Imperial College London

ProfessorNeilAlford

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Materials

Professor of Materials
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6724n.alford

 
 
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Ms Karen Murphy +44 (0)20 7594 3330

 
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Location

 

2..05 (in RSM)Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

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Karpinsky DV, Selezneva EK, Bdikin K, Figueiras F, Kamentsev KE, Fetisov YK, Pullar RC, Krebbs J, Alford NM, Kholkin ALet al., 2009, Development of novel multiferroic composites based on BaTiO<inf>3</inf> and hexagonal ferrites, Pages: 13-18, ISSN: 0272-9172

New multiferroic composite ceramics with the general formula (x)Ba(Sr)Fe12O19-(1-x)BaTiO3 (x=0.1, 0.5) were synthesized via a simple solid-state reaction technique. Crystal structure analysis performed for such materials revealed the presence of two crystalline phases pertinent to the initial composite components. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to assess the crystallinity, microstructure, and local magnetoelectric interactions between ferroelectric and ferromagnetic grains. Magnetic measurements revealed that the saturation magnetization is proportional to the volume fraction of ferrite phase. Dielectric studies demonstrated strong frequency relaxation due to space charge polarization and high conductivity loss making macroscopic magnetoelectric measurements difficult. Novel nanoscale magnetoelectric effect observed by AFM is discussed. © 2009 Materials Research Society.

Conference paper

Axelsson A-K, Pan Y, Valant M, Alfordz Net al., 2009, Synthesis, Sintering, and Microwave Dielectric Properties of KTaO<sub>3</sub> Ceramics, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Vol: 92, Pages: 1773-1778, ISSN: 0002-7820

Journal article

Kozyrev A, Gaidukov M, Gagarin A, Altynnikov A, Osadchy V, Tumarkin A, Petrov PK, Alford NMet al., 2009, Evaluation of the space charge trap energy levels in the ferroelectric films, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol: 106, ISSN: 0021-8979

Journal article

Rawal R, McQueen AJ, Gillie LJ, Hyatt NC, McCabe EE, Samara K, Alford NM, Feteira A, Reaney IM, Sinclair DCet al., 2009, Influence of octahedral tilting on the microwave dielectric properties of A<sub>3</sub>LaNb<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> hexagonal perovskites (A=Ba, Sr), APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Vol: 94, ISSN: 0003-6951

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Axelsson A-K, Valant M, Fenner L, Wills AS, Alford NMet al., 2009, Chemistry of post-annealing of epitaxial CoFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> thin films, THIN SOLID FILMS, Vol: 517, Pages: 3742-3747, ISSN: 0040-6090

Journal article

Breeze JD, Perkins JM, McComb DW, Alford NMet al., 2009, Do Grain Boundaries Affect Microwave Dielectric Loss in Oxides?, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Vol: 92, Pages: 671-674, ISSN: 0002-7820

Journal article

Breeze J, Krupka J, Centeno A, Alford NMet al., 2009, Temperature-stable and high Q-factor TiO<sub>2</sub> Bragg reflector resonator, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Vol: 94, ISSN: 0003-6951

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Pullar RC, Zhang Y, Chen L, Yang S, Evans JRG, Salak AN, Kiselev DA, Kholkin AL, Ferreira VM, Alford NMet al., 2009, Dielectric measurements on a novel Ba<sub>1-<i>x</i></sub>Ca<sub><i>x</i></sub>TiO<sub>3</sub> (BCT) bulk ceramic combinatorial library, International Conference on Electroceramics, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 245-251, ISSN: 1385-3449

Conference paper

Pullar RC, Penn SJ, Wang X, Reaney IM, Alford NMet al., 2009, Dielectric loss caused by oxygen vacancies in titania ceramics, JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, Vol: 29, Pages: 419-424, ISSN: 0955-2219

Journal article

Karpinsky DV, Selezneva EK, Bdikin IK, Figueiras F, Kamentsev KE, Fetisov YK, Pullar RC, Kretbs J, Alford NM, Kholkin ALet al., 2009, Development of novel multiferroic composites based on BaTiO<inf>3</inf> and hexagonal ferrites, Pages: 7-12, ISSN: 0272-9172

New multiferroic composite ceramics with the general formula (x)Ba(Sr)Fe12O19-(l-x)BaTiO3 (x=O. 1, 0.5) were synthesized via a simple solid-state reaction technique. Crystal structure analysis performed for such materials revealed the presence of two crystalline phases pertinent to the initi2l composite components. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) nd atomic force microscopy (AFM) were used to assess the crystallinity, microstructure, and local magnetoelectric interactions between ferroelectric and ferromagnetic grains. Magnetic measurements revealed that the saturation magnetization is proportional to the volume fraction of ferrite phase. Dielectric studies demonstrated strong frequency relaxation due to space charge polarization and high conductivity loss making macroscopic magnetoelectric measurements difficult. Novel nanoscale magnetoelectric effect observed by AFM is discussed. © 2009 Materials Research Society.

