Dr Trevor Almeida
- Lecturer in Materials and Condensed Matter Physics (Physics & Astronomy)
telephone:
01413304712
email:
Trevor.Almeida@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 308, Kelvin Building, Materials and Condensed Matter Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Research interests
My primary research interests are directed towards the processing, structure and functional properties of nanostructured materials. I have acquired much experience in the growth and characterisation of magnetic nanostructures using a range of techniques, with a special interest in transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In particular, I focus on the use of Lorentz microscopy methods like differential phase contrast imaging and off-axis electron holography for visualising magnetic induction within nanostructures; and combining magnetic imaging with in situ TEM experiments to examine their magnetisation as a function of chemical alteration, electrical biasing and heating.
researcherID: N-6572-2015
Publications
Selected publications
Almeida, T. P. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Sousa, R. C., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I.-L., Dieny, B., Masseboeuf, A. and Cooper, D. (2022) Quantitative visualization of thermally enhanced perpendicular shape anisotropy STT-MRAM nanopillars. Nano Letters, 22(10), pp. 4000-4005. (doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00597) (PMID:35576455)
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)
Shah, J. et al. (2018) The oldest magnetic record in our Solar System identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modeling. Nature Communications, 9, 1173. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03613-1) (PMID:29563498) (PMCID:PMC5862876)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2016) Direct visualization of the thermomagnetic behavior of pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501801. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501801)
Almeida, T. P. , Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Hansen, T. W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Nature Communications, 5, 5154. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms6154) (PMID:25300366) (PMCID:PMC4214405)
All publications
2025
Concas, G. C., Jalil, W. B. F., Caraballo-Vivas, R. J., Gomes, V. L. S., Camarena, M. A., Fontes, M. B., Sharma, S. K., Almeida, T. P. , Santos, E. C. S. and Garcia, F. (2025) Magnetic vortex γ-Fe2O3 nanospheres decorated with gold nanoparticles for dual hyperthermia treatment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1010, 177022. (doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177022)
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)
Cooper, D., Boureau, V. and Almeida, T. P. (2024) Off-axis electron holography as a tool for the mapping of electromagnetic properties in the semiconductor industry. IEEE Transactions on Materials for Electron Devices, (doi: 10.1109/TMAT.2024.3482284) (Early Online Publication)
Okasha, S. and Almeida, T. (2024) Characterization of alane (AlH3) thin films grown by atomic layer deposition for hydrogen storage applications. Applied Surface Science, 672, 160840. (doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160840)
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)
2023
Jalil, W., Dugato, D., Almeida, T. , Cooper, D. and Garcia, F. (2023) Self-supported 3D vortex texture in curved magnets. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 56(38), 385001. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/acdaa8)
Niraula, G. et al. (2023) Observation of magnetic vortex configuration in non-stoichiometric Fe3O4 nanospheres. Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5015-5028. (doi: 10.1039/d3na00433c) (PMID:37705767) (PMCID:PMC10496882)
Giron, S. et al. (2023) Towards engineering the perfect defect in high-performing permanent magnets. Research Square, (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2873882/v1)
2022
Almeida, T. , Palomino, A., Lequeux, S., Boureau, V., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I. L., Dieny, B. and Cooper, D. (2022) Off-axis electron holography for the direct visualization of perpendicular shape anisotropy in nanoscale 3D magnetic random-access-memory devices. APL Materials, 10(6), 061104. (doi: 10.1063/5.0096761)
Almeida, T. P. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Sousa, R. C., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I.-L., Dieny, B., Masseboeuf, A. and Cooper, D. (2022) Quantitative visualization of thermally enhanced perpendicular shape anisotropy STT-MRAM nanopillars. Nano Letters, 22(10), pp. 4000-4005. (doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00597) (PMID:35576455)
Almeida, T. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Sousa, R., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I. L., Dieny, B., Masseboeuf, A. and Cooper, D. (2022) Direct observation of the perpendicular shape anisotropy and thermal stability of p-STT-MRAM nano-pillars. arXiv, (Unpublished)
2021
