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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

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, American Chemical Society, 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.

 

 

Latest news

New funded PhD studenship opportunity

22 July 2024

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DMG Summer Picnic

5 July 2024

We had a summer pot-luck picnic of the Device Materials group, with so many lovely international dishes! Our visitors and all families participated for a fun evening.

The group welcomes Prof. Quanxi Jia, visiting from SUNY

1 July 2024

We welcome Prof. Quanxi Jia, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo. Quanxi is a Trinity Visiting fellow from 1.7.24 until 30.9.24. Quanxi is a long term collaborator and we are very happy to have him visiting!

DMG Seminar Series: collaborators Prof. Neeraj Khare and Prof. Jose Silva presented their research and meditation techniques

27 June 2024

The DMG group members had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Neeraj Khare and Prof. Jose Silva at the 2nd DMG Seminar of the summer term. Prof Khare presented his group's research on epitaxial thin films for resistive switching, and Prof. Silva outlined the details of the upcoming project, funded in collaboration with Cambridge...

Group meets with investors

26 June 2024

Judith, Markus, Prof. Neeraj Khare and Prof. Jose Silva met with US VCs at a University investors event.

Prof. Silva and Prof. Zhu visiting the Driscoll group

24 June 2024

We are pleased to welcome 2 new visitors this week Prof. Jose Silva from Univ. Minho. Jose is a collaborator on binary oxide ferroelectrics for memory and energy storage and on photodetectors, and Prof. Bonan Zhu (Beijing Institue of Technology) who is a former PhD student of the group and does DFT calculations.

Congratulations to Judith

13 June 2024

Professor Judith Driscoll won the 2024 Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize for her interdisciplinary work to realise unprecedented properties in a broad variety of functional oxide devices. Read more about the award, and the interview with Prof Driscoll here .

Celebrating Imperial College Alumni Awards, Dr Di Martino and Prof. Larbalestier

13 June 2024

Judith was very proud to be at the Imperial College Alumni Awards 2024 awards ceremony, held at the Science Museum in London, to see Dr. Giuliana Di Martino of the dept. receive an emerging leader award. She was also very happy to see her long time collaborator, supporter, and friend, Prof. David Larbalestier receive a...