Summary
A typical course in Solid State Physics starts with crystallography and discusses most of the properties of materials in terms of crystals. Bloch's theorem is typically the most important mathematical tool. Yet, if we look around us we see lots of solids, but very few crystals. Even the metals are probably random alloys. All this leaves the impression that the existence of a band gap, and hence of any transparency, depends on crystallinity. Look through the nearest window. Glass is a random covalent material, not a crystal.
Research Interests
Theoretical and Computational Physics of
- Nano-mechanical (NMS) and nano-electro-mechanical systems
- Disordered systems and the metal-insulator transition
Education/Qualifications
- PhD in Physics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
- BSc in Physics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Publications
Journals
Ridley M, MacKinnon A, Kantorovich L, 2017, Partition-free theory of time-dependent current correlations in nanojunctions in response to an arbitrary time-dependent bias, Physical Review. B, Vol:95, ISSN:0163-1829
Ridley M, MacKinnon A, Kantorovich L, 2016, Fluctuating-bias controlled electron transport in molecular junctions, Physical Review B, Vol:93, ISSN:1550-235X
Ridley M, MacKinnon A, Kantorovich L, 2015, Current through a multilead nanojunction in response to an arbitrary time-dependent bias, Physical Review B, Vol:91, ISSN:1550-235X
Tahir M, MacKinnon A, Schwingenschlogl U, 2014, Novel spectral features of nanoelectromechanical systems, Scientific Reports, Vol:4, ISSN:2045-2322
Conference
Ridley M, MacKinnon A, Kantorovich L, 2016, Calculation of the current response in a nanojunction for an arbitrary time-dependent bias:application to the molecular wire, Progress in Non-equilibrium Green’s Functions (PNGF VI), IOP Publishing: Conference Series, ISSN:1742-6588