Almeida, T. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Caçoilo, N., Massebouef, A., Sousa, R., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I.-L., Dieny, B. and Cooper, D. (2021) Direct Observation of the Perpendicular Shape Anisotropy and Thermal Stability of STT-MRAM Nano-pillars Examined by Off-axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2021 (M&M 2021), 1-5 Aug 2021. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621007819)
Lequeux, S., Almeida, T. , Caçoilo, N., Palomino, A., Prejbeanu, I. L., Sousa, R. C., Cooper, D. and Dieny, B. (2021) PSA-STT-MRAM Solution for Extended Temperature Stability. In: 2021 IEEE International Memory Workshop (IMW), Dresden, Germany, 16-19 May 2021, ISBN 9781728185170 (doi: 10.1109/IMW51353.2021.9439609)
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)
2020
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)
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
Massey, J. R. et al. (2019) Second-order phase transition at the phase boundary through the FeRh first-order metamagnetic phase transition. 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)
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. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T., Hansen, T. W., Brown, P. D., Kovács, A. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2018) Visualized Effects of Oxidation and Temperature on Vortex-State Fe3O4 Particles Examined by Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M 2018), Baltimore, MD, USA, 05-09 Aug 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S143192761800524X)
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)
Shah, J. et al. (2018) The oldest magnetic record in our Solar System identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modeling. Nature Communications, 9, 1173. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03613-1) (PMID:29563498) (PMCID:PMC5862876)
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)
Roberts, A. P., Almeida, T. P. , Church, N. S., Harrison, R. J., Heslop, D., Li, Y., Li, J., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W. and Zhao, X. (2017) Resolving the origin of pseudo-single domain magnetic behavior. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), pp. 9534-9558. (doi: 10.1002/2017JB014860)
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)
Prozorov, T., Almeida, T. P. , Kovács, A. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2017) Off-axis electron holography of bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles in liquid. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 14(135), 20170464. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0464) (PMID:29021160)
Nagy, L., Williams, W., Muxworthy, A. R., Fabian, K., Almeida, T. P. , Conbhuí, P. Ó. and Shcherbakov, V. P. (2017) Stability of equidimensional pseudo–single-domain magnetite over billion-year timescales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(39), pp. 10356-10360. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708344114) (PMID:28874562)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2017) Observation of thermally-induced magnetic relaxation in a magnetite grain using off-axis electron holography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 902, 012001. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/902/1/012001)
2016
Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Almeida, T. P. , Caron, J., Kovács, A., Diehle, P., Winkler, F., Tavabi, A. H., Migunov, V. and Li, Z.-A. (2016) Limitations and Challenges in Off‐axis Electron Holography of Electromagnetic Fields in Nanoscale Materials. European Microscopy Congress 2016, Lyon, France, 28 Aug - 02 Sep 2016. ISBN 9783527342976 (doi: 10.1002/9783527808465.EMC2016.8663)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Conbhuí, P. Ó., Frandsen, C., Supakulopas, R. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2016) Direct observation of the thermal demagnetization of magnetic vortex structures in nonideal magnetite recorders. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), pp. 8426-8434. (doi: 10.1002/2016GL070074)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2016) Direct visualization of the thermomagnetic behavior of pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501801. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501801)
2015
Abubakar, R., Muxworthy, A.R., Sephton, M.A., Southern, P., Watson, J.S., Fraser, A.J. and Almeida, T.P. (2015) Formation of magnetic minerals at hydrocarbon-generation conditions. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68(A), pp. 509-519. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.10.003)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kasama, T., Williams, W., Damsgaard, C., Frandsen, C., Pennycook, T. J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) Effect of maghemization on the magnetic properties of nonstoichiometric pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(9), pp. 2969-2979. (doi: 10.1002/2015GC005858)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) Visualisation of high temperature magnetisation states in magnetite grains using off-axis electron holography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 644, 012027. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/644/1/012027)
2014
