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Associate Professor,
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact Info:
Phone: (612)
625-4018
Office: 48
Amundson Hall
Email: leighton@umn.edu
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Professional Preparation
- University of Durham, UK, Physics, B.Sc. (Hons) 1st
class, 1994
- University of Durham, UK, Physics, Ph.D., 1998
- Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-San
Diego, 1997-2001
Professional Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science, UMN, 2001-present
- Johnson Chair Professor, November, 2001-present
Selected Publications
- L. Wang, K. Umemoto, R.M.
Wentzcovitch, T.V. Chen, C.L. Chien, J. Checkelsky, J. Eckert, E.D.
Dahlberg and C. Leighton, ÒCo1-xFexS2: a tunable source of highly
spin-polarized electronsÓ Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 056602 (2005).
- J. Wu, J.W. Lynn, C. Glinka, J.
Burley, H. Zheng, J.F. Mitchell and C. Leighton, ÒInter-granular giant
magnetoresistance in a spontaneously phase separated perovskite oxide,Ó Phys.
Rev. Lett. 94, 037201 (2005).
- M.S. Lund, M.R. Fitzsimmons, S. Park
and C. Leighton, ÒTemperature dependent magnetic interface location in
interdiffused exchange biased bilayers,Ó Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 2845 (2004).
- R. Olayo-Valles, M.S. Lund, C.
Leighton and M.A. Hillmyer, ÒLarge area nanolithographic templates by
selective etching of chemically stained block copolymer thin films,Ó J.
Mater. Chem. 14 2729 (2004).
- P.L. Kuhns, M.J.R. Hoch, W.G.
Moulton, A.P. Reyes, J.Wu and C. Leighton, ÒMagnetic phase separation in
La1-xSrxCoO3 from 59Co NMR,Ó Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 127202 (2003).
- J. Wu and C. Leighton, ÒGlassy
ferromagnetism and magnetic phase separation in La1-xSrxCoO3,Ó Phys.
Rev. B. 67 174408 (2003).
- M.S. Lund, J.W. Dong, J. Lu, X. Dong,
C.J. Palmstr¿m and C. Leighton, ÒAnomalous magnetotransport properties
of epitaxial full Heusler alloys,Ó Appl. Phys. Lett. 80 4798 (2002).
- S.R. English, J. Wu and C. Leighton, ÒThermally
excited spin disorder contribution to the resistivity of LaCoO3,Ó Phys.
Rev. B. Rapid Comm. 65 R220407 (2002).
Selected Awards
- Russell Prize for Applied Physics,
University of Durham, UK, 1998
Synergistic Activities
- Co-organizer of the UMN Materials
Science ÒOpen HouseÓ
- Faculty mentor for the MN student
chapter of the Materials Research Society
- Supervisor of UROP students
- Creator for the Undergraduate Materials
Research Travel Fund
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