Ms Karen L Livesey

 

PhD student Address: School of Physics M013 University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Hwy Crawley WA 6009 Phone: (08) 6488 7015 Fax: (08) 6488 1014 Email: livesey@physics.uwa.edu.au Webpage: http://www.student.uwa.edu.au/~klivesey/karen.html Research Group: UWA, Life & Physical Sciences, Physics

 

Role in the network

Experienced Researcher (ER)  

Materials Research Focus

Materials drivers for high tech IT, communications and sensor applications  

Current Research Activities

Theoretical investigation of magnetic and multiferroic materials, in particular the high frequency dynamics of thin films and multilayers.
I am interested in the design of multi-phase materials for technological applications, especially since the presence of interfaces may significantly alter the properties of materials.  

Selected Publications

K.L. Livesey and R.L. Stamps, \"A mean field theory for multiferroic materials and its application to LuFe2O4,\" (in preparation).

K.L. Livesey, M.P. Kostylev and R.L. Stamps, \"Parametric spin wave excitation and cascaded processes during switching in thin films,\" Phys. Rev. B 75, 174427 (2007).

K.L. Livesey, D.C. Crew and R.L. Stamps, \"Spin wave valve in an exchange spring bilayer,\" Phys. Rev. B 73, 184432 (2006).  

Awards and Distinctions

Hackett PhD Scholarship and Seagate Technologies Ad-hoc Scholarship, 2005-2008
Best Student Talk, WA AIP Postgraduate Research Conference 2006
Finalist, Best Student Presentation, Intermag 2008 Madrid

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