Almeida, T. P. , Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Observing thermomagnetic stability of nonideal magnetite particles: good paleomagnetic recorders? Geophysical Research Letters, 41(20), pp. 7041-7047. (doi: 10.1002/2014GL061432)
Almeida, T. P. , Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Hansen, T. W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Nature Communications, 5, 5154. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms6154) (PMID:25300366) (PMCID:PMC4214405)
Almeida, T. P. , Moro, F., Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2014) Tuneable magnetic properties of hydrothermally synthesised core/shell CoFe2O4/NiFe2O4 and NiFe2O4/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16, 2395. (doi: 10.1007/s11051-014-2395-1)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Hansen, T. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2014) Insights from in situ and environmental TEM on the oriented attachment of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles during α-Fe2O3 nanorod formation. CrystEngComm, 16(8), pp. 1540-1546. (doi: 10.1039/c3ce41866a)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. (2014) Magnetic characterization of synthetic titanomagnetites: quantifying the recording fidelity of ideal synthetic analogs. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(1), pp. 161-175. (doi: 10.1002/2013GC005047)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis, off-axis electron holography and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522, 012062. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012062)
Muxworthy, A. R., Krása, D., Williams, W. and Almeida, T. P. (2014) Paleomagnetic recording fidelity of nonideal magnetic systems. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(6), pp. 2254-2261. (doi: 10.1002/2014GC005249) (PMID:26300699) (PMCID:PMC4540164)
2013
Xu, F., Almeida, T. P. , Chang, H., Xia, Y., Wears, M. L. and Zhu, Y. (2013) Multi-walled carbon/IF-WS2 nanoparticles with improved thermal properties. Nanoscale, 5(21), pp. 10504-10510. (doi: 10.1039/c3nr03844k) (PMID:24057128)
Almeida, T.P. , Muxworthy, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2013) Oxidation of Pseudo-Single Domain Fe3O4 Particles and Associated Magnetic Response Examined by Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2013, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 04-08 Aug 2013. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927613009276)
2012
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Controlling role of pH and temperature on CoFe2O4 nanostructures produced by hydrothermal synthesis. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12(11), pp. 8801-8805. (doi: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6468) (PMID:23421290)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis and near In situ analysis of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12(11), pp. 8797-8800. (doi: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6467) (PMID:23421289)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Prospects for the incorporation of cobalt into α-Fe2O3 nanorods during hydrothermal synthesis. Journal of Materials Science, 47(14), pp. 5546-5560. (doi: 10.1007/s10853-012-6448-5)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) In situ TEM investigation of β-FeOOH and α-Fe2O3 nanorods. Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44(6), pp. 1058-1061. (doi: 10.1016/j.physe.2011.01.016)
Almeida, T.P. , Muxworthy, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. (2012) Dynamic Exsolution of Titanomagnetites and their Associated Magnetic Response Examined by Complementary Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. European Microscopy Congress 2012, Manchester, UK, 16-21 Sep 2012.
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis of homogeneous and core/shell CoxNi1−xFe2O4 nanoparticles. In: 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, England, 20-23 Aug 2012, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9781467321983 (doi: 10.1109/NANO.2012.6322173)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis of mixed cobalt-nickel ferrite nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 371, 012074. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/371/1/012074)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y., Hansen, T. W., Dunin-Borkowski, R. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Environmental TEM investigation of the reduction of α-Fe2O3 nanorods under H2 atmosphere. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 371, 012049. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/371/1/012049)
2010
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2010) Hydrothermal growth mechanism of α-Fe2O3 nanorods derived by near in situ analysis. Nanoscale, 2(11), p. 2390. (doi: 10.1039/c0nr00280a) (PMID:21080566)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2010) A valve-assisted snapshot approach to understand the hydrothermal synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanorods. CrystEngComm, 12(6), pp. 1700-1704. (doi: 10.1039/b925197a)
Almeida, T. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P.D. (2010) Effect of phosphate on the morphology of hydrothermally synthesised β-FeOOH and α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 241(1), 012045. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/241/1/012045)
