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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the understanding of magnetic oxides, interfaces, and nanostructures
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of magnetic materials including complex oxides, highly spinpolarized ferromagnets, magnetic nanostructures, and interfacial magnetism

Overview

Chris Leighton is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a specific focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics such as:

  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

Leighton has contributed extensively to several publication venues. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Physical Review Materials
  • APL Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nature Communications

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Isotype Heterojunction Solar Cells Using n-Type Sb2Se3 Thin Films," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Enhanced superconductivity and ferroelectric quantum criticality in plastically deformed strontium titanate," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Voltage-induced ferromagnetism in a diamagnet," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Sulfur Vacancy Clustering and Its Impact on Electronic Properties in Pyrite FeS2," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law through reduction of thermal conductivity in gold thin films," 2020, Physical Review Materials

Frequent collaborators of Leighton include:

  • Justin Ramberger
  • William M. Postiglione
  • Bhaskar Das
  • Vipul Chaturvedi
  • Turan Birol

Leighton's professional recognitions include being named an IEEE Fellow in 2020 for contributions to the understanding of magnetic oxides, interfaces, and nanostructures.

In 2012, they were also designated a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), acknowledged for creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of magnetic materials such as complex oxides, highly spin-polarized ferromagnets, magnetic nanostructures, and interfacial magnetism.

Best Publications

  • Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands

    R. F. Wang;C. Nisoli;R. S. Freitas;J. Li

  • Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

    Frances Hellman;Axel Hoffmann;Yaroslav Tserkovnyak;Geoffrey S.D. Beach

  • Glassy ferromagnetism and magnetic phase separation in La 1 − x Sr x CoO 3

    J. Wu;C. Leighton

  • Asymmetric magnetization reversal in exchange-biased hysteresis loops

    M. R. Fitzsimmons;P. Yashar;C. Leighton;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Aqueous Only Route toward Graphene from Graphite Oxide

    Ken Hsuan Liao;Anudha Mittal;Shameek Bose;Christopher Leighton

  • Electrolyte-based ionic control of functional oxides.

    Chris Leighton

  • Coercivity enhancement in exchange biased systems driven by interfacial magnetic frustration

    C. Leighton;J. Nogués;B. J. Jönsson-Åkerman;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Correlation between antiferromagnetic interface coupling and positive exchange bias

    J. Nogués;J. Nogués;C. Leighton;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Electronic transport in doped SrTiO 3 : Conduction mechanisms and potential applications

    A. Spinelli;M. A. Torija;C. Liu;C. Jan

  • Crystallites of magnetic charges in artificial spin ice

    Sheng Zhang;Ian Gilbert;Cristiano Nisoli;Gia Wei Chern

  • Imaging and phase identification of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films using confocal Raman spectroscopy

    A. J. Cheng;M. Manno;A. Khare;Chris Leighton

  • Sphericity and symmetry breaking in the formation of Frank–Kasper phases from one component materials

    Sangwoo Lee;Sangwoo Lee;Chris Leighton;Frank S. Bates

  • Intergranular giant magnetoresistance in a spontaneously phase separated perovskite oxide.

    J. Wu;J. W. Lynn;C. J. Glinka;J. Burley

  • Direct measurement of the low-temperature spin-state transition in LaCoO3.

    R. F. Klie;J. C. Zheng;Y. Zhu;M. Varela

  • Hopping transport and the Hall effect near the insulator-metal transition in electrochemically gated poly(3-hexylthiophene) transistors

    Shun Wang;Mingjing Ha;Michael Manno;C Daniel Frisbie

  • Magnetocaloric effect and refrigerant capacity in charge-ordered manganites

    N. S. Bingham;M. H. Phan;H. Srikanth;M. A. Torija

  • Reliability of normal-state current–voltage characteristics as an indicator of tunnel-junction barrier quality

    B. J. Jönsson-Åkerman;R. Escudero;R. Escudero;C. Leighton;S. Kim

  • Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering

    Sebastian Mühlbauer;Dirk Honecker;Élio A. Périgo;Frank Bergner

  • Magnetic superlattices and multilayers

    Ivan K Schuller;S Kim;C Leighton

  • Magnetic phase separation in La1-xSrxCoO3 by 59Co nuclear magnetic resonance.

    P. L. Kuhns;M. J.R. Hoch;W. G. Moulton;A. P. Reyes

  • Two-Stage Magnetization Reversal in Exchange Biased Bilayers

    C. Leighton;M. R. Fitzsimmons;P. Yashar;A. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan K. Schuller
Ivan K. Schuller University of California, San Diego
Maria Varela
Maria Varela Complutense University of Madrid
Josep Nogués
Josep Nogués Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Eray S. Aydil
Eray S. Aydil New York University
J. F. Mitchell
J. F. Mitchell Argonne National Laboratory
Jaume Gazquez
Jaume Gazquez Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Richard D. James
Richard D. James University of Minnesota
Nitin Samarth
Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey W. Lynn
Jeffrey W. Lynn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Renata M. Wentzcovitch
Renata M. Wentzcovitch Columbia University

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