Taryl Kirk, D.Sc.
Taryl Kirk, D.Sc.
Taryl Kirk, D.Sc.
Visiting Professor
Biography
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BSc (Physics), University of California at San Diego, La Jolla
MSc (Solid State Physics), Universität Stuttgart
DSc (Solid State Physics), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Research Expertise:
Surface Science | Ferromagnetic nanostructures | Superconductivity
My research is concerned with the magnetic, electronic, and structural properties of various solid materials ranging from granular, two-dimensional thin films, multilayered films, superlattices to surfaces. The bulk of my early research was focused on the peculiar properties associated with materials with strongly correlated charge carriers (e.g. giant magneto-resistance, colossal magneto-resistance (CMR), high (transition) temperature superconductors (HTSCs), CMR/HTSC). I have rebuilt a low-cost, versatile low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (STM) used to probe surface phenomena via the manipulation of single atoms and small molecules as well as nano-structuring of surfaces by an atom by atom basis. Most recently, I have designed and constructed a novel scanning electron microscope, which is a cost-efficient, high-resolution instrument capable of imaging the top-most layers of “clean” surfaces. I am currently expanding the microscope’s capabilities by investigating other contrast mechanisms such as surface magnetization and chemical composition analysis.
Honors & Awards:Dr. Harley Flack Mentor of the Year Award 2013
Leipziger Messe and GIT Verlag L.A.B. - Award 2009 for innovative PhD students: 2nd place
The Best Oral Presentation (International vacuum nanoelectronics conference)
Society of Physics Students travel scholarship to represent USA
Member of:
American Physical Society
Selected Publications:
Taryl L. Kirk, “Chapter Two - A Review of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Near Field Emission Mode”. In Peter W. Hawkes, editor: Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Vol 204, AIEP, UK: Academic Press, 2017, pp. 39-109.
Taryl L. Kirk, Lorenzo G. De Pietro, Olivier Scholder, Urs Ramsperger, and Danilo Pescia,
Evidence of non-planar field emission via secondary electron detection in near field emission scanning electron microscopy, Applied Physics Letter 94, 153502 (2009).
Olav Hellwig, Taryl L. Kirk, Jeffrey B. Kortright, Andreas Berger, and Eric E. Fullerton, A new phase diagram for layered antiferromagnetic films, Nature Materials 2,112-116 (2003).
Taryl L. Kirk, Olav Hellwig, and Eric E. Fullerton, Coercivity mechanisms in positive exchange-biased Co films and Co/Pt multilayers, Physical Review B, Vol. 65, 224426 (2002).
Solomon I. Woods, Andrew S. Katz, Taryl L. Kirk, Marcio C. de Andrade, M. Brian Maple, and Robert C. Dynes, Investigation of Nd-Ce-Cu-O Planar Tunnel Junctions Bicrystal Grain Boundary Junctions, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Vol. 9, No. 2, Part 3, 3917 (1999).
