Major Research Grants


1972-1977

Wolfson Foundation

Wolfson Unit for the Study of Phase Transitions in Dielectric Materials (transferred with me from Cambridge in 1976)

1979

SRC

X-ray studies of phase transitions in ferroic materials at different temperatures

1979-1982

SRC

Simultaneous high-pressure/high-temperature studies of ferroic crystals

1980-1981

SRC

An x-ray diffractometer for high-pressure/temperature studies of phase transitions in ferroic crystals

1981-1985

SERC

Powder diffraction with synchrotron radiation

1983-1986

SERC

Relationship between crystal structure and optical properties

1985

SERC

Automatic powder diffractometer for materials research

1985-1988

SERC

Crystal structure analysis from powder diffraction

1985-1988

Joint Research Scheme ICI

Crystal structure analysis from powder diffraction

1985-1988

SERC

Powder diffraction using synchrotron radiation and the spallation neutron source

1986

JOERS

Materials for low cost optical isolators

1987

SERC

Visiting Fellowship for J. Kobayashi

1987-1988

SERC

Powder diffraction from zeolites

1987-1990

SERC

Optical rotation in inorganic crystals

1988

ALCAN

Growth of potassium titanyl phosphate crystals

1988-1991

MOD

Structures of high-temperature superconductors 

1989-1990

SERC

X-ray scattering studies of structures, structural phase transitions, surfaces and low dimensional structures (shared with R A Cowley)

1989-1991

SERC

Study of new electrooptic crystals for linear and non-linear applications

1990-1992

BT Research

Investigation of KTP derivatives

1990-1993

ORC Collaborative Research program

New optoelectronic materials

1994-1996

SERC

Role of crystal structure in periodic domain inversion (shared with Dr. P. A. Thomas, Warwick)

1995-1997

EPSRC

Structures and physical properties of perovskite PZT-based materials (shared with Prof. R. W. Whatmore, Cranfield)

1997-1998

EPSRC

Novel experiments on optical crystals

1998-2001

EPSRC

A-site substituted perovskites (shared with Dr. P.A. Thomas, Warwick)

2002-2005

EPSRC

Structures and properties of relaxor-related perovskites

2003-2006

EPSRC

Three-dimensional birefringence imaging

2006-2007

EPSRC

Three-dimensional birefringence imaging (cont.)

2008-2011

EPSRC

Crystallography and properties of lithium niobate-tantalate solid solutions: towards novel optically isotropic, electrically polar materials

2008-2012

EPSRC-NSF

Materials World Network: Nanoscale Structure-Property Relationships in Lead Free Morphotropic Phase Boundary Piezoelectrics