Professor Stephen McVitie
- Professor (Physics & Astronomy)
telephone:
01413306895
email:
Stephen.McVitie@glasgow.ac.uk
R316 Level 3, Physics & Astronomy, Kelvin Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4511-6413Research interests
Personal webpage: http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/stephenmcvitie/
Development of magnetic imaging techniques using electron microscopy and magnetic force microscopy. Micromagnetic characterisation of magnetic thin films.
researcherID: A-2301-2012
Publications
2024
Kirkbride, C. , Aboljadayel, R., Fallon, K., Villa, S., Almeida, T. , Marrows, C. and McVitie, S. (2024) Characterisation of Skyrmion Spin Textures in CoB/CoFeB Multilayers. 17th European Microscopy Congress 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-30 August 2024. p. 29009. (doi: 10.1051/bioconf/202412929009)
Villa, S., Barker, C., Fallon, K., Kirkbride, C. , Almeida, T. , Marrows, C. and McVitie, S. (2024) L-TEM characterization of controlled skyrmion nucleation in synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayers. European Microscopy Congress 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-30 August 2024. p. 29016. (doi: 10.1051/bioconf/202412929016)
Barker, C. E. A. et al. (2024) Phase coexistence and transitions between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic states in a synthetic antiferromagnet. Physical Review B, 109, 134437. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.134437)
Cascales Sandoval, M. Á. et al. (2024) Determination of optimal experimental conditions for accurate 3D reconstruction of the magnetization vector via XMCD-PEEM. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 31(2), (doi: 10.1107/S1600577524001073) (PMID:38372673)
2023
Cascales Sandoval, M. A. et al. (2023) Observation and formation mechanism of 360° domain wall rings in synthetic anti-ferromagnets with interlayer chiral interactions. Applied Physics Letters, 123(17), 172407. (doi: 10.1063/5.0158119)
2022
Donnelly, C. et al. (2022) Complex free-space magnetic field textures induced by three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures. Nature Nanotechnology, 17(2), pp. 136-142. (doi: 10.1038/s41565-021-01027-7) (PMID:34931031)
2021
Cowan, A., McNeill, K., Janjua, M. B. and McVitie, S. (2021) Characterisation of magnetisation ripple using Lorentz microscopy: Effect of ultra-thin Ni79Fe21 seed layers on magnetic properties of Ni45Fe55. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 535, 168094. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168094)
Paterson, G. W. , Macauley, G. M. , McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, I: theory and analysis. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(5), pp. 1113-1122. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621012551)
Paterson, G. W. , Macauley, G. M. , McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, II: K₂CuF₄ phase transition. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(5), pp. 1123-1132. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621012575)
Baity, P. G. et al. (2021) Strong magnon-photon coupling with chip-integrated YIG in the zero-temperature limit. Applied Physics Letters, 119(3), 033502. (doi: 10.1063/5.0054837)
Baity, P. G. et al. (2021) Strong Magnon-Photon Coupling On-Chip for YIG in the Zero-Temperature Limit. American Physical Society March Meeting 2021, Online, 15-19 Mar 2021.
Temple, R., Rosamond, M. C., Massey, J. R., Almeida, T. P. , Linfield, E. H., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. , Moore, T. A. and Marrows, C. H. (2021) Phase domain boundary motion and memristance in gradient-doped FeRh nanopillars induced by spin injection. Applied Physics Letters, 118, 122403. (doi: 10.1063/5.0038950)
Togawa, Y., Akashi, T., Kasai, H., Paterson, G. W. , McVitie, S. , Kousaka, Y., Shinada, H., Kishine, J.-i. and Akimitsu, J. (2021) Formations of narrow stripes and vortex-antivortex pairs in a quasi-two-dimensional ferromagnet K2CuF4. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan(90), 014702. (doi: 10.7566/JPSJ.90.014702)
2020
Hierro-Rodríguez, A., Quirós, C., Sorrentino, A., Álvarez-Prado, L. M., Martin, J., Alameda, J. M., McVitie, S. , Pereiro, E., Velez, M. and Ferrer, S. (2020) Revealing 3D magnetization of thin films with soft X-ray tomography: magnetic singularities and topological charges. Nature Communications, 11, 6382. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20119-x) (PMID:33318487) (PMCID:PMC7736288)
Benito, L., Clark, L. , Almeida, T.P. , Moore, T.A., , and , (2020) Sputter-engineering a first-order magnetic phase transition in sub-15-nm-thick single-crystal FeRh films. Physical Review Materials, 4(12), 123402. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.123402)
Massey, J. R. et al. (2020) Asymmetric magnetic relaxation behavior of domains and domain walls observed through the FeRh first-order metamagnetic phase transition. Physical Review B, 102(14), 144304. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144304)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Kovács, A., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and McVitie, S. (2020) Effect of annealing on the magnetic states of FEBID-grown cobalt nanopatterns examined by off-axis electron holography. Journal of Microscopy, 279(3), pp. 217-221. (doi: 10.1111/jmi.12869) (PMID:31985824)
Nord, M., Webster, R. W.H., Paton, K. A. , McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , MacLaren, I. and Paterson, G. W. (2020) Fast pixelated detectors in scanning transmission electron microscopy. Part I: data acquisition, live processing and storage. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), pp. 653-666. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927620001713)
Sanz-Hernández, D. et al. (2020) Artificial double-helix for geometrical control of magnetic chirality. ACS Nano, 14(7), pp. 8084-8092. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00720) (PMID:32633492)
Paterson, G.W. , Tereshchenko, A.A., Nakayama, S., Kousaka, Y., Kishine, J., McVitie, S. , Ovchinnikov, A.S., Proskurin, I. and Togawa, Y. (2020) Tensile deformations of the magnetic chiral soliton lattice probed by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. Physical Review B, 101(18), 184424. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.184424)
Fallon, K. et al. (2020) Controlled individual skyrmion nucleation at artificial defects formed by ion irradiation. Small, 16(13), 1907450. (doi: 10.1002/smll.201907450)
Macauley, G. M. , Paterson, G. W. , Li, Y., Macêdo, R. , McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. L. (2020) Tuning magnetic order with geometry: thermalisation and defects in two-dimensional artificial spin ices. Physical Review B, 101, 144403. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.144403)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Li, Y., Moore, T., Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2020) Direct visualization of the magnetostructural phase transition in nanoscale FeRh thin films using differential phase contrast imaging. Physical Review Materials, 4(3), 034410. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034410)
2019
Fallon, K., McVitie, S. , Legrand, W., Ajejas, F., Maccariello, D., Collin, S., Cros, V. and Reyren, N. (2019) Quantitative imaging of hybrid chiral spin textures in magnetic multilayer systems by Lorentz microscopy. Physical Review B, 100, 214431. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.214431)
Massey, J. R. et al. (2019) Second-order phase transition at the phase boundary through the FeRh first-order metamagnetic phase transition. arXiv, (Unpublished)
Paterson, G. W. et al. (2019) Heisenberg pseudo-exchange and emergent anisotropies in field-driven pinwheel artificial spin ice. Physical Review B, 100(17), 174410. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.174410)
Macauley, G. M. , Paterson, G. W. , Li, Y., Macêdo, R. , McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. L. (2019) Ice-rule made manifold: phase transitions, topological defects and manifold restoration in two-dimensional artificial spin systems. arXiv, (Unpublished)
Almeida, T. P. , Clark, L. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Moore, T., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2019) Differential Phase Contrast Imaging of the Magnetostructural Transition and Phase Boundary Motion in Uniform and Gradient-doped FeRh-based Thin Films. Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M 2018), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 10-15 Jun 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927619009917)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Kovács, A., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and McVitie, S. (2019) Focused Electron-Beam Induced Deposition, In Situ TEM And Off-Axis Electron Holography Investigation of Bi-Magnetic Core-Shell Nanostructures. Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M 2018), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 10-15 Jun 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927619001016)
Paterson, G. W. et al. (2019) Order and disorder in the magnetisation of the chiral crystal CrNb3S6. Physical Review B, 99, 224429. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.224429)
Li, Y. et al. (2019) Superferromagnetism and domain-wall topologies in artificial 'pinwheel' spin ice. ACS Nano, 13(2), pp. 2213-2222. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b08884) (PMID:30588800)
Togawa, Y., Kishine, J., Nosov, P.A., Koyama, T., Paterson, G.W. , McVitie, S. , Kousaka, Y., Akimitsu, J., Ogata, M. and Ovchinnikov, A.S. (2019) Anomalous temperature behavior of the chiral spin helix in CrNb3S6 thin lamellae. Physical Review Letters, 122(1), 017204. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.017204)
Bertram, J., Tanwear, A., Rodriguez, A., Paterson, G. , McVitie, S. and Heidari, H. (2019) Spin-Hall Nano-Oscillator Simulations. In: IEEE Sensors 2019, Montreal, QC, Canada, 27-30 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781728116341 (doi: 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956860)
2018
Temple, R.C. et al. (2018) Antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic phase domain development in nanopatterned FeRh islands. Physical Review Materials, 2(10), 104406. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.104406)
Almeida, T. P. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Fallon, K., Paterson, G. , Moore, T., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2018) Quantitative Differential Phase Contrast Imaging of the Magnetostructural Transition and Current-driven Motion of Domain Walls in FeRh Thin Films. Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M 2018), Baltimore, MD, USA, 05-09 Aug 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927618005172)
McVitie, S. et al. (2018) A transmission electron microscope study of Néel skyrmion magnetic textures in multilayer thin film systems with large interfacial chiral interaction. Scientific Reports, 8, 5703. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23799-0) (PMID:29632330) (PMCID:PMC5890272)
2017
Almeida, T. P. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Fallon, K., McGrouther, D. , Moore, T., Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2017) Quantitative TEM imaging of the magnetostructural and phase transitions in FeRh thin film systems. Scientific Reports, 7, 17835. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18194-0) (PMID:29259255) (PMCID:PMC5736605)
Zeissler, K. et al. (2017) Pinning and hysteresis in the field dependent diameter evolution of skyrmions in Pt/Co/Ir superlattice stacks. Scientific Reports, 7, 15125. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15262-3) (PMID:29123144) (PMCID:PMC5680206)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Pivak, Y., Perez Garza, H. H., Temple, R., Massey, J., Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2017) Preparation of high-quality planar FeRh thin films for in situ TEM investigations. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 903(1), 012022. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/903/1/012022)
Corte-León, H. et al. (2017) Magnetic scanning gate microscopy of CoFeB lateral spin valve. AIP Advances, 7(5), 056808. (doi: 10.1063/1.4977891)
Li, Y., Gubbiotti, G., Casoli, F., Goncalves, F., Morley, S., Rosamond, M., Linfield, E., Marrows, C., McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. (2017) Brillouin light scattering study of magnetic-element normal modes in a square artificial spin ice geometry. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50(1), 015003. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/50/1/015003)
Lepadatu, S. et al. (2017) Synthetic ferrimagnet nanowires with very low critical current density for coupled domain wall motion. Scientific Reports, 7, 1640. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01748-7) (PMID:28487513) (PMCID:PMC5431626)
Li, Y., Gubbiotti, G., Casoli, F., Morley, S.A., Gonçalves, F.J.T., Rosamond, M.c., Linfield, E.H., Marrows, C.H., McVitie, S. and Stamps, R.L. (2017) Thickness dependence of spin wave excitations in an artificial square spin ice-like geometry. Journal of Applied Physics, 121(10), 103903. (doi: 10.1063/1.4978315)
Reyren, N. et al. (2017) Skyrmions in Magnetic Multilayers: Chirality, Electrical Detection and Current-induced Motion. In: Spintronics X, San Diego, CA, USA, 05-10 Aug 2017, p. 1035724. ISBN 9781510611719 (doi: 10.1117/12.2275058)
2016
McGrouther, D. , Lamb, R.J., Krajnak, M., McFadzean, S., McVitie, S. , Stamps, R.L. , Leonov, A.O., Bogdanov, A.N. and Togawa, Y. (2016) Internal structure of hexagonal skyrmion lattices in cubic helimagnets. New Journal of Physics, 18, 095004. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/9/095004)
Leonov, A. O. et al. (2016) Chiral surface twists and skyrmion stability in nanolayers of cubic helimagnets. Physical Review Letters, 117(8), 087202. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.087202)
Krajnak, M., McGrouther, D. , Maneuski, D. , O'Shea, V. and McVitie, S. (2016) Pixelated detectors and improved efficiency for magnetic imaging in STEM differential phase contrast. Ultramicroscopy, 165, pp. 42-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.03.006)
Al-Afeef, A.', Cockshott, W. P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2016) Electron tomography image reconstruction using data-driven adaptive compressed sensing. SCANNING: The Journal of Scanning Microscopies, 38(3), pp. 251-276. (doi: 10.1002/sca.21271) (PMID:26435074)
Parreira, P. , Paterson, G. W. , McVitie, S. and MacLaren, D. A. (2016) Stability, bistability and instability of amorphous ZrO2 resistive memory devices. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(9), 095111. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/9/095111)
2015
Togawa, Y. et al. (2015) Magnetic soliton confinement and discretization effects arising from macroscopic coherence in a chiral spin soliton lattice. Physical Review B, 92, 220412(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.220412)
Basith, M.A., McVitie, S. , Strache, T., Fritzsche, M., Muecklich, A., Fassbender, J. and McCordy, J. (2015) Lorentz TEM imaging of stripe structures embedded in a soft magnetic matrix. Physical Review Applied, 4(3), 034012. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.4.034012)
MacLaren, I. , Wang, L., McGrouther, D. , Craven, A. J., McVitie, S. , Schierholz, R., Kovács, A., Barthel, J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) On the origin of differential phase contrast at a locally charged and globally charge-compensated domain boundary in a polar-ordered material. Ultramicroscopy, 154, pp. 57-63. 25837677. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.03.016)
Ferguson, C.H., MacLaren, D.A. and McVitie, S. (2015) Metastable magnetic domain walls in cylindrical nanowires. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 381, pp. 457-462. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.01.027)
McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , McFadzean, S., MacLaren, D. A. , O'Shea, K. J. and Benitez Romero, M. J. (2015) Aberration corrected Lorentz scanning transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy, 152, pp. 57-62. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.01.003) (PMID:25677688)
Benitez Romero, M. J., Basith, M., Lamb, R.J., McGrouther, D. , McFadzean, S., MacLaren, D. , Hrabec, A., Marrows, C.H. and McVitie, S. (2015) Engineering magnetic domain-wall structure in Permalloy nanowires. Physical Review Applied, 3(3), 034008. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.034008)
Al-Afeef, A.', Cockshott, P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2015) Improved 3D electron tomography image reconstruction using sparse coding based adaptive dictionaries. AMAS XIII, the 13th biennial Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 11-13 Feb 2015.
Al-Afeef, A., Alekseev, A. , Hedley, G. J., Cockshott, W. P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2015) Electron Tomography of Polymer Solar Cells Using Compressed Sensing. In: Physical Aspects of Polymer Science, Manchester, UK, 8-10 Sept 2015,
Benitez Romero, M.J., Hrabec, A., Mihai, A.P., Moore, T.A., Burnell, G., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C.H. and McVitie, S. (2015) Magnetic microscopy and topological stability of homochiral Néel domain walls in a Pt/Co/AlOx trilayer. Nature Communications, 6, 8957. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms9957) (PMID:26642936) (PMCID:PMC4686874)
McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. and Krajnak, M. (2015) High resolution quantitative Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 644(1), 012026. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/644/1/012026)
2014
McGrouther, D. , Benitez Romero, M. J., McFadzean, S. and McVitie, S. (2014) Development of aberration corrected differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM. JEOL News, 49(1),
Hrabec, A., Porter, N. A., Wells, A., Benitez Romero, M. J., Burnell, G., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , Moore, T. A. and Marrows, C. H. (2014) Measuring and tailoring the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in perpendicularly magnetized thin films. Physical Review B, 90(2), 020402(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.020402)
AlAfeef, A., Cockshott, P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2014) Compressed sensing electron tomography using adaptive dictionaries: a simulation study. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522(1), 012021. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012021)
Parreira, P. , McVitie, S. and MacLaren, D. (2014) Resistive switching in ZrO2 films: physical mechanism for filament formation and dissolution. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522, 012045. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012045)
2013
Bellini, E., McVitie, S. , MacLaren, D. , O'Shea, K., Chapman, J., Cao, J., Cardoso, S. and Freitas, F.F. (2013) Unexpected exchange bias behaviour in CoFeB ultrathin films for MTJ sensors investigated by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46(30), p. 305001. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/30/305001)
Mihai, A., Whiteside, A., Canwell, E., Marrows, C., Benitez Romero, M. J., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. and Moore, T. (2013) Effect of substrate temperature on the magnetic properties of epitaxial sputter-grown Co/Pt. Applied Physics Letters, 103, p. 262401. (doi: 10.1063/1.4856395)
Stamps, R. L. and McVitie, S. (2013) Critical nanostructuring opportunities. Magnetics Technology International, pp. 94-97.
2012
Ferreira, R., Cardoso, S., Freitas, P. P., Petrova, R. and McVitie, S. (2012) Influence of ion beam assisted deposition parameters on the growth of MgO and CoFeB. Journal of Applied Physics, 111(7), 07C117. (doi: 10.1063/1.3678319)
Basith, M.A., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. and Chapman, J.N. (2012) Reproducible domain wall pinning by linear non-topographic features in a ferromagnetic nanowire. Applied Physics Letters, 100(23), p. 232402. (doi: 10.1063/1.4724210)
Leitao, D.C., Macedo, R.J., Silva, A.V., Hoang, D.Q., MacLaren, D. , McVitie, S. , Cardoso, S. and Freitas, P.P. (2012) Optimization of exposure parameters for lift-off process of sub-100 features using a negative tone electron beam resist. In: 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 20-23 Aug 2012, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.1109/NANO.2012.6321945)
2011
Beacham, R., MacRaighne, A., Maneuski, D. , O'Shea, V. , McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. (2011) Medipix2/Timepix detector for time resolved Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of Instrumentation, 6, C12052. (doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12052)
Ngo, D.-T. and McVitie, S. (2011) Visualization of vortex core polarity in NiFe nanodots by tilted Fresnel images. Ultramicroscopy, 111(8), pp. 1276-1285. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.04.002)
Basith, M., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , Chapman, J.N. and Weaver, J. (2011) Direct comparison of domain wall behavior in permalloy nanowires patterned by electron beam lithography and focused ion beam milling. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(8), 083904. (doi: 10.1063/1.3642966)
Ngo, D.-T., Hashimoto, A., McVitie, S. , Saito, S., Chapman, J. and Takahashi, M. (2011) Nanoscale physical microstructure and micromagnetic behaviour of CoIr film with negative anisotropy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44(9), 095001. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/9/095001)
Ngo, D.-T., Hickey, M.C., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. , Marrows, C.H., Chapman, J.N. and Awano, H. (2011) Formation of magnetic structure by domain wall confinement in nanoconstriction. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), pp. 2511-2514. (doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2156395)
Tran, T.Q.H., Ngo, D.-T., McVitie, S. , Nguyen, H.N., Le, V.V., Ta, D.C. and Nguyen, N.L. (2011) Optical properties of Mn-doped ZnS semiconductor nanoclusters synthesized by a hydrothermal process. Optical Materials, 33(3), pp. 308-314. (doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.09.008)
2010
Ngo, D.-T., Mahmud, M.S., Nguyen, H.-H., Duong, H.-G., Nguyen, Q.-H., McVitie, S. and Chau, N. (2010) Crystallisation progress in Si-rich ultra-soft nanocomposite alloy fabricated by melt spinning. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322(3), pp. 342-347. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.09.054)
Casey, M. and McVitie, S. (2010) The Impact of Low Attendance on the Success and Progression of Level 1 Physics Undergraduates: Analysis and Intervention. Frontiers of Physics Education (GIREP-EPEC Conference Proceedings, Leicester),
Hickey, M.C., Ngo, D.-T., Lepatadu, S., Atkinson, D., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. and Marrows, C.H. (2010) Spin-transfer torque efficiency measured using a Permalloy nanobridge. Applied Physics Letters, 97(20), p. 202505. (doi: 10.1063/1.3520144)
Petit, D. et al. (2010) Magnetic imaging of the pinning mechanism of asymmetric transverse domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires. Applied Physics Letters, 97(23), p. 233102. (doi: 10.1063/1.3523351)
2009
Casey, M.M. and McVitie, S. (2009) Academic performance and student engagement in level 1 physics undergraduates. European Journal of Physics, 30(5), pp. 1153-1161. (doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/30/5/022)
Bogart, L., Atkinson, D., O'Shea, K., McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. (2009) Dependence of domain wall pinning potential landscapes on domain wall chirality and pinning site geometry in planar nanowires. Physical Review B, 79(5), 054414. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054414)
2008
O'Shea, K.J., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Weaver, J.M.R. (2008) Direct observation of changes to domain wall structures in magnetic nanowires of varying width. Applied Physics Letters, 93(20), p. 202505. (doi: 10.1063/1.3023048)
Kong, X., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weaver, J.M.R., O'Donnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2008) Magnetization processes in single-layer and laminated CoFe films patterned into multiscale elements with write-head-like geometries. Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 013925. (doi: 10.1063/1.2952068)
Kong, X., Krasa, D., Zhou, H. P., Williams, W., McVitie, S. , Weaver, J. M. R. and Wilkinson, C. D. W. (2008) Very high resolution etching of magnetic nanostructures in organic gases. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(5-6), pp. 988-991. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2007.12.006)
Bode, M., Pietzsch, O., Kubetzka, A., Wulfhekel, W., McGrouther, D., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (2008) Comment on "Three-Dimensional, Spin-Resolved Structure of Magnetic Vortex and Antivortex States in Patterned Co Films Using Scanning Ion Microscopy with Polarization Analysis". Physical Review Letters, 100(2), 029703. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.029703)
McVitie, S. and Ngo, D.T. (2008) Quantitative measurements of phase using the transport of intensity equation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 126, 012041. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/126/1/012041)
Sandweg, C.W., Wiese, N., McGrouther, D., Hermsdoerfer, S.J., Schultheiss, H., Leven, B., McVitie, S., Hillebrands, B. and Chapman, J.N. (2008) Direct observation of domain wall structures in curved permalloy wires containing an antinotch. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(9), 093906. (doi: 10.1063/1.2913318)
2007
Wiese, N., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Capella-Kort, A. and Otto, F. (2007) On the scaling behaviour of cross-tie domain wall structures in patterned NiFe elements. Europhysics Letters, 80(5), p. 57003. (doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/80/57003)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., O'Donnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2007) The effect of roughness on the micromagnetic properties of high moment multilayer films. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 40(13), p. 3991. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/13/012)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., ODonnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2007) Micromagnetic reversal behavior of multiscale permalloy elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 102(1), 013911. (doi: 10.1063/1.2752151)
McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N. and Gentils, A. (2007) Controlled domain wall injection into ferromagnetic nanowires from an optimized pad geometry. Applied Physics Letters, 91(2), 022506. (doi: 10.1063/1.2753541)
2006
Wang, Y.G., McGrouther, D., McVitie, S., MacKenzie, M. and Chapman, J.N. (2006) Investigation of the origin of the decrease in exchange biasing in Ga+ ion irradiated CoFe/IrMn films. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(7), 073901. (doi: 10.1063/1.2354591)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Johnson, A.B. and O'Donnell, D.O. (2006) Transmission electron microscopy study of CoFe films with high saturation magnetization. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(5), 053915. (doi: 10.1063/1.2337783)
Brownlie, C., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2006) Lorentz microscopy studies of domain wall trap structures. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(3), 033902. (doi: 10.1063/1.2227263)
Bance, S., Schrefl, T., Hrkac, G., Suess, D., Brownlie, C., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Allwood, D.A. (2006) Transitions between vortex and transverse walls in NiFe nano-structures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 42(10), pp. 2966-2968. (doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878393)
McVitie, S. and Cushley, M. (2006) Quantitative Fresnel Lorentz microscopy and the transport of intensity equation. Ultramicroscopy, 106(4-5), pp. 423-431. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.12.001)
O' Neill, R.W. and McVitie, S. (2006) Transmission electron microscopy characterisation of permalloy elements fabricated by focussed ion beam lithography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 26, pp. 187-190. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/26/1/044)
2005
Blomeier, S., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weber, M.C., Hillebrands, B. and Fassbender, J. (2005) Structural analysis of ion irradiated polycrystalline NiFe/FeMn exchange bias systems. European Physical Journal B, 45(2), pp. 213-218. (doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2005-00124-5)
Blomeier, S., McGrouther, D. , ONeill, R., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weber, M.C., Hillebrands, B. and Fassbender, J. (2005) Modification of the magnetic properties of exchange coupled NiFe/FeMn films by Ga+ ion irradiation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 290(1), pp. 731-734. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.278)
McGrouther, D. , Nicholson, W.A.P., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (2005) Focused ion beam irradiation of ferromagnetic thin films in the presence of an applied field. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38(18), pp. 3348-3353. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/18/003)
2004
Liu, X., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) Reversal mechanisms and metastable states in magnetic nanoelements. Journal of Applied Physics, 96(9), pp. 5173-5179. (doi: 10.1063/1.1803102)
Liu, X.X., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) Introduction and control of metastable states in elliptical and rectangular magnetic nanoelements. Applied Physics Letters, 84(22), pp. 4406-4408. (doi: 10.1063/1.1757647)
McVitie, S. (2004) Image interpretation in Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003, pp. 43-48.
McVitie, S. and White, G.S. (2004) Imaging amperian currents by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 37(2), pp. 280-288. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/2/018)
Yi, G., Nicholson, W.A.P., Lim, C.K., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) A new design of specimen stage for in situ magnetising experiments in the transmission electron microscope. Ultramicroscopy, 99(1), pp. 65-72. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-3991(03)00148-7)
2003
Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Long, A.R. and Skuras, E. (2003) Magnetization of Co elements sensed by semiconductor transport magnetometry and transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 93(10), 7906 -7908. (doi: 10.1063/1.1557825)
Lim, C.K., Yi, G., Chapman, J.N., Nicholson, W.A.P., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2003) TEM studies of the switching characteristics of small permalloy elements as a function of field orientation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36(24), 3099 -3102. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/24/001)
2001
Scott, J. , McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P. and Gallagher, A. (2001) Electrostatic charging artefacts in Lorentz electron tomography of MFM tip stray fields. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34(9), 1326 -1332. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/34/9/307)
McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P., Scott, J. , White, G.S. and Gallagher, A. (2001) Quantitative field measurements from magnetic force microscope tips and comparison with point and extended charge models. Journal of Applied Physics, 89(7), 3656 -3661. (doi: 10.1063/1.1352031)
Aitchison, P.R., Chapman, J.N., Gehanno, V., Weir, I.S., Scheinfein, M.R., McVitie, S. and Marty, A. (2001) High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L1(0) films with perpendicular magnetisation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 223(2), 138 -146. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(00)00524-2)
Kirk, K., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. (2001) Lorentz imaging of sub-micron patterned elements. In: Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000. Series: Nato Science Series II, 41 (41). Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9781402001178
Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2001) Imaging magnetic domain structure in sub-500 nm thin film elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 89(11), 7174 -7176. (doi: 10.1063/1.1355336)
Kirk, K.J., Scheinfein, M.R., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Gillies, M.F., Ward, B.R. and Tennant, J.G. (2001) Role of vortices in magnetization reversal of rectangular NiFe elements. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34(2), 160 -166. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/34/2/303)
McVitie, S. , White, G.S., Scott, J. , Warin, P. and Chapman, J.N. (2001) Quantitative imaging of magnetic domain walls in thin films using Lorentz and magnetic force microscopies. Journal of Applied Physics, 90(10), 5220 -5227. (doi: 10.1063/1.1412829)
McVitie, S., Scott, J. and White, G.S. (2001) Comparison of experimental and simulated images of magnetic elements using Lorentz TEM and MFM. In: Aindow, M. and Kiely, C.J. (eds.) Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2001: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Dundee, 5-7 September 2001. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (168). Institute of Physics: Bristol, pp. 433-436. ISBN 9780750308120
2000
Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (2000) Investigation of the influence of edge structure on the micromagnetic behavior of small magnetic elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 87(6), 2994 -2999. (doi: 10.1063/1.372289)
Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Aitchison, P.R. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2000) Interactions and switching field distributions of nanoscale magnetic elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 87(9), 5105 -5107. (doi: 10.1063/1.373263)
Marrows, C.H., Hickey, B.J., Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Ormston, M., Petford-Long, A.K., Hase, T.P.A. and Tanner, B.K. (2000) Damage caused to interlayer coupling of magnetic multilayers by residual gases. Physical Review B, 61(6), 4131 -4140. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.4131)
1999
Kirk, K. J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Aitchison, P.R. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1999) Switching of nanoscale magnetic elements. Applied Physics Letters, 75(23), pp. 3683-3685. (doi: 10.1063/1.125428)
McVitie, S. , Zhou, L. and Chapman, J.N. (1999) The effect of oblique incidence evaporation on the magnetic properties of thin film elements. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 32(21), pp. 2714-2720. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/21/302)
Heydon, G. P., Rainforth, W. M., Gibbs, M. R. J., Davies, H. A., McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R. P., Scott, J. , Tucker, J. W. and Bishop, J. E. L. (1999) Preparation and characterisation of a new amorphous tip coating for application in magnetic force microscopy. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 205(2-3), pp. 131-135. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(99)00475-8)
Scott, J. , McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P., Heydon, G.P., Rainforth, W.M., Gibbs, M.R.J., Tucker, J.W., Davies, H.A. and Bishop, J.E.L. (1999) Characterisation of FeBSiC coated MFM tips using Lorentz electron tomography and MFM. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 35(5), pp. 3986-3988. (doi: 10.1109/20.800730)
Marrows, C.H., Hickey, B.J., Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1999) Effects of gas damage on coupling and anisotropy in sputtered Co/Cu multilayers. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 198-99, pp. 408-411. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(98)01136-6)
1998
Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P.R., Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Kools, J.C.S. and Gillies, M.F. (1998) Direct observation of magnetization reversal processes in micron-sized elements of spin-valve material. Journal of Applied Physics, 83(10), pp. 5321-5325. (doi: 10.1063/1.367358)
Ferrier, R.P. and McVitie, S. (1998) Comparative study of the magnetic fields from MFM tips. In: 14th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Cancun, Mexico, 31 Aug - 04 Sept 1998, pp. 523-524. ISBN 9780750305655
1997
Ferrier, R.P., McVitie, S. , Gallagher, A. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1997) Characterisation of MFM tip fields by electron tomography. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 33(5), pp. 4062-4064. (doi: 10.1109/20.619663)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1997) Reversal mechanisms in lithographically defined magnetic thin film elements imaged by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 3(2), pp. 146-153.
Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. , Khamsehpour, B., Ruhrig, M. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1997) Magnetisation reversal in cobalt and permalloy nano-elements. In: Hadjinpanayis, G.C. (ed.) Magnetic hysteresis in novel magnetic materials. Series: NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences (338). Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht ; Boston, pp. 309-313. ISBN 9780792346043 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-5478-9_29)
Lemerle, S., Ferre, J., Thiaville, A., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. , Chappert, C. and Kottler, V. (1997) Visualization of domain wall propagation in ultra-thin Co/Pt films using transmission electron microscopy. In: Hadjipanayis, G.C. (ed.) Magnetic hysteresis in novel magnetic materials. Series: NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences (338). Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht ; Boston, pp. 537-542. ISBN 9780792346043 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-5478-9_58)
McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1997) Absolute field strength determination of magnetic force microscope tip stray fields. In: Electron microscopy and analysis 1997 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 2-5 September 1997. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (153). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 201-204. ISBN 9780750304412
McVitie, S. , Kirk, K.J. and Chapman, J.N. (1997) Lorentz microscopy studies of magnetic thin films with reduced dimensions. European Journal of Cell Biology, 74, p. 49.
1996
King, J. G., Williams, W., Wilkinson, C.D.W., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1996) Magnetic properties of magnetite arrays produced by the method of electron beam lithography. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(20), pp. 2847-2850. (doi: 10.1029/96GL01371)
Rührig, M., Khamsehpour, B., Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1996) The fabrication and magnetic properties of acicular magnetic nano-elements. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 32(5), pp. 4452-4457. (doi: 10.1109/20.538897)
Valera, M.S., Tomlinson, S.L., Heydon, G.P., Farley, A.N., Hoon, S.R., Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1996) Magnetic force microscopy of soft magnetic materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 157-58, pp. 555-556. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)01064-5)
Rührig, M., Porthun, S., Lodder, J.C., McVitie, S. , Heyderman, L.J., Johnston, A.B. and Chapman, J.N. (1996) Electron beam fabrication and characterization of high-resolution magnetic force microscopy tips. Journal of Applied Physics, 79(6), pp. 2913-2919. (doi: 10.1063/1.361287)
1995
Valera, M.S., Farley, A.N., Hoon, S.R., Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1995) Imaging domains in Co/Pt multilayers by magnetic force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 67(17), pp. 2566-2568. (doi: 10.1063/1.114434)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1995) Coherent Lorentz imaging of soft, thin-film magnetic materials. MRS Bulletin, 20(10), pp. 55-58.
McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Zhou, L., Heyderman, L.J. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1995) In-situ magnetising experiments using coherent magnetic imaging in TEM. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 148(1-2), pp. 232-236. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00219-7)
Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1995) Magnetic imaging of magnetic force microscope tips. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 148(1-2), pp. 237-238. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00220-0)
McVitie, S. (1995) In-situ quantitative imaging of magnetic materials. In: Cherns, D. (ed.) Electron microscopy and analysis 1995 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, University of Birmingham, 12-15 September 1995. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (147). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 305-308. ISBN 9780750303576
1994
Chapman, J.N., Johnston, A.B., Heyderman, L.J., McVitie, S. , Nicholson, W.A.P. and Bormans, B. (1994) Coherent magnetic imaging by TEM. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 30(6), pp. 4479-4484. (doi: 10.1109/20.334125)
te Lintelo, J.G.T., Lodder, J.C., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1994) Magnetic stray fields of Co-Cr microstrips measured by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 75(6), pp. 3002-3007. (doi: 10.1063/1.356166)
1993
McVitie, S. and Ferrier, R. P. (1993) Stray field and Lorentz image calculation of a longitudinal recording medium. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 29(6), pp. 3718-3720. (doi: 10.1109/20.281280)
Craven, A.J., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1993) Instrumentation, techniques, and applications of electron microscopy in the solid state physics group at Glasgow university. Microscopy Research and Technique, 24(4), pp. 316-332. (doi: 10.1002/jemt.1070240405) (PMID:8513173)
Chapman, J.N., Ferrier, R.P., Heyderman, L.J., McVitie, S. , Nicholson, W.A.P. and Bormans, B. (1993) Micromagnetics, microstructure and microscopy. In: Craven, A.J. (ed.) Electron microscopy and analysis 1993 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, University of Liverpool, 14-17 September 1993. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (138). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780750303217
1992
McVitie, S. and Ferrier, R.P. (1992) Model stray field calculations of a longitudinal recording medium. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 963-964. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90443-R)
Wong, H.Y., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hefferman, S.J. (1992) The influence of evaporation rate on the domain structures of permalloy and cobalt small magnetic particles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 329-330. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90819-A)
Zweck, J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hoffmann, H. (1992) Reconstruction of induction distributions in thin films from DPC images. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 315-316. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90813-4)
1991
Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hefferman, S.J. (1991) Mapping induction distributions by transmission electron microscopy (invited). Journal of Applied Physics, 69(8), pp. 6078-6083. (doi: 10.1063/1.347775)
Hefferman, S.J., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1991) In-situ magnetising experiments on small regularly shaped permalloy particles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 95(1), pp. 76-84. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(91)90217-X)
White, J.R., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1991) Multiple dark-field STEM: A new method for beam-sensitive polymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 29(1), pp. 31-38. (doi: 10.1002/polb.1991.090290105)
1990
Chapman, J.N., McFadyen, I.R. and McVitie, S. (1990) Modified differential phase contrast Lorentz microscopy for improved imaging of magnetic structures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 26(5), pp. 1506-1511. (doi: 10.1109/20.104427)
Hefferman, S.J., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1990) In-situ magnetising experiments on small regular particles fabricated by electron beam lithography. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 83(1-3), pp. 223-224. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(90)90494-B)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1990) Measurement of domain wall widths in Permalloy using differential phase contrast imaging in stem. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 83(1-3), pp. 97-98. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(90)90445-V)
1988
McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Hefferman, S.J. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1988) Effect of application of fields on the domain structure in small regularly shaped magnetic particles. Journal de Physique Colloques, 49(8), C8-1817. (doi: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888830)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1988) Magnetic structure determination in small regularly shaped particle using transmission electron microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 24(2), pp. 1778-1780. (doi: 10.1109/20.11599)
1987
Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and McFadyen, I.R. (1987) Magnetic-structure determination by scanning-transmission electron-microscopy. Scanning Microscopy, 1, pp. 221-228.
Articles
Barker, C. E. A. et al. (2024) Phase coexistence and transitions between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic states in a synthetic antiferromagnet. Physical Review B, 109, 134437. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.134437)
Cascales Sandoval, M. Á. et al. (2024) Determination of optimal experimental conditions for accurate 3D reconstruction of the magnetization vector via XMCD-PEEM. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 31(2), (doi: 10.1107/S1600577524001073) (PMID:38372673)
Cascales Sandoval, M. A. et al. (2023) Observation and formation mechanism of 360° domain wall rings in synthetic anti-ferromagnets with interlayer chiral interactions. Applied Physics Letters, 123(17), 172407. (doi: 10.1063/5.0158119)
Donnelly, C. et al. (2022) Complex free-space magnetic field textures induced by three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures. Nature Nanotechnology, 17(2), pp. 136-142. (doi: 10.1038/s41565-021-01027-7) (PMID:34931031)
Cowan, A., McNeill, K., Janjua, M. B. and McVitie, S. (2021) Characterisation of magnetisation ripple using Lorentz microscopy: Effect of ultra-thin Ni79Fe21 seed layers on magnetic properties of Ni45Fe55. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 535, 168094. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168094)
Paterson, G. W. , Macauley, G. M. , McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, I: theory and analysis. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(5), pp. 1113-1122. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621012551)
Paterson, G. W. , Macauley, G. M. , McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, II: K₂CuF₄ phase transition. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27(5), pp. 1123-1132. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621012575)
Baity, P. G. et al. (2021) Strong magnon-photon coupling with chip-integrated YIG in the zero-temperature limit. Applied Physics Letters, 119(3), 033502. (doi: 10.1063/5.0054837)
Temple, R., Rosamond, M. C., Massey, J. R., Almeida, T. P. , Linfield, E. H., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. , Moore, T. A. and Marrows, C. H. (2021) Phase domain boundary motion and memristance in gradient-doped FeRh nanopillars induced by spin injection. Applied Physics Letters, 118, 122403. (doi: 10.1063/5.0038950)
Togawa, Y., Akashi, T., Kasai, H., Paterson, G. W. , McVitie, S. , Kousaka, Y., Shinada, H., Kishine, J.-i. and Akimitsu, J. (2021) Formations of narrow stripes and vortex-antivortex pairs in a quasi-two-dimensional ferromagnet K2CuF4. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan(90), 014702. (doi: 10.7566/JPSJ.90.014702)
Hierro-Rodríguez, A., Quirós, C., Sorrentino, A., Álvarez-Prado, L. M., Martin, J., Alameda, J. M., McVitie, S. , Pereiro, E., Velez, M. and Ferrer, S. (2020) Revealing 3D magnetization of thin films with soft X-ray tomography: magnetic singularities and topological charges. Nature Communications, 11, 6382. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20119-x) (PMID:33318487) (PMCID:PMC7736288)
Benito, L., Clark, L. , Almeida, T.P. , Moore, T.A., , and , (2020) Sputter-engineering a first-order magnetic phase transition in sub-15-nm-thick single-crystal FeRh films. Physical Review Materials, 4(12), 123402. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.123402)
Massey, J. R. et al. (2020) Asymmetric magnetic relaxation behavior of domains and domain walls observed through the FeRh first-order metamagnetic phase transition. Physical Review B, 102(14), 144304. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144304)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Kovács, A., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and McVitie, S. (2020) Effect of annealing on the magnetic states of FEBID-grown cobalt nanopatterns examined by off-axis electron holography. Journal of Microscopy, 279(3), pp. 217-221. (doi: 10.1111/jmi.12869) (PMID:31985824)
Nord, M., Webster, R. W.H., Paton, K. A. , McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , MacLaren, I. and Paterson, G. W. (2020) Fast pixelated detectors in scanning transmission electron microscopy. Part I: data acquisition, live processing and storage. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), pp. 653-666. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927620001713)
Sanz-Hernández, D. et al. (2020) Artificial double-helix for geometrical control of magnetic chirality. ACS Nano, 14(7), pp. 8084-8092. (doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c00720) (PMID:32633492)
Paterson, G.W. , Tereshchenko, A.A., Nakayama, S., Kousaka, Y., Kishine, J., McVitie, S. , Ovchinnikov, A.S., Proskurin, I. and Togawa, Y. (2020) Tensile deformations of the magnetic chiral soliton lattice probed by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. Physical Review B, 101(18), 184424. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.184424)
Fallon, K. et al. (2020) Controlled individual skyrmion nucleation at artificial defects formed by ion irradiation. Small, 16(13), 1907450. (doi: 10.1002/smll.201907450)
Macauley, G. M. , Paterson, G. W. , Li, Y., Macêdo, R. , McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. L. (2020) Tuning magnetic order with geometry: thermalisation and defects in two-dimensional artificial spin ices. Physical Review B, 101, 144403. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.144403)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Li, Y., Moore, T., Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2020) Direct visualization of the magnetostructural phase transition in nanoscale FeRh thin films using differential phase contrast imaging. Physical Review Materials, 4(3), 034410. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034410)
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Li, Y., Gubbiotti, G., Casoli, F., Morley, S.A., Gonçalves, F.J.T., Rosamond, M.c., Linfield, E.H., Marrows, C.H., McVitie, S. and Stamps, R.L. (2017) Thickness dependence of spin wave excitations in an artificial square spin ice-like geometry. Journal of Applied Physics, 121(10), 103903. (doi: 10.1063/1.4978315)
McGrouther, D. , Lamb, R.J., Krajnak, M., McFadzean, S., McVitie, S. , Stamps, R.L. , Leonov, A.O., Bogdanov, A.N. and Togawa, Y. (2016) Internal structure of hexagonal skyrmion lattices in cubic helimagnets. New Journal of Physics, 18, 095004. (doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/9/095004)
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Krajnak, M., McGrouther, D. , Maneuski, D. , O'Shea, V. and McVitie, S. (2016) Pixelated detectors and improved efficiency for magnetic imaging in STEM differential phase contrast. Ultramicroscopy, 165, pp. 42-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.03.006)
Al-Afeef, A.', Cockshott, W. P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2016) Electron tomography image reconstruction using data-driven adaptive compressed sensing. SCANNING: The Journal of Scanning Microscopies, 38(3), pp. 251-276. (doi: 10.1002/sca.21271) (PMID:26435074)
Parreira, P. , Paterson, G. W. , McVitie, S. and MacLaren, D. A. (2016) Stability, bistability and instability of amorphous ZrO2 resistive memory devices. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 49(9), 095111. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/9/095111)
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Basith, M.A., McVitie, S. , Strache, T., Fritzsche, M., Muecklich, A., Fassbender, J. and McCordy, J. (2015) Lorentz TEM imaging of stripe structures embedded in a soft magnetic matrix. Physical Review Applied, 4(3), 034012. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.4.034012)
MacLaren, I. , Wang, L., McGrouther, D. , Craven, A. J., McVitie, S. , Schierholz, R., Kovács, A., Barthel, J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) On the origin of differential phase contrast at a locally charged and globally charge-compensated domain boundary in a polar-ordered material. Ultramicroscopy, 154, pp. 57-63. 25837677. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.03.016)
Ferguson, C.H., MacLaren, D.A. and McVitie, S. (2015) Metastable magnetic domain walls in cylindrical nanowires. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 381, pp. 457-462. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.01.027)
McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , McFadzean, S., MacLaren, D. A. , O'Shea, K. J. and Benitez Romero, M. J. (2015) Aberration corrected Lorentz scanning transmission electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy, 152, pp. 57-62. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.01.003) (PMID:25677688)
Benitez Romero, M. J., Basith, M., Lamb, R.J., McGrouther, D. , McFadzean, S., MacLaren, D. , Hrabec, A., Marrows, C.H. and McVitie, S. (2015) Engineering magnetic domain-wall structure in Permalloy nanowires. Physical Review Applied, 3(3), 034008. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.3.034008)
Benitez Romero, M.J., Hrabec, A., Mihai, A.P., Moore, T.A., Burnell, G., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C.H. and McVitie, S. (2015) Magnetic microscopy and topological stability of homochiral Néel domain walls in a Pt/Co/AlOx trilayer. Nature Communications, 6, 8957. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms9957) (PMID:26642936) (PMCID:PMC4686874)
McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. and Krajnak, M. (2015) High resolution quantitative Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 644(1), 012026. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/644/1/012026)
McGrouther, D. , Benitez Romero, M. J., McFadzean, S. and McVitie, S. (2014) Development of aberration corrected differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM. JEOL News, 49(1),
Hrabec, A., Porter, N. A., Wells, A., Benitez Romero, M. J., Burnell, G., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , Moore, T. A. and Marrows, C. H. (2014) Measuring and tailoring the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in perpendicularly magnetized thin films. Physical Review B, 90(2), 020402(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.020402)
AlAfeef, A., Cockshott, P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2014) Compressed sensing electron tomography using adaptive dictionaries: a simulation study. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522(1), 012021. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012021)
Parreira, P. , McVitie, S. and MacLaren, D. (2014) Resistive switching in ZrO2 films: physical mechanism for filament formation and dissolution. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522, 012045. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012045)
Bellini, E., McVitie, S. , MacLaren, D. , O'Shea, K., Chapman, J., Cao, J., Cardoso, S. and Freitas, F.F. (2013) Unexpected exchange bias behaviour in CoFeB ultrathin films for MTJ sensors investigated by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46(30), p. 305001. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/30/305001)
Mihai, A., Whiteside, A., Canwell, E., Marrows, C., Benitez Romero, M. J., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. and Moore, T. (2013) Effect of substrate temperature on the magnetic properties of epitaxial sputter-grown Co/Pt. Applied Physics Letters, 103, p. 262401. (doi: 10.1063/1.4856395)
Stamps, R. L. and McVitie, S. (2013) Critical nanostructuring opportunities. Magnetics Technology International, pp. 94-97.
