursumovic A, Zhao R, Tang R, Qiu L, Wang H, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Jing Q, Li W, Yang H, Face Mask Integrated Flexible and Wearable Manganite Oxide Respiration Sensor, Nano Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108460; Jul. 2023, 112, 108460.

 

Pan H, Zhang Y, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Interplay of polarization, strength, and loss in dielectric films for capacitive energy storage: current status and future directions, Journal of Materiomics, 10.1016/j.jmat.2022.11.010; May 2023, 9, 516.

 

Hellenbrand M, Bakhit B, Dou H, Xiao M, Hill MO, Sun Z,  Mehonic A, Chen, A Jia QX, Wang H, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Thin-film design of amorphous hafnium oxide nanocomposites enabling strong interfacial resistive switching uniformity, Science Advances, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg1946; Jun. 2023, 9, eadg1946.

 

Ye L, Wu F, Xu R, Zhang D, Lu J, Wang C, Dong A, Xu S, Xue L, Fan Z, Xu L, Li K, Li D, Kursumovic A, Zhao R, Tang R, Qiu L, Wang H, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Jing Q, Li W, Yang H, Face Mask Integrated Flexible and Wearable Manganite Oxide Respiration Sensor, Nano Energy

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108460; Jul. 2023, 112, 108460.

 

De H-Ora M, Nicolenco A, Peda M, Sun Z, Lee SB, Maity T, Sort J, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Voltage Control of Magnetism in Cobalt Ferrite Nanopillars, APL Materials, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0147665; May 2023, 11, 051105.

 

Kim D, Jeon Y, MacManus-Driscoll JL and Lee S, Solid-state catalytic hydrogen sponge effects in grain-boundary-free BaInO2.5 films, Advanced Functional Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202300819; May 2023, 2300819.

 

Becker MT, Oldroyd P, Strkalj N, Muller M L, Malliaris GG, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Impedance switching for neural recording with ferroelectric microelectrodes, Applied Physics Letters, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0143391; Apr. 2023, 122, 173701.

 

Jagt RA, Bravić I,  Eyre L, Gałkowski K, Borowiec J, Baranowski M, Dyksik M, van de Goor TWJ, Kreouzis T, Bevan A, Płochocka P, Stranks SD, Deschler F, Monserrat B, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Hoye RL, Layered BiOI single crystals capable of detecting low dose rates of X-rays, Nature Communications,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38008-4; Apr. 2023, 14, 2452.

 

Gomersall D, Niang KM, Parish JD, Z Sun, Johnson AL, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Flewitt AJ, Multi-pulse atomic layer deposition of p-type SnO thin films: growth processes and the effect on TFT performance, J. Mater. Chem. C, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TC00255A; Apr. 2023, 11, 5740.

 

Kunwar S, Jernigan Z, Hughes Z, Somodi C, Caravelli F, Roy P, Zhang D, Wang H, Jia Q, MacManus-Driscoll  JL, Kenyon G, Sornborger A, Nie W, Chen A, An interface type memristor for artificial synapses and neuromorphic computing, Advanced Intelligent Systems, http://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300035; Apr. 2023, 2300035.

 

Crema APS, Istrate MC, Silva A,  Lenzia AV,  Domingues L, Hill MO, Teodorescu VS, Ghicad C, Gomes MJM, Marques PL, MacManus-Driscoll JL*, Silva JPB*, Ferroelectric orthorhombic ZrO2 thin films achieved through nanosecond laser annealing, Advance Science, http://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202207390; Mar. 2023, 2207390.

 

Jain A, Rembert T, Taper S, Symonowicz J, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Monserrat B, Di Martino G, Operando optical tracking of oxygen vacancy migration and phase change in few-nm ferroelectric HZO films, Advanced Functional Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202214970, Mar. 2023, 2214970.

 

Dou H, Hellenbrand M, Xiao M, Hu Z, Chen A, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Jia QX, Wang H, Design of grain boundary morphology in CeO2 with tailorable resistive switching properties, Advanced Electronic Materials, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aelm.202201186; Mar. 2023, 9, 2211086.

 

MacManus-Driscoll JL, Handbook of Superconductivity. Theory, Materials, Processing and Characterisation, CRC Press, Chapter on YBCO Wires and Tapes: Processing of High Tc Conductors: The Compound YBCO, Mar. 2023.

 

Silva JPB Istrate MC, Hellenbrand M, Jan A, Becker MT, Symonowicz J, Figueiras FG, Lenzi V, Ghica C, Romanyuk Konstantin N, Di Martino G, Marques L, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Ferroelectric orthorhombic ZrO2 thin films with negative piezoelectric coefficient, achieved through substrate orientation control, Applied Materials Today, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmat.2022.11.010, Feb. 2023; 30, 101708.

 

Wu R, Li W, and MacManus-Driscoll JL, Exemplary Tuning of Ferroics Using Large Area Interfaces Formed in Epitaxial Superlattices and Nanocomposite Films, Materials Horizons, http://doi.org/10.1039/d2mh01527g; Feb. 2023,10, 1060-1086.

 

Wan Q, Xiao Z, Kursumovic A, MacManus-Driscoll JL, Durkan C, Ferrotronics for the creation of band gaps in Graphene, Physical Review B, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.107.045428; Jan. 2023; 107, 045428.

 

Senanayak SP, Dey K , Shivanna R, Li W, Ghosh D, Roose B, Andaji-Garmaroudi Z, Zhang Y, Tiwale N , MacManus Driscoll JL, Friend R, Stranks SD, Sirringhaus H, Charge Transport in Mixed Metal Halide Perovskite Semiconductors, Nature Materials, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01448-2, Jan. 2023; 22, 216.

 

 

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DMG Christmas Party and Karaoke!

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28 December 2024

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Driscoll group Christmas party

16 December 2024

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PhD students Ziyi and Benedetta present at MRS Fall 2024

5 December 2024

Ziyi presented a poster, investigating Thin-Film Design Strategy for Enhancing Cyclic Endurance in WO 3 -Based Resistive Switching Memory Devices. Benedetta gave a talk on the topic of Sodium-Controlled Interfacial Resistive Switching in Thin Films . It was a great experience, we thank to the organizers and we are grateful...

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Judith was pleased to attend and give an invited talk at the Innovate UK event on, “Future Computing Technologies and Energy Efficient Computation: Neuromorphic Computing", in London (King’s College Institute of Health Engineering). The importance of this growing field was confirmed by the many speakers and government...