Conference paper

Fradkin L, Mishakin V, Alford N, Dobroskok A, Linkov A, Mishuris Get al., 2009, Perturbing paths of slow cracks in PMMA by local heating, Pages: 37-47, ISSN: 1875-3507

Real-time control of the direction of a propagating crack is little explored area of management of structural integrity. We have examined it with experiments on quasi-static (slow) cracks in PMMA (Polymethyl-Methacrylate). We have observed that in PMMA when the mean crack speeds are low (between 0.1 and 0.4mms-1) secondary thermal sources of relatively low power (of the order of 2W) can be used to achieve a significant crack redirection. In this interval the micro-photographs of cracks present a fishbone structure, and we argue that the side lobes are micro-cracks which appear inside shear bands. The respective fracture surfaces look rippled (hackled). We have observed a clear reverse correlation between the crack speed and the angle of redirection. When the mean crack speed exceeds 0.4mms-1 and the fracture surface is mirror smooth no trajectory redirection is achieved. It appears the micro-cracks act as notches and alleviate crack redirection. Therefore, one of our conclusions is that it might be possible to use relatively weak sources to redirect fast cracks that propagate with a super-critical speed. This hypothesis is advanced because fast cracks are also known to possess a fishbone structure and hackled fracture surface. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Conference paper

Shimada T, Ichikawa K, Minemura T, Yamauchi H, Utsumi W, Ishii Y, Breeze J, Alford NMet al., 2009, Intrinsic Microwave Dielectric Loss of Lanthanum Aluminate, Joint Meeting of 12th International Meeting on Ferroelectricity/18th IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics (IMF-ISAF-2009), Publisher: IEEE, Pages: 250-+, ISSN: 1099-4734

Conference paper

Fradkin L, Mishakin V, Alford N, Dobroskok A, Linkov A, Mishuris Get al., 2009, Perturbing Paths of Slow Cracks in PMMA by Local Heating, IUTAM Symposium on Scaling in Solid Mechanics, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 37-+

Conference paper

Buslov OY, Keys VN, Kozyrev AB, Shimko AY, Alford NMN, Petrov PKet al., 2008, Band-pass tunable filter based on planar dielectric resonators, Pages: 513-514

An X-band 2-pole filter based on uniplanar dielectric resonators (PDR) with ferroelectric tuning was designed and fabricated. PDR's were chosen because of their high Q-factor and the rarefied spectrum of resonance mode frequencies. At frequency ~10.5GHz the filter displayed insertion losses not more than S 21=-3dB in the bandwidth Δf=110MHz. The frequency of tuning was ΔF=420MHz. © 2008: CriMiCo'2008 Organizing Committee.

Conference paper

Alford NMN, Buslov OY, Keis VN, Kozyrev AB, Petrov PK, Shimko AYet al., 2008, Band-pass tunable ferroelectric filter based on uniplanar dielectric resonators, Pages: 1703-1706

An X-band 2-pole filter based on uniplanar dielectric resonators (UPDR) with ferroelectric tuning was designed and fabricated. UPDRs were chosen because of their high Q-factor, the rarefied spectrum of resonance mode frequencies, simplicity of manufacture and the convenience for integrating a ferroelectric tuning varactor. The analytical description of the filter response is presented and good agreement between simulated and measured experimental data is demonstrated. At a frequency of ∼ 10.5 GHz the filter displayed insertion losses not more than S21 = -3.5 dB in the bandwidth Δf ∼ 110 MHz. The frequency of tuning was ΔF ∼ 420 MHz. © 2008 EuMA.

Conference paper

Kimber DP, Pullar RC, Alford NM, 2008, The effects of dielectric loss and tip resistance on resonator <i>Q</i> of the scanning evanescent microwave microscopy (SEMM) probe, MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Vol: 19, ISSN: 0957-0233

Journal article

Dunne LJ, Valant M, Manos G, Axelsson A-K, Alford Net al., 2008, Microscopic theory of the electrocaloric effect in the paraelectric phase of potassium dihydrogen phosphate, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, Vol: 93, ISSN: 0003-6951

Journal article

Salak AN, Ferreira VM, Ribeiro JL, Vieira LG, Pullar RC, Alford NMet al., 2008, Bismuth-induced dielectric relaxation in the (1-<i>x</i>)La(Mg<sub>1/2</sub>Ti<sub>1/2</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>-<i>x</i>Bi(Mg<sub>1/2</sub>Ti<sub>1/2</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> perovskite system, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol: 104, ISSN: 0021-8979

