Professor Ian M Reaney
BSc MSc PhD MInstP CPhys CEng FRMS
Professor in Ceramics
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5471
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: i.m.reaney@sheffield.ac.uk
Ian Reaney joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 1994, as a PDRA, then as a Lecturer from 1995 followed by eventual promotion to Professor in 2007. He attained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1989 and worked as post-doctoral researcher at the University of Essex before joining the group of Professor Setter at the Laboratoire de Ceramique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland in 1991.
Research interests
The main theme of Prof. Reaney´s research is the use of analytical and high resolution transmission electron microscopy to study the structure and microstructure of electroceramics.
He has specialised in recent years in the study of microwave and piezoelectric materials in which fields he has many key papers
His research activities are mainly concerned with materials for sensor and actuator applications as well as dielectric resonators for microwave communications.
He also has an active interest in bioactive glass ceramics for bone augmentation.
Key projects
- Joint NSF/EPSRC project on the effect of constraint on phase transitions in thin films with Susan McKinstry, Pennsylvania State University, USA and Stephen Streiffer at the Argonne National Research Laboratories, USA
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships with Ilika technologies Ltd on complex oxide thin films by combinatorial synthesis and Sarantel Ltd on metamaterial antennas.
- Joint PI on a new and improved electroceramics intitiative to establish a centre for the study of local structure in functional ceramics
Professional activities and recognition
- Adjunct Professor at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
- Published over 200 scientific papers, 6 papers with more than 100 citations.
- Winner of 'best KTP based on EPSRC funded research, 2008.
- Winner of the Edward C. Henry award for best paper in the J. American Ceramics Society (Electronic Division) 2001.
Key publications
- Woodward D I, Reaney I M, Yang G Y, et al. 'Vacancy ordering in reduced barium titanate', Appl Phys Lett, 84 (23): 4650-4652, 2004.
- Woodward D I, Reaney I M, Eitel R E, Randall C A, ‘Crystal and domain structure of the BiFeO3-PbTiO3 solid solution’, J Appl Phys, 94 (5), 3313-3318, 2003.
- Hughes H, Iddles D and Reaney I M, 'Niobate based dielectrics suitable for third generation mobile phone base stations', Appl Phys Lett, 79 (18): 2952-2954, 2001.
- Reaney I M, Iddles D, ‘Microwave dielectric ceramics for resonators and filters in mobile phone networks’, J Am Ceram Soc, 89 (7), 2063-2072, 2006.
- Reaney I M, Colla E L and Setter N, 'Dielectric and Structural Characteristics of Ba and Sr-Based Complex Perovskites as a Function of Tolerance Factor', Jap J Appl Phys, 33,7 (l), 3984-3990, 1994.
- Brooks K G, Reaney I M, Klissurska I M, Huang Y, Bursill L A and Setter N, 'Orientation of Rapidly Thermally Annealed Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films on (111) Pt Substrates', J Mater Res, 9 (10), 2540-2553, 1994.
Research group
PhD Students:
S. Bhakta
C.Chao
K. Kalantari
U. Khan
S. K. Khoygani
A. Pasha
S. Tutu
PDRA's:
D. Cummings
Y. Han
S. Miao
J. Pokorny
W. Shen
I. Sterianou
KTP Associates:
M. Darby
B. Zalinska
Visiting Scholars:
G. Chen
Y. Lei