Prof. Greg MacDougall is Looking For Students in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
9/25/2012
Prof. Greg MacDougall is currently looking for students to join his experimental condensed matter physics group.
Professor MacDougall's research involves the exploration of emergent magnetic properties of novel materials using probes such as neutron scattering and μSR. His work at UIUC additionally includes the synthesis of novel compounds and the growth of large single crystals. Problems of current interest include orbital order, the effects of magnetic frustration, the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in correlated materials, and the coupling between spin, charge and lattice degrees-of-freedom in condensed matter systems.
Projects in Prof. MacDougall's group are varied, but will likely include aspects of materials development, crystal growth and characterization, and the execution of neutron scattering or μSR experiments at national laboratories.
For additional information about Prof. MacDougall and his research, please see his departmental website. If you're interested in discussing possible research opportunities with Prof. MacDougall, please contact him at gmacdoug@illinois.edu.
Selected Publications by Greg MacDougall
- A. A. Aczel, G. E. Granroth, G. J. MacDougall, W. J. L. Buyers, D. L. Abernathy, G. D. Samolyuk, G. M. Stocks, S. E. Nagler, Quantum oscillations of nitrogen atoms in uranium nitride, Nature Communications, In Press (2012)
- G. J. MacDougall, V. O. Garlea, A. A. Aczel, H. D. Zhou, S. E. Nagler, Magnetic order and ice rules in the multiferroic spinel FeV2O4, Physical Review B 86, 060414(R) (2012)
- G. J. MacDougall, H.M. Christen, W. Siemons, M.D. Biegalski, J.L. Zarestky, S. Liang, E. Dagatto J and S.E. Nagler, Antiferromagnetic transitions in “tetragonal-like” BiFeO3 Physical Review B 85, 100406(R) (2012)
- G. J. MacDougall, D. Gout, J.L. Zarestky, G. Ehlers, A. Podlesnyak, M.A. McGuire, D. Mandrus and S.E. Nagler, Kinetically Inhibited Order in a Diamond-Lattice Antiferromagnet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA 108, 15693-15698 (2011)
- M. D. Lumsden, A. D. Christianson, E. A. Goremychkin, S. E. Nagler, H. A. Mook, M. B. Stone, D. L. Abernathy, T. Guidi, G. J. MacDougall, C. de la Cruz, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, B. C. Sales and D. Mandrus, Evolution of spin excitations into the superconducting state in FeTe1-xSex, Nature Physics 6, 182 (2010)
- G.J. MacDougall, A.T. Savici, A.A. Aczel, R.J. Birgeneau, T. Ito, H. Kim, S.-J. Kim, J. A. Rodriguez, P.L. Russo, Y.J. Uemura, S. Wakimoto, C.R. Wiebe, and G.M. Luke, Muon Spin Rotation Measurements of Heterogeneous Field Response in Overdoped La2-xSrxCuO4,Physical Review B 81, 014508 (2010)
- A.D. Christianson, M.D. Lumsden , S.E. Nagler, G.J. MacDougall, M.A. McGuire, A.S. Sefat, R. Jin, B.C. Sales and D. Mandrus, Static and Dynamic Magnetism in Underdoped Superconductor BaFe1.92Co0.08As2, Physical Review Letters 103, 087002 (2009)
- M.D. Lumsden, A.D. Christianson, D. Parshall, M.B. Stone, S.E. Nagler, G.J. MacDougall, H.A. Mook, K. Lokshin, T. Egami, D.L. Abernathy, E.A. Goremychkin, R. Osborn, M.A. McGuire, A.S. Sefat, R. Jin, B.C. Sales and D. Mandrus, Two-dimensional resonant magnetic excitation in BaFe1.84Co0.16As2, Physical Review Letters 102, 107005 (2009)
- J.P. Carlo, Y.J. Uemura, T. Goko, G.J. MacDougall, J.A. Rodriguez, W. Yu, G. M. Luke, Pengcheng Dai, N. Shannon, S. Miyasaka, S. Suzuki, S. Tajima, G.F. Chen, W.Z. Hu, J.L. Luo, and N.L. Wang, Static Magnetic Order and Superfluid Density of RFeAs(O,F) (R=La,Nd,Ce) and LaFePO Studied by Muon Spin Relaxation: Unusual Similarities with the Behavior of Cuprate Superconductors,Physical Review Letters 102, 087001 (2009)
- G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, Y.J. Uemura, J. Rodriguez, A.A. Aczel, J.P. Carlo, P.L. Russo, T. Ito and S. Wakimoto, Absence of Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry in the Pseudogap State of the High Temperature La2-xSrxCuO4 Superconductor from Muon-Spin-Relaxation Measurements, Physical Review Letters 101, 017001 (2008)
- C.R. Wiebe, J.A. Janik, G.J. MacDougall, G.M. Luke, J.D. Garrett, H.D. Zhou, Y.-J. Lo, L. Balicas, Y. Qui, J.R.D. Copley, Z. Yamani, and W.J.L. Buyers, Gapped Itinerant Excitations Account for Missing Entropy in the Hidden Order State of URu2Si2, Nature Physics 3, 96-99 (2007)
- Y.J Uemura, T. Goko, I.M. Gat-Malureanu, J.P. Carlo, P.L. Russo, A.T. Savici, A.A. Aczel, G.J. MacDougall, J. Rodriguez, G.M. Luke, S.R. Dunsiger, A. McCollam, J. Arai, Ch. Pfleiderer, P. Boni, K. Yoshimura, E. Baggio-Saitovich, M.B. Fontes, J. Larrea, Y.V. Sushko and J. Sereni,Phase Separation and Supression of Critical Dynamics at Quantum Transitions of Itinerant Magnets: MnSi and (Sr1-xCax)RuO3, Nature Physics 3, 29-35 (2007)
- A. T. Savici, A. Fukaya, I.-M. Gat-Malureanu, T. Ito, P. L. Russo, Y. J. Uemura, C. R. Wiebe, P. P. Kyriakou, G. J. MacDougall, M. T. Rovers, G. M. Luke, K. M. Kojima, R. Kadono, and K. Yamada, Muon Spin Relaxation Studies of Field-Induced Effects in High-Tc Superconductors, Physical Review Letters 95, 157001 (2005)