Understanding the nature of the first stars is key to understanding the early Universe. With new facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope we may soon have the first observations of the earliest stellar populations, ...

This thesis describes the results of an investigation of the effects of a medium voltage (0.1-1 kV), low-inductance discharge in a laser produced plasma. Discharging was done in vacuum using coaxial discharge cells of ...

Networks of two-dimensional nanosheets have demonstrated significant promise across a host of applications that span the breadth of materials science. While this has driven research into nanosheet-based devices at a ...

Recently, exciting progress has been made towards the creation of electronic devices via unconventional fabrication routes. For example, liquid processing techniques such as printing and spraying are enabling the production ...

In order to understand the magnetic properties of solids and molecules, an accurate description of the underlying microscopic many-electron systems is required. This can be achieved through several theoretical and computational ...

The study of electronic transport in molecular devices is one of much research interest, with potential applications in a range of different fields. These devices have been experimentally constructed using many different ...

This thesis is a theoretical study of the electronic and lattice structure of the inverse spinel magnetite (Fe3O4) and the half-doped bilayered manganite system LaSr2 Mn2O7 . Both systems are strongly correlated transition ...

In this work, the crystal and electronic structures of defects and impurities in ZnO and Fe3O4 are studied using first principles calculations. B3LYP hybrid density-functional theory calculations were used with supercell ...

The primary aim of this research thesis is to investigate the electronic transport and magnetic properties of organic semiconducting materials. Undeniably, experimental and theoretical work is needed to conclusively study ...