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The official Bluesky account of the Materials and Condensed Matter Physics (MCMP) group of the University of Glasgow.
We are delighted to belatedly celebrate winning the Best Image Award at 17MCM in Portoroz, Slovenia. The image of the magnetic domains in a meteorite was acquired in @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social using 4DSTEM DPC. Congratulations to winners Trevor Almeida, Emily Wackan, Josh Einsle and Stephen McVitie!
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It was wonderful to see PhD student Aurys Silinga from the @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social group present his work on 3D printing magnetic nanostructures and reconstructing their magnetisation at #MMC2025.

Beautiful magnetic imaging and models everywhere 🧲 🤩
July 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Several @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social members Donald MacLaren, Aurys Silinga and Keir Edgar have arrived at #MMC2025 and looking forward to a fun week talking all things microscopy! 🔬 🥳
July 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We are thrilled to share our latest paper in Microscopy and Microanalysis where @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social members and colleagues from @fz-juelich.de reconstruct the 3D magnetization distribution in a cobalt nanowire. The paper is here: academic.oup.com/mam/article/...

We also made the cover! 🤩 🧲 🔬
June 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We are delighted that the @acs.org has chosen our recent paper on skyrmions in curved magnetic nanocaps for the cover of this week's issue of Nano Letters! This work was by @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social members
and collaborators at CBPF and @fz-juelich.de 🔬 🧲 🥳
June 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@uofg-mcmp.bsky.social members Connor Inglis and Ethan Lowe had a fantastic few days visiting Lewis Giannelli at Institut Laue Langevin. Taking in all the Grenoble sunshine whilst firing neutrons at their samples ☀️ 🔬 😀
May 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social made the most of Friday's sunshine and continued to celebrate Colin Kirkbride passing his PhD Viva and to welcome Ethan Lowe. Drinks in the sun and some tasty Japanese food at the celebratory meal afterwards - what more could you want! ☀️ 🍻 🍜
May 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Massive congratulations to @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social student Colin Kirkbride who passed his PhD viva today! 🥳🥳

Many thanks to the exam committee: Prof Andy Pratt, Dr David Boldrin and convenor Dr Mark Yeung.

Colin undertook his PhD on chiral magnetic materials with Prof Stephen McVitie 🧲
May 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We are delighted to welcome a new Research Associate Ethan Lowe to @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social, who will be working with Dr David Boldrin on Quantum Spin Liquids. To celebrate Ethan's arrival we even updated our group photo! 🔥
May 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Come see @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social
taking part in the Glasgow Science Festival 2025:

3D Magnetic Racetrack Memory
Riverside Museum, Fri 6th & Sat 7th June

Heat with Your Hands: A Hands-on Exploration of Energy Conversion
Riverside Museum, Thurs 5th and Fri 6th June

www.gla.ac.uk/events/scien...
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
We are delighted to share our new paper from
@acs.org, where several @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social members
and collaborators at CBPF and @fz-juelich.de demonstrate the stabilization of skyrmions in curved magnetic nanocaps 🔬 🧲 🥳

The field sure has taken a turn!! 😄

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Curved Nanomagnets: An Archetype for the Skyrmionic States at Ambient Conditions
Stabilizing magnetic skyrmions is a critical issue in spintronics, impacting data storage and computing. This study investigates skyrmion and skyrmionium phenomena within a hexagonal array of curved nanomagnets. Utilizing atomistic calculations, micromagnetic simulations, and experimental methods such as magnetic force microscopy and electron holography, we analyze the interplay between magnetic parameters, curvature, and the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (iDMI) in the formation of these structures. We observed that isolated skyrmions and mixed skyrmionic phases can spontaneously form in a symmetric Pt/Co/Pt multilayer curved nanomagnet matrix without external fields at room temperature. Our findings highlight the considerable influence of geometric curvature on iDMI, providing insights for engineering skyrmionic configurations. This research enhances our understanding of nanomagnetism and contributes to the advancement of skyrmion-based technologies.
pubs.acs.org
April 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Last night the @uofg-mcmp.bsky.social had a farewell dinner to say 'goodbye for now' to PhD student Lewis Giannelli, who is off to Grenoble, France, for the 2nd half of his PhD. Au revoir et à bientôt!! 🔬 🏔️ ✈️ 🥳
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM