Prof Phil King

Prof Phil King

Director of Research

Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3067
Email
pdk6@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Teaching

Currently, I lecture on the following courses:

PH4044: "Advanced Condensed Matter Physics"

PH5024/SUPATOP: "Modern Topics in Condensed Matter Physics"

I am also overall co-ordinator for final-year (BSc and MPhys) projects in Physics and Astronomy, and module co-ordinator for physics projects (PH4111 and PH5101)

Research areas

My research is focussed on studying the electronic states of a complex class of solids termed 'quantum materials'. These systemsÌýexhibit a wide range of stunning, and potentially extremely useful, physical properties. FromÌýhigh-temperature superconductivity to exotic topologically ordered states, understanding the physics underpinning quantum materials is a major research challenge of modern condensed matter and materials physics.ÌýWe use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) asÌýa direct momentum-resolved probe of the electronic structure and Fermi surfaces of materialsÌýto image their interacting electronic states, and utilise thin-film growth approaches of molecular-beam epitaxy to fabricate new quantum materials, structured at the atomic scale, as a route to tailor their quantum many-body properties. We utilise and develop new instrumentation for such studies within the in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, and are also make extensive use of international synchrotron facilities. For more information, please see our .

PhD supervision

  • FerranÌýAliagas Puigdomenech
  • Arjit ShankarÌýBanerjee
  • ZuzannaÌýFilipiak
  • AryamanÌýGogoi Baruah
  • NainaÌýKumari
  • ShuÌýMo
  • MariaÌýVisscher
  • Yu-ChiÌýYao

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Sunko, V., Mazzola, F., Kitamura, S., Khim, S., Kushwaha, P., Clark, O. J., Watson, M., Markovic, I., Biswas, D., Pourovskii, L., Kim, T. K., Lee, T.-L., Thakur, P. K., Rosner, H., Georges, A., Moessner, R., Oka, T., Mackenzie, A. P. & King, P. D. C., 7 Feb 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 6, eaaz0611.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Sunko, V., Rosner, H., Kushwaha, P., Khim, S., Mazzola, F., Bawden, L., Clark, O. J., Riley, J. M., Kasinathan, D., Haverkort, M. W., Kim, T. K., Hoesch, M., Fujii, J., Vobornik, I., Mackenzie, A. P. & King, P. D., 28 Sept 2017, In: Nature. 549, 7673, p. 492-496

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Mazzola, F., Sunko, V., Khim, S., Rosner, H., Kushwaha, P., Clark, O. J., Bawden, L., Marković, I., Kim, T. K., Hoesch, M., Mackenzie, A. P. & King, P. D. C., 18 Dec 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 51, p. 12956-12960 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Sunko, V., Morales, E. A., Marković, I., Barber, M. E., Milosavljević, D., Mazzola, F., Sokolov, D. A., Kikugawa, N., Cacho, C., Dudin, P., Rosner, H., Hicks, C. W., King, P. D. C. & Mackenzie, A. P., 19 Aug 2019, In: npj Quantum Materials. 4, 7 p., 46.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Riley, J. M., Caruso, F., Verdi, C., Duffy, L., Watson, M. D., Bawden, L., Volckaert, K., van der Laan, G., Hesjedal, T., Hoesch, M., Giustino, F. & King, P. D., 13 Jun 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 8 p., 2305.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bahramy, M. S., Clark, O. J., Yang, B.-J., Feng, J., Bawden, L., Riley, J. M., Markovic, I., Mazzola, F., Sunko, V., Biswas, D., Cooil, S. P., Jorge, M., Wells, J. W., Leandersson, M., Balasubramanian, T., Fujii, J., Vobornik, I., Rault, J., Kim, T. K. & Hoesch, M. & 6 others, Okawa, K., Asakawa, M., Sasagawa, T., Eknapakul, T., Meevasana, W. & King, P. D. C., Jan 2018, In: Nature Materials. 17, 1, p. 21-28 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Feng, J., Biswas, D., Akhil, R., Watson, M. D., Mazzola, F., Clark, O. J., Underwood, K., Markovic, I., McLaren, M., Hunter, A., Burn, D. M., Duffy, L. B., Barua, S., Balakrishnan, G., Bertran, F., Le Fevre, P., Kim, T. K., van der Laan, G., Hesjedal, T. & Wahl, P. & 1 others, King, P. D. C., 11 Jul 2018, In: Nano Letters. 18, 7, p. 4493-4499 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • Open access
    Clark, O. J., Neat, M. J., Okawa, K., Bawden, L., Marković, I., Mazzola, F., Feng, J., Sunko, V., Riley, J. M., Meevasana, W., Fujii, J., Vobornik, I., Kim, T., Hoesch, M., Sasagawa, T., Wahl, P., Bahramy, M. S. & King, P. D. C., 9 Apr 2018, In: Physical Review Letters. 120, 15, 7 p., 156401.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bawden, L., Cooil, S. P., Riley, J. M., Collins-McIntyre, L. J., Sunko, V., Hunvik, K., Leandersson, M., Polley, C. M., Balasubramanian, T., Kim, T. K., Hoesch, M., Wells, J. W., Balakrishnan, G., Bahramy, M. S. & King, P. D., 23 May 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 6 p., 11711.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Riley, J. M., Mazzola, F., Dendzik, M., Michiardi, M., Takayama, T., Bawden, L., Granerød, C., Leandersson, M., Balasubramanian, T., Hoesch, M., Kim, T. K., Takagi, H., Meevasana, W., Hofmann, P., Bahramy, M. S., Wells, J. W. & King, P., Nov 2014, In: Nature Physics. 10, 11, p. 835–839 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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