Almeida, T. , Zhu, Y. and Brown, P.D. (2010) Complementary RHEED and XRD investigation of β-FeOOH and α-Fe203 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 241(1), 012087. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/241/1/012087)
2009
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2009) Process map for the hydrothermal synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanorods. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(43), pp. 18689-18698. (doi: 10.1021/jp907081j)
2008
Almeida, T. , Zhu, Y.Q. and Brown, P.D. (2008) Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterisation of Single Crystal α-Fe2O3 Nanorods. European Microscopy Congress 2008, Aachen, Germany, 01-05 Sep 2008. ISBN 9783540852254 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-85226-1_147)
Articles
Concas, G. C., Jalil, W. B. F., Caraballo-Vivas, R. J., Gomes, V. L. S., Camarena, M. A., Fontes, M. B., Sharma, S. K., Almeida, T. P. , Santos, E. C. S. and Garcia, F. (2025) Magnetic vortex γ-Fe2O3 nanospheres decorated with gold nanoparticles for dual hyperthermia treatment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1010, 177022. (doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.177022)
Cooper, D., Boureau, V. and Almeida, T. P. (2024) Off-axis electron holography as a tool for the mapping of electromagnetic properties in the semiconductor industry. IEEE Transactions on Materials for Electron Devices, (doi: 10.1109/TMAT.2024.3482284) (Early Online Publication)
Okasha, S. and Almeida, T. (2024) Characterization of alane (AlH3) thin films grown by atomic layer deposition for hydrogen storage applications. Applied Surface Science, 672, 160840. (doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160840)
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)
Jalil, W., Dugato, D., Almeida, T. , Cooper, D. and Garcia, F. (2023) Self-supported 3D vortex texture in curved magnets. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 56(38), 385001. (doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/acdaa8)
Niraula, G. et al. (2023) Observation of magnetic vortex configuration in non-stoichiometric Fe3O4 nanospheres. Nanoscale Advances, 5, pp. 5015-5028. (doi: 10.1039/d3na00433c) (PMID:37705767) (PMCID:PMC10496882)
Giron, S. et al. (2023) Towards engineering the perfect defect in high-performing permanent magnets. Research Square, (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2873882/v1)
Almeida, T. , Palomino, A., Lequeux, S., Boureau, V., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I. L., Dieny, B. and Cooper, D. (2022) Off-axis electron holography for the direct visualization of perpendicular shape anisotropy in nanoscale 3D magnetic random-access-memory devices. APL Materials, 10(6), 061104. (doi: 10.1063/5.0096761)
Almeida, T. P. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Sousa, R. C., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I.-L., Dieny, B., Masseboeuf, A. and Cooper, D. (2022) Quantitative visualization of thermally enhanced perpendicular shape anisotropy STT-MRAM nanopillars. Nano Letters, 22(10), pp. 4000-4005. (doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00597) (PMID:35576455)
Almeida, T. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Sousa, R., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I. L., Dieny, B., Masseboeuf, A. and Cooper, D. (2022) Direct observation of the perpendicular shape anisotropy and thermal stability of p-STT-MRAM nano-pillars. arXiv, (Unpublished)
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)
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)
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)
Massey, J. R. et al. (2019) Second-order phase transition at the phase boundary through the FeRh first-order metamagnetic phase transition. arXiv, (Unpublished)
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)
Shah, J. et al. (2018) The oldest magnetic record in our Solar System identified using nanometric imaging and numerical modeling. Nature Communications, 9, 1173. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-03613-1) (PMID:29563498) (PMCID:PMC5862876)
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)
Roberts, A. P., Almeida, T. P. , Church, N. S., Harrison, R. J., Heslop, D., Li, Y., Li, J., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W. and Zhao, X. (2017) Resolving the origin of pseudo-single domain magnetic behavior. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), pp. 9534-9558. (doi: 10.1002/2017JB014860)
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)
Prozorov, T., Almeida, T. P. , Kovács, A. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2017) Off-axis electron holography of bacterial cells and magnetic nanoparticles in liquid. Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 14(135), 20170464. (doi: 10.1098/rsif.2017.0464) (PMID:29021160)
