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Professor Ronan McGrath BA, PhD

Professor Faculty of Science and Engineering

    Research

    Nanoscience

    Nanoscale physics, in particular studies of quasicrystal and other complex metallic alloy surfaces.

    Research Group Membership

    Research Grants

    Impact Acceleration Account - University of Liverpool 2012

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 2012 - March 2017

    Nanoscience of quasicrystals and related complex metallic alloys.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    July 2006 - September 2009

    Quasicrystal surfaces as templates for aperiodic nanostructures, overlayers, and epilayers.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2003 - March 2006

    Fundamental properties of quasicrystal surfaces.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    September 2000 - August 2003

    Relaxation amd reconstruction of modified metal and polar-oxide surfaces using surface x-ray diffraction.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    October 1998 - September 2001

    Complex metallic alloys (CMA).

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    July 2005 - June 2010

    Creation and application of novel symmetry surfaces (CANSS).

    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    January 2002 - December 2005

    Relaxation and reconstruction of modified metal and polar-oxide surfaces using surface x-ray diffr.action

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    February 1999 - February 2002

    Enhancing nanoscience at the SRS using scanning tunnelling microscopy.

    SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL

    April 2005 - May 2007

    Network on Quasicrystal Surfaces.

    ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL

    July 2004 - January 2008