Technische Universität Dresden

Judith macmanus Driscoll

We can show how to get uniform, low temperature grown, CMOS compatible materials with excellent endurance and retention.

Contact

Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy
University of Cambridge
27 Charles Babbage Road
Cambridge
CB3 0FS
United Kingdom


jld35@cam.ac.uk

Driscoll Research Group

Research Field and Activities

  • Thin films, nanostructuring and interfaces
  • Neural processing systemsArtificial Superlattice Structures
  • Heteroepitaxial nanocomposite films

Short Biography

Judith Driscoll is a professor at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at University of Cambridge and also a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies. Her group’s research is concerned with the nanoscale design and tuning of functional oxide thin film materials for energy efficient electronic applications. Their particular focus is oxide thin films owing to their wide range of functionalities and their stability. However, their compositions tend to be complex, defects are prevalent, and interface effects play a strong role. Also, for many applications device structural dimensions are required down to nanometre length-scales. Together, all these factors produce exciting challenges for the materials scientist.

References

  • M. A. Hope, S. Björgvinsdóttir, D. M. Halat, G. Menzildjian, Z. Wang, B. Zhang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, A. Lesage, C. P. Grey, L. Emsley, “Endogenous 17O DNP of Gd-Doped CeO₂,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04479.

  • C. Yun, M. Webb, W. Li, R. Wu, H. Dou, X. Gao, S. Dhole, D. Zhang, H. Wang, A. Chen, Q. Jia, H. Wang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “High performance, electroforming-free, uniform thin film memristors based on ionic ferroelectric NBT,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9, 4522, March 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1TC00202C.

  • O. J. Lee, M. Misra, H. Wang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Ferroelectric/Multiferroic Self-Assembled Vertically Aligned Nanocomposites: Current and Future Status,” APL Materials, 9, 030904, March 2021. DOI: 10.1063/5.0059208.

  • J. Huang, W. Li, H. Yang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Tailoring Physical Functionalities of Complex Oxides by Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite Thin Film Design,” MRS Bulletin, 46, 159, February 2021. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-021-00028-0.

  • G. Di Martino, A. Demetriadou, W. Li, D. Kos, B. Zhu, X. Wang, B. de Nijs, H. Wang, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, J. Baumberg, “Real-Time In-Situ Optical Tracking of Oxygen Vacancy Migration in Memristors,” Nature Electronics, 3, 687, October 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41928-020-00489-8.

  • M. A. Hope, B. Zhang, B. Zhu, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, C. P. Grey, “O18 NMR Showing Enhanced Ionic Motion at Interfaces in Ionic Thin Films,” Chemistry of Materials, 32, 7921, August 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c02698.

  • A. Chen, W. Zhang, L. R. Dedon, D. Chen, F. Khatkhatay, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, H. Wang, D. Yarotski, J. Chen, X. Gao, L. W. Martin, A. Roelofs, Q. Jia, “Couplings of Polarization with Interfacial Deep Trap and Schottky Interface Controlled Ferroelectric Memristive Switching,” Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 2000664, August 2020. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202000664.

  • J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, M. Wells, C. B. Eom, D. C. Schlom, “New Approaches for Achieving More Perfect Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films,” APL Materials, 8, 040904, March 2020. DOI: 10.1063/5.0003268.

  • S. Cho, C. Yun, S. Tappernzhofen, A. Kursumovic, S. B. Lee, P. Lu, Q. Jia, M. Fan, J. Jian, H. Wang, S. Hofmann, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, “Self-Assembled Oxide Films with Tailored Nanoscale Ionic and Electronic Channels for Controlled Resistive Switching,” Nature Communications, 7, 12373, August 2016. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12373.

Patents

as main inventor: https://patents.justia.com/search?q=judith+driscoll

  • e.g. Memristor Comprising Film with Comb-like Structure of Nanocolumns of Metal Oxide Embedded in a Metal Oxide Matrix U.S. patent application US9029985 B2, published 2015.