Professor Michael R J Gibbs
BSc, PhD, Senior member IEEE
Professor of Materials Physics and Director of the Sheffield Centre for Advanced Magnetic Materials and Devices
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 4261
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: m.r.gibbs@sheffield.ac.uk
Mike Gibbs joined the Department in 2004 with a Chair in Materials Physics. He took a BSc in Physics from the University of Sheffield in 1977, followed by a PhD in Metallurgy & Materials Science from the University of Cambridge in 1981. From January 1984 to December 1993 he was lecturer then senior lecturer in the School of Physics at the University of Bath. In January 1994 he returned as senior lecturer to the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sheffield. He was promoted to Reader in Physics from October 1995 and a Personal Chair from October 1997.
Research interests
His research centres on the fabrication, characterisation and exploitation of magnetic materials. Many projects involve magnetic thin films and multilayers, and the integration of magnetic materials in to devices. The range of topics covered include:-
- Growth and characterisation of monolithic and multilayer magnetic materials: FeCo, FeGa, RE:Fe:B, NiFe
- Magnetic microelectromechanical systems (MagMEMS): devices for bio- chemical sensing and security
- Magnetic materials for application in spintronics: including organic materials
- Magnetic phenomena on the nanoscale
- The study of magnetoelasticity at surfaces and interfaces
- Magnetic materials for energy applications
Key projects
- The development of a technology platform combining MEMS with smart magnetic materials for a wireless, passive and sensitive mass sensor
- The study of magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic and organic materials, with the aim of understanding spintronics in hybrid devices
- The study of ultra thin films and nanowires: magnetic and magnetotransport studies
Professional activities and recognition
- Editorial Board of Nanomaterials
- Member of the EPSRC College
Key publications
- T GNANAVEL, M A MAT YAJID, Z SAGHI, Y PENG, B J INKSON, M R J GIBBS and G MOEBUS "Electron beam nanofabrication of ferromagnetic nanostructures in TEM" Appl Phys A 102 (2011) 205-211
- T GNANAVEL, Z SAGHI, M A MAT YAJID, Y PENG, B J INKSON, M R J GIBBS and G MOEBUS "Nanoscale sculpting of ferromagnetic structures by electron beam ablation" Journal of Physics: Conference Series 241 (2010) 012075
- T SZUMIATA, K BRZOZKA, M GAWRONSKI, B GORKA, A JAVED, N A MORLEY and M R J GIBBS "Structural and magnetic ordering in Fe-Ga thin films examined by Mössbauer spectrometry" Acta Physica Polonica 119 (2011) 21-23
- A.JAVED, N.A.MORLEY and M.R.J.GIBBS "Effect of growth parameters on the structure and magnetic properties of thin polycrystalline Fe films fabricated on Si<100> substrates" Applied Surface Science 257 (2011) 5586-5590
- A JAVED, N A MORLEY, T SZUMIATA and M R J GIBBS "A comparative study of the microstructural and magnetic properties of <110> textured thin polycrystalline Fe100-xGax (10≤x≤35) films" Applied Surface Science 257 (2011) 5977-5983
- R TORCHIO, S PASCARELLI, O MATHON, C MARINI, S ANZELLINI, P CENTOMO, C MENEGHINI, S MOBILIO, N A MORLEY and M R J GIBBS "Structure and magnetism in compressed iron-cobalt alloys" High Pressure Research 31 (2011) 148-152
- N A MORLEY, D DHANDAPANI, A RAO, H AL QAHTANI, M R J GIBBS and M GRELL "Polymeric spin-valves at room temperature" Synthetic Metals 161 (2011) 558-562
- JULIAN DEAN, M T Bryan, N A MORLEY, G HRKAC, A JAVED, M R J GIBBS and D A ALLWOOD "Numerical study of the effective magnetocrystalline anisotropy and magnetostriction in polycrystalline FeGa films" J Appl Phys 110 (2011) 043902
- B. KUNDYS, C. MENY, M. R. J. GIBBS, V. DA COSTA, M.VIRET, M. ACOSTA and B. DOUDIN “Cross functional magneto- and photo-resistance control by light and magnetic field in CoFe film deposited on BiFeO3" Appl Phys Letts 100 (2012) 262411
- ADAM D. WEST, KEVIN J. WEATHERILL, THOMAS J. HAYWARD, PAUL W. FRY, THOMAS SCHREFL, MIKE R. J. GIBBS, CHARLES S. ADAMS, DAN A. ALLWOOD and IFAN G. HUGHES "Realization of the manipulation of ultracold atoms with a reconfigurable nanomagnetic system of domain walls" Nano Letters 12 (2012) 4065-4069
Research group
PhD students
Placide Fundi
James Wheelwright
Ruth Bradley
Research associates
None