Nagy, L., Williams, W., Muxworthy, A. R., Fabian, K., Almeida, T. P. , Conbhuí, P. Ó. and Shcherbakov, V. P. (2017) Stability of equidimensional pseudo–single-domain magnetite over billion-year timescales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(39), pp. 10356-10360. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1708344114) (PMID:28874562)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2017) Observation of thermally-induced magnetic relaxation in a magnetite grain using off-axis electron holography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 902, 012001. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/902/1/012001)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Conbhuí, P. Ó., Frandsen, C., Supakulopas, R. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2016) Direct observation of the thermal demagnetization of magnetic vortex structures in nonideal magnetite recorders. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), pp. 8426-8434. (doi: 10.1002/2016GL070074)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2016) Direct visualization of the thermomagnetic behavior of pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501801. (doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501801)
Abubakar, R., Muxworthy, A.R., Sephton, M.A., Southern, P., Watson, J.S., Fraser, A.J. and Almeida, T.P. (2015) Formation of magnetic minerals at hydrocarbon-generation conditions. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 68(A), pp. 509-519. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.10.003)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kasama, T., Williams, W., Damsgaard, C., Frandsen, C., Pennycook, T. J. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) Effect of maghemization on the magnetic properties of nonstoichiometric pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 16(9), pp. 2969-2979. (doi: 10.1002/2015GC005858)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Kovács, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2015) Visualisation of high temperature magnetisation states in magnetite grains using off-axis electron holography. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 644, 012027. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/644/1/012027)
Almeida, T. P. , Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Observing thermomagnetic stability of nonideal magnetite particles: good paleomagnetic recorders? Geophysical Research Letters, 41(20), pp. 7041-7047. (doi: 10.1002/2014GL061432)
Almeida, T. P. , Kasama, T., Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Nagy, L., Hansen, T. W., Brown, P. D. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Visualized effect of oxidation on magnetic recording fidelity in pseudo-single-domain magnetite particles. Nature Communications, 5, 5154. (doi: 10.1038/ncomms6154) (PMID:25300366) (PMCID:PMC4214405)
Almeida, T. P. , Moro, F., Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2014) Tuneable magnetic properties of hydrothermally synthesised core/shell CoFe2O4/NiFe2O4 and NiFe2O4/CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 16, 2395. (doi: 10.1007/s11051-014-2395-1)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Hansen, T. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2014) Insights from in situ and environmental TEM on the oriented attachment of α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles during α-Fe2O3 nanorod formation. CrystEngComm, 16(8), pp. 1540-1546. (doi: 10.1039/c3ce41866a)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. (2014) Magnetic characterization of synthetic titanomagnetites: quantifying the recording fidelity of ideal synthetic analogs. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(1), pp. 161-175. (doi: 10.1002/2013GC005047)
Almeida, T. P. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2014) Hydrothermal synthesis, off-axis electron holography and magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 522, 012062. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/522/1/012062)
Muxworthy, A. R., Krása, D., Williams, W. and Almeida, T. P. (2014) Paleomagnetic recording fidelity of nonideal magnetic systems. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(6), pp. 2254-2261. (doi: 10.1002/2014GC005249) (PMID:26300699) (PMCID:PMC4540164)
Xu, F., Almeida, T. P. , Chang, H., Xia, Y., Wears, M. L. and Zhu, Y. (2013) Multi-walled carbon/IF-WS2 nanoparticles with improved thermal properties. Nanoscale, 5(21), pp. 10504-10510. (doi: 10.1039/c3nr03844k) (PMID:24057128)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Controlling role of pH and temperature on CoFe2O4 nanostructures produced by hydrothermal synthesis. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12(11), pp. 8801-8805. (doi: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6468) (PMID:23421290)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis and near In situ analysis of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12(11), pp. 8797-8800. (doi: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6467) (PMID:23421289)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Prospects for the incorporation of cobalt into α-Fe2O3 nanorods during hydrothermal synthesis. Journal of Materials Science, 47(14), pp. 5546-5560. (doi: 10.1007/s10853-012-6448-5)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) In situ TEM investigation of β-FeOOH and α-Fe2O3 nanorods. Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44(6), pp. 1058-1061. (doi: 10.1016/j.physe.2011.01.016)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis of mixed cobalt-nickel ferrite nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 371, 012074. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/371/1/012074)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y., Hansen, T. W., Dunin-Borkowski, R. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Environmental TEM investigation of the reduction of α-Fe2O3 nanorods under H2 atmosphere. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 371, 012049. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/371/1/012049)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2010) Hydrothermal growth mechanism of α-Fe2O3 nanorods derived by near in situ analysis. Nanoscale, 2(11), p. 2390. (doi: 10.1039/c0nr00280a) (PMID:21080566)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2010) A valve-assisted snapshot approach to understand the hydrothermal synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanorods. CrystEngComm, 12(6), pp. 1700-1704. (doi: 10.1039/b925197a)
Almeida, T. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P.D. (2010) Effect of phosphate on the morphology of hydrothermally synthesised β-FeOOH and α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 241(1), 012045. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/241/1/012045)
Almeida, T. , Zhu, Y. and Brown, P.D. (2010) Complementary RHEED and XRD investigation of β-FeOOH and α-Fe203 nanoparticles. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 241(1), 012087. (doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/241/1/012087)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2009) Process map for the hydrothermal synthesis of α-Fe2O3 nanorods. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(43), pp. 18689-18698. (doi: 10.1021/jp907081j)
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)
Almeida, T. , Lequeux, S., Palomino, A., Caçoilo, N., Massebouef, A., Sousa, R., Fruchart, O., Prejbeanu, I.-L., Dieny, B. and Cooper, D. (2021) Direct Observation of the Perpendicular Shape Anisotropy and Thermal Stability of STT-MRAM Nano-pillars Examined by Off-axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2021 (M&M 2021), 1-5 Aug 2021. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927621007819)
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. , Muxworthy, A. R., Williams, W., Kasama, T., Hansen, T. W., Brown, P. D., Kovács, A. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. E. (2018) Visualized Effects of Oxidation and Temperature on Vortex-State Fe3O4 Particles Examined by Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis (M&M 2018), Baltimore, MD, USA, 05-09 Aug 2018. (doi: 10.1017/S143192761800524X)
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)
Dunin-Borkowski, R. E., Almeida, T. P. , Caron, J., Kovács, A., Diehle, P., Winkler, F., Tavabi, A. H., Migunov, V. and Li, Z.-A. (2016) Limitations and Challenges in Off‐axis Electron Holography of Electromagnetic Fields in Nanoscale Materials. European Microscopy Congress 2016, Lyon, France, 28 Aug - 02 Sep 2016. ISBN 9783527342976 (doi: 10.1002/9783527808465.EMC2016.8663)
Almeida, T.P. , Muxworthy, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R.E. (2013) Oxidation of Pseudo-Single Domain Fe3O4 Particles and Associated Magnetic Response Examined by Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2013, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 04-08 Aug 2013. (doi: 10.1017/S1431927613009276)
Almeida, T.P. , Muxworthy, A., Williams, W. and Dunin-Borkowski, R. (2012) Dynamic Exsolution of Titanomagnetites and their Associated Magnetic Response Examined by Complementary Environmental TEM and Off-Axis Electron Holography. European Microscopy Congress 2012, Manchester, UK, 16-21 Sep 2012.
Almeida, T. , Zhu, Y.Q. and Brown, P.D. (2008) Hydrothermal Synthesis and Characterisation of Single Crystal α-Fe2O3 Nanorods. European Microscopy Congress 2008, Aachen, Germany, 01-05 Sep 2008. ISBN 9783540852254 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-85226-1_147)
Conference Proceedings
Lequeux, S., Almeida, T. , Caçoilo, N., Palomino, A., Prejbeanu, I. L., Sousa, R. C., Cooper, D. and Dieny, B. (2021) PSA-STT-MRAM Solution for Extended Temperature Stability. In: 2021 IEEE International Memory Workshop (IMW), Dresden, Germany, 16-19 May 2021, ISBN 9781728185170 (doi: 10.1109/IMW51353.2021.9439609)
Almeida, T. P. , Fay, M. W., Zhu, Y. and Brown, P. D. (2012) Hydrothermal synthesis of homogeneous and core/shell CoxNi1−xFe2O4 nanoparticles. In: 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, Birmingham, England, 20-23 Aug 2012, pp. 1-5. ISBN 9781467321983 (doi: 10.1109/NANO.2012.6322173)
Teaching
Assessment
- Physics 2 Literature Review Marking PHYS2001
Laboratories
- Physics 1: Laboratory (S1) PHYS1001
- Physics 1: Laboratory (S2) PHYS1001
Lectures
- Magnetism and Superconductivity PHYS4010
- Nano and Atomic Scale Imaging 1 PHYS5041
- Nano and Atomic Scale Imaging 2 PHYS5042
Research datasets
2020
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]
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]