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Thomas Masden
- Position: Associate Professor
- Field: Low Temperature-Condensed Matter Physics
- Degree: PhD., 1983, Purdue University
- At SIUC Since: 1983
- Office: Neckers 429
- Lab: Neckers 407B
- Mailcode: 4401
- Phone: 618-536-2062 (Office) or 453-7127 (Lab)
- Fax: 618-453-1056
- E-mail:
jtmasden@physics.siu.edu
- Web: http://www.physics.siu.edu/masden/index
Office Hours
Teaching
Research Interest:
Research is being conducted into the electrical properties of thin
films and wires. Thin films and wires of rare earth metals have been
investigated at low temperatures and additional transition is observed in
the magnetic ordering of thin films and wires which is not observed in the
bulk material. Other studies are underway to better understand giant
magnetoresistance which is observed in superlattices such as Fe-Cr. We are
also looking for other materials which display this behavior in order to
increase this effect at lower fields. Such a material would have many
practical applications. Technique employed include electron beam
evaporation in ultra high vacuum conditions, ion beam sputtering, ion beam
milling and low temperature resistance and magnetoresistance measurements
under computer control.
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