Ferreira, R., Cardoso, S., Freitas, P. P., Petrova, R. and McVitie, S. (2012) Influence of ion beam assisted deposition parameters on the growth of MgO and CoFeB. Journal of Applied Physics, 111(7), 07C117. (doi: 10.1063/1.3678319)
Basith, M.A., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. and Chapman, J.N. (2012) Reproducible domain wall pinning by linear non-topographic features in a ferromagnetic nanowire. Applied Physics Letters, 100(23), p. 232402. (doi: 10.1063/1.4724210)
Beacham, R., MacRaighne, A., Maneuski, D. , O'Shea, V. , McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. (2011) Medipix2/Timepix detector for time resolved Transmission Electron Microscopy. Journal of Instrumentation, 6, C12052. (doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12052)
Ngo, D.-T. and McVitie, S. (2011) Visualization of vortex core polarity in NiFe nanodots by tilted Fresnel images. Ultramicroscopy, 111(8), pp. 1276-1285. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2011.04.002)
Basith, M., McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , Chapman, J.N. and Weaver, J. (2011) Direct comparison of domain wall behavior in permalloy nanowires patterned by electron beam lithography and focused ion beam milling. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(8), 083904. (doi: 10.1063/1.3642966)
Ngo, D.-T., Hashimoto, A., McVitie, S. , Saito, S., Chapman, J. and Takahashi, M. (2011) Nanoscale physical microstructure and micromagnetic behaviour of CoIr film with negative anisotropy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 44(9), 095001. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/44/9/095001)
Ngo, D.-T., Hickey, M.C., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. , Marrows, C.H., Chapman, J.N. and Awano, H. (2011) Formation of magnetic structure by domain wall confinement in nanoconstriction. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), pp. 2511-2514. (doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2156395)
Tran, T.Q.H., Ngo, D.-T., McVitie, S. , Nguyen, H.N., Le, V.V., Ta, D.C. and Nguyen, N.L. (2011) Optical properties of Mn-doped ZnS semiconductor nanoclusters synthesized by a hydrothermal process. Optical Materials, 33(3), pp. 308-314. (doi: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.09.008)
Ngo, D.-T., Mahmud, M.S., Nguyen, H.-H., Duong, H.-G., Nguyen, Q.-H., McVitie, S. and Chau, N. (2010) Crystallisation progress in Si-rich ultra-soft nanocomposite alloy fabricated by melt spinning. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 322(3), pp. 342-347. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2009.09.054)
Casey, M. and McVitie, S. (2010) The Impact of Low Attendance on the Success and Progression of Level 1 Physics Undergraduates: Analysis and Intervention. Frontiers of Physics Education (GIREP-EPEC Conference Proceedings, Leicester),
Hickey, M.C., Ngo, D.-T., Lepatadu, S., Atkinson, D., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. and Marrows, C.H. (2010) Spin-transfer torque efficiency measured using a Permalloy nanobridge. Applied Physics Letters, 97(20), p. 202505. (doi: 10.1063/1.3520144)
Petit, D. et al. (2010) Magnetic imaging of the pinning mechanism of asymmetric transverse domain walls in ferromagnetic nanowires. Applied Physics Letters, 97(23), p. 233102. (doi: 10.1063/1.3523351)
Casey, M.M. and McVitie, S. (2009) Academic performance and student engagement in level 1 physics undergraduates. European Journal of Physics, 30(5), pp. 1153-1161. (doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/30/5/022)
Bogart, L., Atkinson, D., O'Shea, K., McGrouther, D. and McVitie, S. (2009) Dependence of domain wall pinning potential landscapes on domain wall chirality and pinning site geometry in planar nanowires. Physical Review B, 79(5), 054414. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054414)
O'Shea, K.J., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Weaver, J.M.R. (2008) Direct observation of changes to domain wall structures in magnetic nanowires of varying width. Applied Physics Letters, 93(20), p. 202505. (doi: 10.1063/1.3023048)
Kong, X., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weaver, J.M.R., O'Donnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2008) Magnetization processes in single-layer and laminated CoFe films patterned into multiscale elements with write-head-like geometries. Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 013925. (doi: 10.1063/1.2952068)
Kong, X., Krasa, D., Zhou, H. P., Williams, W., McVitie, S. , Weaver, J. M. R. and Wilkinson, C. D. W. (2008) Very high resolution etching of magnetic nanostructures in organic gases. Microelectronic Engineering, 85(5-6), pp. 988-991. (doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2007.12.006)
Bode, M., Pietzsch, O., Kubetzka, A., Wulfhekel, W., McGrouther, D., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (2008) Comment on "Three-Dimensional, Spin-Resolved Structure of Magnetic Vortex and Antivortex States in Patterned Co Films Using Scanning Ion Microscopy with Polarization Analysis". Physical Review Letters, 100(2), 029703. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.029703)
McVitie, S. and Ngo, D.T. (2008) Quantitative measurements of phase using the transport of intensity equation. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 126, 012041. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/126/1/012041)
Sandweg, C.W., Wiese, N., McGrouther, D., Hermsdoerfer, S.J., Schultheiss, H., Leven, B., McVitie, S., Hillebrands, B. and Chapman, J.N. (2008) Direct observation of domain wall structures in curved permalloy wires containing an antinotch. Journal of Applied Physics, 103(9), 093906. (doi: 10.1063/1.2913318)
Wiese, N., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Capella-Kort, A. and Otto, F. (2007) On the scaling behaviour of cross-tie domain wall structures in patterned NiFe elements. Europhysics Letters, 80(5), p. 57003. (doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/80/57003)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., O'Donnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2007) The effect of roughness on the micromagnetic properties of high moment multilayer films. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 40(13), p. 3991. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/13/012)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., ODonnell, D.O. and Johnston, A.B. (2007) Micromagnetic reversal behavior of multiscale permalloy elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 102(1), 013911. (doi: 10.1063/1.2752151)
McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N. and Gentils, A. (2007) Controlled domain wall injection into ferromagnetic nanowires from an optimized pad geometry. Applied Physics Letters, 91(2), 022506. (doi: 10.1063/1.2753541)
Wang, Y.G., McGrouther, D., McVitie, S., MacKenzie, M. and Chapman, J.N. (2006) Investigation of the origin of the decrease in exchange biasing in Ga+ ion irradiated CoFe/IrMn films. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(7), 073901. (doi: 10.1063/1.2354591)
Craig, B.R., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Johnson, A.B. and O'Donnell, D.O. (2006) Transmission electron microscopy study of CoFe films with high saturation magnetization. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(5), 053915. (doi: 10.1063/1.2337783)
Brownlie, C., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2006) Lorentz microscopy studies of domain wall trap structures. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(3), 033902. (doi: 10.1063/1.2227263)
Bance, S., Schrefl, T., Hrkac, G., Suess, D., Brownlie, C., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Allwood, D.A. (2006) Transitions between vortex and transverse walls in NiFe nano-structures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 42(10), pp. 2966-2968. (doi: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.878393)
McVitie, S. and Cushley, M. (2006) Quantitative Fresnel Lorentz microscopy and the transport of intensity equation. Ultramicroscopy, 106(4-5), pp. 423-431. (doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2005.12.001)
O' Neill, R.W. and McVitie, S. (2006) Transmission electron microscopy characterisation of permalloy elements fabricated by focussed ion beam lithography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 26, pp. 187-190. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/26/1/044)
Blomeier, S., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weber, M.C., Hillebrands, B. and Fassbender, J. (2005) Structural analysis of ion irradiated polycrystalline NiFe/FeMn exchange bias systems. European Physical Journal B, 45(2), pp. 213-218. (doi: 10.1140/epjb/e2005-00124-5)
Blomeier, S., McGrouther, D. , ONeill, R., McVitie, S., Chapman, J.N., Weber, M.C., Hillebrands, B. and Fassbender, J. (2005) Modification of the magnetic properties of exchange coupled NiFe/FeMn films by Ga+ ion irradiation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 290(1), pp. 731-734. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.278)
McGrouther, D. , Nicholson, W.A.P., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (2005) Focused ion beam irradiation of ferromagnetic thin films in the presence of an applied field. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 38(18), pp. 3348-3353. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/18/003)
Liu, X., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) Reversal mechanisms and metastable states in magnetic nanoelements. Journal of Applied Physics, 96(9), pp. 5173-5179. (doi: 10.1063/1.1803102)
Liu, X.X., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) Introduction and control of metastable states in elliptical and rectangular magnetic nanoelements. Applied Physics Letters, 84(22), pp. 4406-4408. (doi: 10.1063/1.1757647)
McVitie, S. and White, G.S. (2004) Imaging amperian currents by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 37(2), pp. 280-288. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/2/018)
Yi, G., Nicholson, W.A.P., Lim, C.K., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2004) A new design of specimen stage for in situ magnetising experiments in the transmission electron microscope. Ultramicroscopy, 99(1), pp. 65-72. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-3991(03)00148-7)
Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Long, A.R. and Skuras, E. (2003) Magnetization of Co elements sensed by semiconductor transport magnetometry and transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 93(10), 7906 -7908. (doi: 10.1063/1.1557825)
Lim, C.K., Yi, G., Chapman, J.N., Nicholson, W.A.P., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2003) TEM studies of the switching characteristics of small permalloy elements as a function of field orientation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 36(24), 3099 -3102. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/24/001)
Scott, J. , McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P. and Gallagher, A. (2001) Electrostatic charging artefacts in Lorentz electron tomography of MFM tip stray fields. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34(9), 1326 -1332. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/34/9/307)
McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P., Scott, J. , White, G.S. and Gallagher, A. (2001) Quantitative field measurements from magnetic force microscope tips and comparison with point and extended charge models. Journal of Applied Physics, 89(7), 3656 -3661. (doi: 10.1063/1.1352031)
Aitchison, P.R., Chapman, J.N., Gehanno, V., Weir, I.S., Scheinfein, M.R., McVitie, S. and Marty, A. (2001) High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L1(0) films with perpendicular magnetisation. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 223(2), 138 -146. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(00)00524-2)
Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2001) Imaging magnetic domain structure in sub-500 nm thin film elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 89(11), 7174 -7176. (doi: 10.1063/1.1355336)
Kirk, K.J., Scheinfein, M.R., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Gillies, M.F., Ward, B.R. and Tennant, J.G. (2001) Role of vortices in magnetization reversal of rectangular NiFe elements. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34(2), 160 -166. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/34/2/303)
McVitie, S. , White, G.S., Scott, J. , Warin, P. and Chapman, J.N. (2001) Quantitative imaging of magnetic domain walls in thin films using Lorentz and magnetic force microscopies. Journal of Applied Physics, 90(10), 5220 -5227. (doi: 10.1063/1.1412829)
Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (2000) Investigation of the influence of edge structure on the micromagnetic behavior of small magnetic elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 87(6), 2994 -2999. (doi: 10.1063/1.372289)
Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Aitchison, P.R. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (2000) Interactions and switching field distributions of nanoscale magnetic elements. Journal of Applied Physics, 87(9), 5105 -5107. (doi: 10.1063/1.373263)
Marrows, C.H., Hickey, B.J., Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Ormston, M., Petford-Long, A.K., Hase, T.P.A. and Tanner, B.K. (2000) Damage caused to interlayer coupling of magnetic multilayers by residual gases. Physical Review B, 61(6), 4131 -4140. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.4131)
Kirk, K. J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. , Aitchison, P.R. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1999) Switching of nanoscale magnetic elements. Applied Physics Letters, 75(23), pp. 3683-3685. (doi: 10.1063/1.125428)
McVitie, S. , Zhou, L. and Chapman, J.N. (1999) The effect of oblique incidence evaporation on the magnetic properties of thin film elements. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 32(21), pp. 2714-2720. (doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/21/302)
Heydon, G. P., Rainforth, W. M., Gibbs, M. R. J., Davies, H. A., McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R. P., Scott, J. , Tucker, J. W. and Bishop, J. E. L. (1999) Preparation and characterisation of a new amorphous tip coating for application in magnetic force microscopy. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 205(2-3), pp. 131-135. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(99)00475-8)
Scott, J. , McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P., Heydon, G.P., Rainforth, W.M., Gibbs, M.R.J., Tucker, J.W., Davies, H.A. and Bishop, J.E.L. (1999) Characterisation of FeBSiC coated MFM tips using Lorentz electron tomography and MFM. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 35(5), pp. 3986-3988. (doi: 10.1109/20.800730)
Marrows, C.H., Hickey, B.J., Herrmann, M., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1999) Effects of gas damage on coupling and anisotropy in sputtered Co/Cu multilayers. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 198-99, pp. 408-411. (doi: 10.1016/S0304-8853(98)01136-6)
Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P.R., Kirk, K.J., McVitie, S. , Kools, J.C.S. and Gillies, M.F. (1998) Direct observation of magnetization reversal processes in micron-sized elements of spin-valve material. Journal of Applied Physics, 83(10), pp. 5321-5325. (doi: 10.1063/1.367358)
Ferrier, R.P., McVitie, S. , Gallagher, A. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1997) Characterisation of MFM tip fields by electron tomography. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 33(5), pp. 4062-4064. (doi: 10.1109/20.619663)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1997) Reversal mechanisms in lithographically defined magnetic thin film elements imaged by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 3(2), pp. 146-153.
McVitie, S. , Kirk, K.J. and Chapman, J.N. (1997) Lorentz microscopy studies of magnetic thin films with reduced dimensions. European Journal of Cell Biology, 74, p. 49.
King, J. G., Williams, W., Wilkinson, C.D.W., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1996) Magnetic properties of magnetite arrays produced by the method of electron beam lithography. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(20), pp. 2847-2850. (doi: 10.1029/96GL01371)
Rührig, M., Khamsehpour, B., Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1996) The fabrication and magnetic properties of acicular magnetic nano-elements. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 32(5), pp. 4452-4457. (doi: 10.1109/20.538897)
Valera, M.S., Tomlinson, S.L., Heydon, G.P., Farley, A.N., Hoon, S.R., Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1996) Magnetic force microscopy of soft magnetic materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 157-58, pp. 555-556. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)01064-5)
Rührig, M., Porthun, S., Lodder, J.C., McVitie, S. , Heyderman, L.J., Johnston, A.B. and Chapman, J.N. (1996) Electron beam fabrication and characterization of high-resolution magnetic force microscopy tips. Journal of Applied Physics, 79(6), pp. 2913-2919. (doi: 10.1063/1.361287)
Valera, M.S., Farley, A.N., Hoon, S.R., Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1995) Imaging domains in Co/Pt multilayers by magnetic force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 67(17), pp. 2566-2568. (doi: 10.1063/1.114434)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. N. (1995) Coherent Lorentz imaging of soft, thin-film magnetic materials. MRS Bulletin, 20(10), pp. 55-58.
McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Zhou, L., Heyderman, L.J. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1995) In-situ magnetising experiments using coherent magnetic imaging in TEM. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 148(1-2), pp. 232-236. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00219-7)
Zhou, L., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1995) Magnetic imaging of magnetic force microscope tips. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 148(1-2), pp. 237-238. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(95)00220-0)
Chapman, J.N., Johnston, A.B., Heyderman, L.J., McVitie, S. , Nicholson, W.A.P. and Bormans, B. (1994) Coherent magnetic imaging by TEM. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 30(6), pp. 4479-4484. (doi: 10.1109/20.334125)
te Lintelo, J.G.T., Lodder, J.C., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1994) Magnetic stray fields of Co-Cr microstrips measured by Lorentz microscopy. Journal of Applied Physics, 75(6), pp. 3002-3007. (doi: 10.1063/1.356166)
McVitie, S. and Ferrier, R. P. (1993) Stray field and Lorentz image calculation of a longitudinal recording medium. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 29(6), pp. 3718-3720. (doi: 10.1109/20.281280)
Craven, A.J., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1993) Instrumentation, techniques, and applications of electron microscopy in the solid state physics group at Glasgow university. Microscopy Research and Technique, 24(4), pp. 316-332. (doi: 10.1002/jemt.1070240405) (PMID:8513173)
McVitie, S. and Ferrier, R.P. (1992) Model stray field calculations of a longitudinal recording medium. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 963-964. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90443-R)
Wong, H.Y., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hefferman, S.J. (1992) The influence of evaporation rate on the domain structures of permalloy and cobalt small magnetic particles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 329-330. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90819-A)
Zweck, J., Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hoffmann, H. (1992) Reconstruction of induction distributions in thin films from DPC images. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 104-07, pp. 315-316. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(92)90813-4)
Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and Hefferman, S.J. (1991) Mapping induction distributions by transmission electron microscopy (invited). Journal of Applied Physics, 69(8), pp. 6078-6083. (doi: 10.1063/1.347775)
Hefferman, S.J., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1991) In-situ magnetising experiments on small regularly shaped permalloy particles. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 95(1), pp. 76-84. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(91)90217-X)
White, J.R., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1991) Multiple dark-field STEM: A new method for beam-sensitive polymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 29(1), pp. 31-38. (doi: 10.1002/polb.1991.090290105)
Chapman, J.N., McFadyen, I.R. and McVitie, S. (1990) Modified differential phase contrast Lorentz microscopy for improved imaging of magnetic structures. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 26(5), pp. 1506-1511. (doi: 10.1109/20.104427)
Hefferman, S.J., Chapman, J.N. and McVitie, S. (1990) In-situ magnetising experiments on small regular particles fabricated by electron beam lithography. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 83(1-3), pp. 223-224. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(90)90494-B)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1990) Measurement of domain wall widths in Permalloy using differential phase contrast imaging in stem. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 83(1-3), pp. 97-98. (doi: 10.1016/0304-8853(90)90445-V)
McVitie, S. , Chapman, J.N., Hefferman, S.J. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1988) Effect of application of fields on the domain structure in small regularly shaped magnetic particles. Journal de Physique Colloques, 49(8), C8-1817. (doi: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888830)
McVitie, S. and Chapman, J.N. (1988) Magnetic structure determination in small regularly shaped particle using transmission electron microscopy. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 24(2), pp. 1778-1780. (doi: 10.1109/20.11599)
Chapman, J.N., McVitie, S. and McFadyen, I.R. (1987) Magnetic-structure determination by scanning-transmission electron-microscopy. Scanning Microscopy, 1, pp. 221-228.
Book Sections
Kirk, K., McVitie, S. and Chapman, J. (2001) Lorentz imaging of sub-micron patterned elements. In: Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000. Series: Nato Science Series II, 41 (41). Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9781402001178
McVitie, S., Scott, J. and White, G.S. (2001) Comparison of experimental and simulated images of magnetic elements using Lorentz TEM and MFM. In: Aindow, M. and Kiely, C.J. (eds.) Electron Microscopy and Analysis 2001: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Dundee, 5-7 September 2001. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (168). Institute of Physics: Bristol, pp. 433-436. ISBN 9780750308120
Kirk, K.J., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. , Khamsehpour, B., Ruhrig, M. and Wilkinson, C.D.W. (1997) Magnetisation reversal in cobalt and permalloy nano-elements. In: Hadjinpanayis, G.C. (ed.) Magnetic hysteresis in novel magnetic materials. Series: NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences (338). Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht ; Boston, pp. 309-313. ISBN 9780792346043 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-5478-9_29)
Lemerle, S., Ferre, J., Thiaville, A., Chapman, J.N., Aitchison, P., McVitie, S. , Chappert, C. and Kottler, V. (1997) Visualization of domain wall propagation in ultra-thin Co/Pt films using transmission electron microscopy. In: Hadjipanayis, G.C. (ed.) Magnetic hysteresis in novel magnetic materials. Series: NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences (338). Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht ; Boston, pp. 537-542. ISBN 9780792346043 (doi: 10.1007/978-94-011-5478-9_58)
McVitie, S. , Ferrier, R.P. and Nicholson, W.A.P. (1997) Absolute field strength determination of magnetic force microscope tip stray fields. In: Electron microscopy and analysis 1997 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 2-5 September 1997. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (153). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 201-204. ISBN 9780750304412
McVitie, S. (1995) In-situ quantitative imaging of magnetic materials. In: Cherns, D. (ed.) Electron microscopy and analysis 1995 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, University of Birmingham, 12-15 September 1995. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (147). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 305-308. ISBN 9780750303576
Chapman, J.N., Ferrier, R.P., Heyderman, L.J., McVitie, S. , Nicholson, W.A.P. and Bormans, B. (1993) Micromagnetics, microstructure and microscopy. In: Craven, A.J. (ed.) Electron microscopy and analysis 1993 : proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group conference, University of Liverpool, 14-17 September 1993. Series: Institute of Physics conference series (138). Institute of Physics Pub.: Bristol ; Philadelphia, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780750303217
Conference or Workshop Item
Kirkbride, C. , Aboljadayel, R., Fallon, K., Villa, S., Almeida, T. , Marrows, C. and McVitie, S. (2024) Characterisation of Skyrmion Spin Textures in CoB/CoFeB Multilayers. 17th European Microscopy Congress 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-30 August 2024. p. 29009. (doi: 10.1051/bioconf/202412929009)
Villa, S., Barker, C., Fallon, K., Kirkbride, C. , Almeida, T. , Marrows, C. and McVitie, S. (2024) L-TEM characterization of controlled skyrmion nucleation in synthetic antiferromagnetic multilayers. European Microscopy Congress 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-30 August 2024. p. 29016. (doi: 10.1051/bioconf/202412929016)
Baity, P. G. et al. (2021) Strong Magnon-Photon Coupling On-Chip for YIG in the Zero-Temperature Limit. American Physical Society March Meeting 2021, Online, 15-19 Mar 2021.
Almeida, T. P. , Clark, L. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Moore, T., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2019) Differential Phase Contrast Imaging of the Magnetostructural Transition and Phase Boundary Motion in Uniform and Gradient-doped FeRh-based Thin Films. Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M 2018), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 10-15 Jun 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927619009917)
Almeida, T. P. , McGrouther, D. , Kovács, A., Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. and McVitie, S. (2019) Focused Electron-Beam Induced Deposition, In Situ TEM And Off-Axis Electron Holography Investigation of Bi-Magnetic Core-Shell Nanostructures. Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy (APT&M 2018), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 10-15 Jun 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927619001016)
Almeida, T. P. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Fallon, K., Paterson, G. , Moore, T., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2018) Quantitative Differential Phase Contrast Imaging of the Magnetostructural Transition and Current-driven Motion of Domain Walls in FeRh Thin Films. Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M 2018), Baltimore, MD, USA, 05-09 Aug 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927618005172)
Al-Afeef, A.', Cockshott, P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2015) Improved 3D electron tomography image reconstruction using sparse coding based adaptive dictionaries. AMAS XIII, the 13th biennial Australian Microbeam Analysis Symposium, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 11-13 Feb 2015.
Conference Proceedings
Bertram, J., Tanwear, A., Rodriguez, A., Paterson, G. , McVitie, S. and Heidari, H. (2019) Spin-Hall Nano-Oscillator Simulations. In: IEEE Sensors 2019, Montreal, QC, Canada, 27-30 Oct 2019, ISBN 9781728116341 (doi: 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956860)
Reyren, N. et al. (2017) Skyrmions in Magnetic Multilayers: Chirality, Electrical Detection and Current-induced Motion. In: Spintronics X, San Diego, CA, USA, 05-10 Aug 2017, p. 1035724. ISBN 9781510611719 (doi: 10.1117/12.2275058)
Al-Afeef, A., Alekseev, A. , Hedley, G. J., Cockshott, W. P., MacLaren, I. and McVitie, S. (2015) Electron Tomography of Polymer Solar Cells Using Compressed Sensing. In: Physical Aspects of Polymer Science, Manchester, UK, 8-10 Sept 2015,
Leitao, D.C., Macedo, R.J., Silva, A.V., Hoang, D.Q., MacLaren, D. , McVitie, S. , Cardoso, S. and Freitas, P.P. (2012) Optimization of exposure parameters for lift-off process of sub-100 features using a negative tone electron beam resist. In: 12th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, UK, 20-23 Aug 2012, pp. 1-6. (doi: 10.1109/NANO.2012.6321945)
McVitie, S. (2004) Image interpretation in Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, University of Oxford, 3-5 September 2003, pp. 43-48.
Ferrier, R.P. and McVitie, S. (1998) Comparative study of the magnetic fields from MFM tips. In: 14th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Cancun, Mexico, 31 Aug - 04 Sept 1998, pp. 523-524. ISBN 9780750305655
Research datasets
2024
Cascales Sandoval, M. Á., Hierro-Rodríguez, A., McVitie, S. , Fernández-Pacheco, A. , McGrouther, D. , Foerster, M. and Niño, M. Á. (2024) Determination of optimal experimental conditions for accurate 3D reconstruction of the magnetization vector via XMCD-PEEM. [Data Collection]
2023
Cascales Sandoval, M. Á., Hierro Rodriguez, A., McVitie, S. , Fernández-Pacheco, A., McGrouther, D., Foerster, M. and Niño, M. Á. (2023) Observation and formation mechanism of 360deg domain wall rings in Synthetic Anti-Ferromagnets with interlayer chiral interactions. [Data Collection]
2021
Paterson, G. , MacAuley, G., McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, I: Theory and Analysis. [Data Collection]
Paterson, G. , MacAuley, G., McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2021) Parallel mode differential phase contrast in transmission electron microscopy, II: K2CuF4 Phase Transition. [Data Collection]
2020
Togawa, Y., Akashi, T., Kasai, H., Paterson, G. , McVitie, S. , Kousaka, Y., Shinada, H., Kishine, J.-i. and Akimitsu, J. (2020) Formations of narrow stripes and vortex-antivortex pairs in a quasi-two-dimensional ferromagnet K2CuF4. [Data Collection]
Nord, M., Webster, R., Paton, K. , McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. , MacLaren, I. and Paterson, G. (2020) Fast pixelated detectors in scanning transmission electron microscopy. Part I: data acquisition, live processing and storage. [Data Collection]
Paterson, G. , Tereshchenko, A. A., Nakayama, S., Kousaka, Y., Kishine, J., McVitie, S. , Ovchinnikov, A. S., Proskurin, I. and Togawa, Y. (2020) Tensile deformations of the magnetic chiral soliton lattice probed by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. [Data Collection]
Sanz-Hernández, D., Hierro-Rodriguez, A., Donnelly, C., Pablo-Navarro, J., Sorrentino, A., Pereiro, E., Magén, C., McVitie, S. , María de Teresa, J., Ferrer, S., Fischer, P. and Fernandez-Pacheco, A. (2020) Artificial double-helix for geometrical control of magnetic chirality. [Data Collection]
Almeida, T. , McGrouther, D. , Temple, R., Massey, J., Li, Y., Moore, T., Marrows, C. and McVitie, S. (2020) Direct visualization of the magnetostructural phase transition in nano-scale FeRh thin films using differential phase contrast imaging. [Data Collection]
2019
Paterson, G. , Macauley, G., Li, Y., Macedo, R., Ferguson, C., Morley, S., Rosamond, M., Linfield, E., Marrows, C., Stamps, R. and McVitie, S. (2019) Heisenberg pseudo-exchange and emergent anisotropies in field-driven pinwheel artificial spin ice. [Data Collection]
Paterson, G. , Koyama, T., Shinozaki, M., Masaki, Y., Goncalves, F., Shimamoto, Y., Sogo, T., Nord, M., Kousaka, Y., Kato, Y., McVitie, S. and Togawa, Y. (2019) Order and Disorder in the Magnetisation of the Chiral Crystal CrNb3S6. [Data Collection]
Li, Y., Paterson, G., Macauley, G., Nascimento, F. S., Ferguson, C., Morley, S. A., Rosamond, M. C., Linfield, E. H., MacLaren, D. , Macedo, R. , Marrows, C. H., McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. (2019) Superferromagnetism and Domain-Wall Topologies in Artificial 'Pinwheel' Spin Ice. [Data Collection]
2018
Temple, R. C., Almeida, T. , Massey, J. R., Fallon, K., Lamb, R., McGrouther, D. , McVitie, S. , Moore, T. A. and Marrows, C. H. (2018) 4D STEM data set supporting “Antiferromagnetic-ferromagnetic phase domain development in nanopatterned FeRh islands”. [Data Collection]
McVitie, S. , Hughes, S., Fallon, K., McFadzean, S., McGrouther, D. , Krajnak, M., Legrand, W., Maccariello, D., Collin, S., Reyren, N., Cros, V., Fert, A., Zeissler, K. and Marrows, C. H. (2018) A transmission electron microscope study of Néel skyrmion magnetic textures in multilayer thin film systems with large interfacial chiral interaction. [Data Collection]
2017
Li, Y., Gubbiotti, G., Casoli, F., Morley, S. A., Goncalves, F. J. T., Rosamond, M. C., Linfield, E. H., Marrows, C. H., McVitie, S. and Stamps, R. (2017) Thickness dependence of spin wave excitations in an artificial square spin ice-like geometry. [Data Collection]
2016
Li, Y., Stamps, R. , Gonçalves, F., McVitie, S. , Gubbiotti, G., Casoli, F., Morley, S., Marrows, C., Rosamond, M. and Linfield, E. (2016) Brillouin light scattering study of magnetic-element normal modes in a square artificial spin ice geometry. [Data Collection]
McGrouther, D. , LAMB, R., Krajnak, M., McFadzean, S., McVitie, S. , Stamps, R. , Leonov, A. O., Bogdanov, A. N. and Togawa, Y. (2016) Internal structure of hexagonal skyrmion lattices in cubic helimagnets. [Data Collection]
Leonov, A. O., Togawa, Y., Monchesky, T. L., Bogdanov, A., Kishine, J., Kousaka, Y., Miyagawa, M., Koyama, T., Akimitsu, J., Koyama, T., Harada, K., Mori, S., McGrouther, D. , LAMB, R., Krajnak, M., McVitie, S. , Stamps, R. and Inoue, K. (2016) Chiral surface twists and skyrmion stability in nanolayers of cubic helimagnets. [Data Collection]
Krajnak, M., McGrouther, D. , Maneuski, D., O'Shea, V. and McVitie, S. (2016) Pixelated detectors and improved efficiency for magnetic imaging in STEM differential phase contrast. [Data Collection]
Parreira, P. , Paterson, G., McVitie, S. and MacLaren, D. (2016) Stability, bistability and instability of amorphous ZrO2 resistive memory devices. [Data Collection]
2015
Benitez, M. J., Hrabec, A., Mihai, A. P., Moore, T. A., Burnell, G., McGrouther, D. , Marrows, C. H. and McVitie, S. (2015) Magnetic microscopy and topological stability of homochiral Neel domain walls in a Pt/Co/AlOx trilayer. [Data Collection]
McVitie, S. , McGrouther, D. and Krajnak, M. (2015) High resolution quantitative Lorentz microscopy. [Data Collection]
