Andrew Wildes
| Instrument scientist responsible for D007 and OrientExpress | |
|---|---|
Room | 101-ILL4 |
Phone | +33 (0)4 76 20 7037 |
wildes@ill.fr | |
Research interests
- Magnetic structures and spin wave dynamics
- van der Waals antiferromagnets (transition metal-PS3 compounds)
- The melting transition in DNA
- Neutron scattering and instrumentation
Selected publications
Magnetic structures and spin wave dynamics in transition metal-PS3
- Spin wave spectra of single crystal CoPS3, Physical Review B 107 (2023) 054438
- Magnetic dynamics of NiPS3, Physical Review B 106 (2022) 174422
- High field magnetization of FePS3, Physical Review B 101 (2020) 024415
- Local nuclear and magnetic order in the two-dimensional spin glass Mn0.5Fe0.5PS3, Physical Review Materials 4 (2020) 084401
- Magnetic structure and magnon dynamics of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet FePS3, Physical Review B 94 (2016) 214407
- Magnetic structure of the quasi-two-dimensional antiferromagnet NiPS3, Physical Review B 92 (2015) 224408
- The static and dynamic critical properties of the quasi-two dimensional antiferromagnet, MnPS3, Physical Review B, 74 (2006) 094422
- Spin waves and the critical behaviour of the magnetization in MnPS3, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10 (1998) 6417
Melting transition in DNA
- Melting transition of oriented Li-DNA fibers submerged in ethanol solutions, Biopolymers 112 (2021) e23422
- Melting transition of oriented DNA fibers submerged in poly(ethylene glycol) solutions studied by neutron scattering and calorimetry, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122 (2018) 2504
- Thermal denaturation of A-DNA, New Journal of Physics 16 (2014) 113017
- Structural correlations and melting of B-DNA fibers, Physical Review E, 83 (2011) 061923
Neutron scattering and instrumentation
- A proposed upgrade for the polarized cold neutron spectrometer, D7, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A 951 (2020) 162990
- Inelastic scattering measured on a neutron reflectometer, European Physical Journal Plus 127 (2012) 19
- Neutron polarization analysis corrections made easy, Neutron News, 17(2) (2006) 17
Professional associations, education, and employment history
Professional associations:
- Chartered physicist
- Membership of the Institute of Physics
- Membership of the Australian Institute of Physics
Education:
1986 - 1989: B.Sc(hons) in physics, Un iversity of Melbourne, Australia
1990 - 1994: Ph.D in experiental physics, Monah Un iversity, Australia
2011: Diplôme d'Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Ecole Normale Supèrieure de Lyon, France
Employment history:
1997 - present: Instrument Scientist at the Institut Laue-Langevin, France
2011 - 2013: Gästprofessor with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden
1996 - 1997: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Linköping University, Sweden
1994 - 1996: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford, UK