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Schofield Research Group

Research in our group focusses on understanding and controlling the fundamental quantum properties of matter at the atomic scale. This basic science research is directed toward enabling the creation of next-generation technologies for classical and quantum information processing applications.

 

Atomic Scale Science

Our research programme combines spatially-resolved tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy with techniques including momentum-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy.  We employ atomic-scale fabrication methods, including the atomic-manipulation capabilities of the scanning tunnelling microscope, to assemble individual atoms and molecules into nanostructures whose electronic and even magnetic properties we then measure.  More information is contained in the Research page of this site (see linked box below or the navigation bar at the left).

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We are a dynamic group of researchers--undergraduate and postgraduate students, and post-doctoral scientists--with past and current members from around the world.  

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Research

We apply cryogenic temperature scanning tunnelling spectroscopy, atomic manipulation, and reciprocal space techniques to the investigation of a range of semiconducting, magnetic, and two-dimensional (2D) materials. 

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Publications

Our research is published in leading international journals.  Links to the journal pages as well as open access versions hosted by UCL Discovery can be found on our Publications page. 

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Opportunities for working in our group range from undergraduate summer research projects, to MSci, MSc, and PhD graduate opportunities and post-doctoral research positions.  

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10 October 2019: Group member Eric Lundgren wins the best poster prize, for his poster, "Toward the atomic-scale placement of bismuth in silicon: triphenylbismuth adsorption to Si(100)" at the Vacuum Symposium (VS-10) conference in Coventry.  He was presented with a £100 cheque (and novelty cheque!) from the folks at Leybold.

Eric Poster Prize VS-10

27 September 2019: Twenty four high school students and four teachers from the American School in London visit our laboratory to learn about imaging and manipulating matter at the atomic scale.  

18 September 2019: Productive and enjoyable Away Day discussing science for the ADDRFSS programme with our international advisory board, and the EPSRC, in Brighton, with some light refreshments by the beach afterwards.

ADDRFSS Away Day, Brighton

19 August 2019: Second publication for collaboration with the Teplyakov group (Delaware) on organic functionalisation of silicon: "Dissociation of CH3-O as a Driving Force for Methoxyacetophenone Adsorption on Si(001)"

31 July 2019: Successful seed funding, via UCL's Global Engagement Office, for new a collaboration with Asst. Prof. Tatsaporn Todhanakasem of Assumption University, Thailand. "Antimicrobial lactic acid bacteria coatings on biodegradable plastic derived from pineapple leaf: a pilot study". This is a very new and exciting direction for our research where we hope to make valuable contributions in the area of renewable bioplastic, and to help solve the growing global problems associated with traditional plastic waste.  Watch this space!

25 May 2019: The goup performes the first ever measurements using the upgraded electrostatic gating sample mount on the soft x-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (SX-ARPES) beamline,  (ADRESS) of the Swiss Light Source.

Gated ARPES

2018 - Sept. The group hosts Prof. Andrew Teplyakov for a month visit on sabattical from the University of Delaware.

2018 - August: Group member Procopios Constantinou wins the student Poster Prize competition at SiQIP2018 for his poster, "Soft X-Ray ARPES of phosphorous δ-layers in silicon".

Procopi Poster Prize SiQIP2018