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<metadesc>Coherent X-ray Science Group members lead by Marcus Newton. </metadesc>
 
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[[Image:cxsmn.png|thumb|160px|left|alt= <!-- Dr. Marcus C. Newton --> |Marcus C. Newton]]
  
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<big>Dr Marcus C. Newton <span style="color:#888888;">BSc (London), PhD (UCL), FInstP, FHEA</span> </big>  
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<p style="font-size:120%;color:#888888;">BSc (London), PhD (UCL), MInstP, FHEA</p>
 
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<h4>Academic Background</h4>
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<big>Associate Professor of Physics</big>
  
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Dr. Newton is a lecturer in the department of Physics & Astronomy. He earned his Ph.D. from University College London in the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN).  He then spent a number of highly productive years at the LCN conducting research in the field of coherent X-ray imaging and utilising the APS light source for experiments on nanoscale crystals. He was then invited to join Hokkaido University as professor of physics at the assistant level and was awarded the prestigious JSPS Kakenhi award to carry out research into ultra-fast structural dynamics using the SACLA X-ray free electron laser (XFEL). He subsequently returned to the UK and joined the Physics & Astronomy department at the University of Southampton.
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Marcus Newton is an Associate Professor and leader of the Coherent X-ray Science Group. His research is focussed on the study of quantum materials at the nanoscale using coherent x-rays. He is a pioneer in the field of x-ray diffraction imaging for the study of nanoscale quantum materials.  He also collaborates with a number of industry partners to develop materials and devices for next generation technologies that make use of quantum materials.
  
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Crystalline Solids, Computer Techniques in Physics
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He has many years experience in delivering lecture series courses on 'Crystalline Solids' (PHYS3004), ‘Applied Nuclear Physics’ (PHYS3009) and ‘Computer Techniques in Physics’ (PHYS6017) as a part of the undergraduate teaching programme.  He is also co-author of the third edition of [[Textbook|Introductory Solid State Physics]], an undergraduate text book on condensed matter physics to be published by Taylor & Francis.
  
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Marcus is author of the [[Bonsu|Interactive Phase Retrieval Suite]], the first software package that allows for real-time visualisation of the reconstruction of phase information in both two and three dimensions. This is the most popular software tool for phase reconstruction of [[Research#Coherent Diffraction Imaging|Bragg CDI]] data and is routinely used at various synchrotron facilities including the Diamond Light Source, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS). It has provided Coherent Diffraction Imaging scientists with a step improvement in the efficiency of data analysis through automation and ease of use.
  
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Dr. Newton is interested in understanding phenomena in correlated electronic materials such as vanadium dioxide and zinc oxide. His research is focused on the use of coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (CXDI) to study nanoscale materials at hard X-ray synchrotron sources such as the SACLA X-ray free electron laser (XFEL) facility and the Diamond Light Source. He is also at the forefront in the study of self-assembled nanoscale materials and devices. These include group II-VI semiconductor materials such as zinc oxide (ZnO).
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Dr. Newton also conducts theoretical research into non-linear optimisation and the phase retrieval problem which is encountered in a number of disciplines including X-ray crystallography, sparse-aperture imagery and astronomy. Dr. Newton also continues to investigate how the theory of compressed sensing can be applied to the non-convex phase retrieval problem.
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He is also the author of the [[Bonsu|Interactive Phase Retrieval Suite]], the first software package that allows for real-time visualisation of the reconstruction of phase information in both two and three dimensions. This is used for analysing diffraction data obtained from coherent X-ray diffraction imaging experiments.
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* The development and use of lens-less imaging techniques such as Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (BCXDI) to study nanoscale quantum materials at X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facilities such as Euro-XFEL and x-ray synchrotron facilities such as the Diamond Light Source.
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* Ab-initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of emergent phenomena in multi-functional quantum materials using high-performance computing facilities.
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* Materials development for the capture of light and ambient vibrational energy such as photovoltaic devices and piezoelectric mechanical recouperation devices that can potentially enable low-cost and innovative renewable sources of energy.
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<p style="font-size:120%;">Charles is working on nanoscale materials and devices for energy harvesting. </p>
 
  
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[[Image:Mansoor.png|thumb|160px|left|alt= <!--  --> |  Dr Mansoor Nellikkal ]]
  
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<p style="font-size:120%;">Hussien is working on nanoscale materials and devices with energy applications. </p>
 
  
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[[Image:Ahmed.jpeg|thumb|160px|left|alt= <!--  --> |  Ahmed Mohamed ]]
  
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[[Image:Jesse.png|thumb|160px|left|alt= <!--  --> |  Jesse Tighe ]]
  
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[[Image:ulrich.jpg|thumb|160px|left|alt= | <div align="center">Ulrich Wagner</div> ]]
 
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<p style="font-size:120%;">Ulrich is the Senior Beamline Scientist at the Imaging and Coherence Branchline (I13-1) of the Diamond Light Source synchrotron facility.</p>
 
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[[Image:Sidoine.png|left|thumb|160px|alt= | Dr Sidoine A. S. Bonou ]]
  
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Sidoine is coordinator of X-TechLab, Sèmè City, Benin. He has broad expertise in X-ray diffraction.
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* Dr Ulrich Wagner (Visiting Scientist) -> Swiss FEL
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* Dr Dusan Plasienka (Visiting Scientist)
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* Jocelyn Shannon (Masters Student)
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* Evan Ng (Masters Student)
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* Rowland Rich (Masters Student)
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* Dr Charles Opoku (PDRA) -> Open University Research Fellow
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* George Lancaster (Masters Student)
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* Charlie Turner (Masters Student)
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* Elena Ureña Horno (PhD Candidate)
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 1 December 2023



Group Members:

Marcus C. Newton

Dr Marcus C. Newton BSc (London), PhD (UCL), FInstP, FHEA

Associate Professor of Physics

UKRI Future Leader Fellow

Marcus Newton is an Associate Professor and leader of the Coherent X-ray Science Group. His research is focussed on the study of quantum materials at the nanoscale using coherent x-rays. He is a pioneer in the field of x-ray diffraction imaging for the study of nanoscale quantum materials. He also collaborates with a number of industry partners to develop materials and devices for next generation technologies that make use of quantum materials.

He has many years experience in delivering lecture series courses on 'Crystalline Solids' (PHYS3004), ‘Applied Nuclear Physics’ (PHYS3009) and ‘Computer Techniques in Physics’ (PHYS6017) as a part of the undergraduate teaching programme. He is also co-author of the third edition of Introductory Solid State Physics, an undergraduate text book on condensed matter physics to be published by Taylor & Francis.

Marcus is author of the Interactive Phase Retrieval Suite, the first software package that allows for real-time visualisation of the reconstruction of phase information in both two and three dimensions. This is the most popular software tool for phase reconstruction of Bragg CDI data and is routinely used at various synchrotron facilities including the Diamond Light Source, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS). It has provided Coherent Diffraction Imaging scientists with a step improvement in the efficiency of data analysis through automation and ease of use.

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Crystalline Solids
  • Computer Techniques in Physics

Research Interests

  • The development and use of lens-less imaging techniques such as Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (BCXDI) to study nanoscale quantum materials at X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facilities such as Euro-XFEL and x-ray synchrotron facilities such as the Diamond Light Source.
  • Ab-initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of emergent phenomena in multi-functional quantum materials using high-performance computing facilities.
  • Materials development for the capture of light and ambient vibrational energy such as photovoltaic devices and piezoelectric mechanical recouperation devices that can potentially enable low-cost and innovative renewable sources of energy.


Dr Mansoor Nellikkal

Post-Doctoral Scientist


Ahmed Mohamed

PhD Candidate


David Serban

PhD Candidate


Jesse Tighe

PhD Candidate

Visiting Scientists:

Dr Sidoine A. S. Bonou

Sidoine is coordinator of X-TechLab, Sèmè City, Benin. He has broad expertise in X-ray diffraction.


Alumni:

  • Dr Ulrich Wagner (Visiting Scientist) -> Swiss FEL
  • Dr Dusan Plasienka (Visiting Scientist)
  • Jocelyn Shannon (Masters Student)
  • Ralph Sage (Masters Student)
  • Daniel Ladega (MPhil Candidate)
  • Toby Mitchell (Masters Student) -> Cambridge University PhD Candidate
  • Evan Ng (Masters Student)
  • Rowland Rich (Masters Student)
  • Dr Charles Opoku (PDRA) -> Open University Research Fellow
  • George Lancaster (Masters Student)
  • Adam Pietraszewski (Masters Student)
  • Anthony Kenny (Masters Student)
  • Simon Payne (Masters Student)
  • Charlie Turner (Masters Student)
  • Elena Ureña Horno (PhD Candidate)
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