Dr Ross Springell
PhD(Lond.), MSc(Lond.)
Current positions
Associate Professor in Actinide Physics and Nuclear Materials
School of Physics
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
8095 Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces - Extra Funds
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Interface Analysis CentreDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Facility for Radioactive Materials Surfaces
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of PhysicsDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2023
Thesis supervisions
Engineering UO2 Thin Films to Investigate Nuclear Fuel Behaviour
Supervisors
Engineering UO2 Thin Films to Investigate Nuclear Fuel Behaviour
Supervisors
Tritium storage & processing for fusion energy
Supervisors
Uranium-based Spintronics
Supervisors
Oxidation of Uranium Dioxide
Supervisors
A Study of the Crystallography and Ageing Behaviour of the U-Nb Binary Alloy System
Supervisors
Understanding UN Nuclear Fuel
Supervisors
A Study of the Relationship Between Correlated Displacive Disorder, Metastability and Lattice Dynamics using the Epitaxially Stabilised Alloy System γs-(U1−xMox)
Supervisors
Microstructural and Property Evolution of Nuclear Graphite under Extreme Conditions
Supervisors
Evaluating the corrosion behaviour of uranium silicide phases
Supervisors
Investigating the Reactivity of Mixed Actinide Oxides in Nuclear Waste
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
22/02/2024Absence of induced ferromagnetism in epitaxial uranium dioxide thin films
Physical Review B
Epitaxial light actinide oxide thin films
Thin Solid Films
Polyepitaxial grain matching to study the oxidation of uranium dioxide
npj Materials Degradation
Epitaxial stabilisation of uranium silicide line compounds
Thin Solid Films
Resonant inelastic x-ray scattering from U3O8 and UN
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
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