Journal article

Centeno A, Breeze JD, Alford NMN, Krupka Jet al., 2008, Measurement of high loss dielectric materials using a resonant technique

This paper will report on a technique that has been developed for the measurement of the dielectric loss of materials which have a relatively high loss tangent. The method used employs a composite resonator that consists of the material under test being placed in the centre of a low loss ceramic ring resonator. The important feature of this configuration is that the electric energy filling factor in the sample is significantly lowered. This has the desirable effect of reducing the contribution to the resonator Q-factor of the sample material which has a high loss compared to the ceramic ring resonator. This enables the measurement of dielectric loss tangents which are significantly larger than those that can be measured using a conventional technique, such as making a cylindrical dielectric resonator of the sample material. In this technique the choice of resonant mode is very important. The electrical energy filling factor must low enough to ensure a measurable Q factor but at the same time high enough to measure a detectable perturbation of the resonance. It is also important to know the electrical filling factor of the ring resonator, which is made of a well characterised ceramic material, and the Q-factor contribution of any conducting surfaces in the resonant structure such as cavity walls. The choice of resonant mode and the effects of the other components in the resonator are obtained by using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and Mode Matching modelling tools. Measurement of the loss tangent of high resistivity Silicon over temperature has already been carried out with this technique by employing a BZT ring resonator resonating at around 5GHz in the TE01? mode. The results are very promising with loss tangents being measured that are an order of magnitude higher than could be measurable using a more conventional resonant technique. The current focus of this work is the measurement of liquids at microwave and millimetre wavelengths using Alumina resonators

Conference paper

Scott DJ, Manos S, Coveney PV, Rossiny JCH, Fearn S, Kilner JA, Pullar RC, Alford NMN, Axelsson A-K, Zhang Y, Chen L, Yang S, Evans JRG, Sebastian MTet al., 2008, Functional ceramic materials database: An online resource for materials research, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING, Vol: 48, Pages: 449-455, ISSN: 1549-9596

Journal article

Centeno A, Breeze JD, Alford NMN, Krupka Jet al., 2008, Measurement of high loss dielectric materials using a resonant technique

This paper will report on a technique that has been developed for the measurement of the dielectric loss of materials which have a relatively high loss tangent. The method used employs a composite resonator that consists of the material under test being placed in the centre of a low loss ceramic ring resonator. The important feature of this configuration is that the electric energy filling factor in the sample is significantly lowered. This has the desirable effect of reducing the contribution to the resonator Q-factor of the sample material which has a high loss compared to the ceramic ring resonator. This enables the measurement of dielectric loss tangents which are significantly larger than those that can be measured using a conventional technique, such as making a cylindrical dielectric resonator of the sample material. In this technique the choice of resonant mode is very important. The electrical energy filling factor must low enough to ensure a measurable Q factor but at the same time high enough to measure a detectable perturbation of the resonance. It is also important to know the electrical filling factor of the ring resonator, which is made of a well characterised ceramic material, and the Q-factor contribution of any conducting surfaces in the resonant structure such as cavity walls. The choice of resonant mode and the effects of the other components in the resonator are obtained by using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) and Mode Matching modelling tools. Measurement of the loss tangent of high resistivity Silicon over temperature has already been carried out with this technique by employing a BZT ring resonator resonating at around 5GHz in the TE01? mode. The results are very promising with loss tangents being measured that are an order of magnitude higher than could be measurable using a more conventional resonant technique. The current focus of this work is the measurement of liquids at microwave and millimetre wavelengths using Alumina resonators

Conference paper

Alford NM, 2008, A(B′<sub>1/2</sub>B"<sub>1/2</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> [A = A<SUP>2+</SUP> OR A<SUP>3+</SUP>; B′ = B<SUP>2+</SUP>,B<SUP>3+</SUP>; B" = B<SUP>4+</SUP>,B<SUP>5+</SUP>,B<SUP>6+</SUP>] COMPLEX PEROVSKITES, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 205-260, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC MATERIALS IN THE BaO-TiO<sub>2</sub> SYSTEM, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 49-82, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, ZIRCONIUM TIN TITANATE, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 83-108, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, CATION-DEFICIENT PEROVSKITES, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 335-360, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, MEASUREMENT OF MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEM, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 11-47, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, TAILORING THE PROPERTIES OF LOW-LOSS DIELECTRICS, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 513-523, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONCLUSION, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 525-530, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

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Alford NM, 2008, Ca(Ca<sub>1/4</sub>B<sub>2/4</sub>Ti<sub>1/4</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> (B = Nb, Ta) COMPLEX PEROVSKITES, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 361-377, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

Alford NM, 2008, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INTRODUCTION, DIELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, Pages: 1-10, ISBN: 978-0-08-045330-9

Book chapter

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