MSc PhD Mich Stat

School of Chemical & Physical Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
PO Box 600
Wellington 6140
Phone: +64-4-463 5964
Fax: +64-4-463 5237

joe.trodahl@vuw.ac.nz

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Research interests

Theme 2
Preparation and study of rare-earth nitrides
Ferroelectric and multi-ferroic materials
Optical and thermal properties of sea ice

Selected publications

1. S. Granville, B.J. Ruck, F. Budde, A. Koo, D. Pringle, F. Kuchler, A.R.H. Preston, D.H. Housden, N. Lund, A. Bittar, G.V.M. Williams, H.J. Trodahl, Semiconducting ground state of GdN thin fi lms, Phys. Rev. B 73, 235335 (2006)
2. J. Wang, C.S. Sandu, E. Colla, Y. Wang, W. Ma, R. Gysel, H.J. Trodahl, N. Setter and M. Kuball, Ferroelectric domains and piezoelectricity in mono-crystalline Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 nanowires, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 133107 (2007).
3. H.J. Trodahl, A.R.H. Preston, J. Zhong, B.J. Ruck, N.M. Strickland, W.R.L. Lambrecht and C. Mitra, Ferromagnetic red shift of the optical gap in GdN, Phys. Rev. B 76, 085211 (2007).
4. I. Stolichnov, S.W.E. Riester, H.J. Trodahl, N. Setter, A.W. Rushforth, K.W. Edmonds, R.P. Campion, C.T. Foxon, B.L. Gallagher and T. Jungwirth, Nonvolatile ferroelectric control of ferromagnetism in (Ga,Mn)As, Nature Materials 7, 464 (2008).
5. C. Meyer, B.J. Ruck, J. Zhong, S. Granville, A.R.H. Preston, G.V.M. Williams and H.J. Trodahl, Near-Zero Moment Ferromagnetism in the Semiconductor SmN, Phys. Rev. B 78, 174406 (2008).
6. S. Granville, C. Meyer, A.R.H. Preston, B.M. Ludbrook, B.J. Ruck, H.J. Trodahl, T.R. Paudel and W.R.L. Lambrecht, Vibrational properties of rare-earth nitrides: Raman spectra and theory”, Phys. Rev. B 79, 054301 (2009).

Post Doctoral Fellows

Jan Richter
Franck Natali
Natalie Plank

Research Students

Andrew Preston, PhD
Muhammad Azeem, PhD

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