Professor Ian Morrison
Professor of Computational Physics, Director of Physics and Mathematics
- Newton Building Room 163
- T: +44 (0)161 295 5303
- E: i.morrison@salford.ac.uk
- SEEK: Research profile
Office Times
"Please contact me via email for an appointment”
Biography
Aug 2006 – present: Professor of Computational Physics – University of Salford
Aug 2003 – Aug 2006: Reader in Physics – University of Salford
Sept 1999 – July 2003: Senior Lecturer – University of Salford
Jan 1995 – Aug 2000: Lecturer – University of Salford
Mar 1993 – Dec 1994: Research Associate, University of Wales College of Cardiff
Jan 1991 – Feb1993: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Texas at Austin
Jan 1998 – Dec 1990: Research Associate, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Teaching
Fundamentals of Physics A
Computing for Physics
Classical and Quantum Waves
Particle Physics
Research Interests
My research interests and expertise in the general field of theoretical and computational condensed matter physics. In particular I am interested in the ab-initio prediction of material properties with a view to the understanding and optimization of electronic, optical and thermodynamic materials properties. A major interest in recent years has been concerned with the in-silico design of new materials for hydrogen storage.
My PhD was completed in 1987 and involved semi-empirical investigations of the electronic structure in semiconductor. During this time I developed methods to include the effects of strain in the prediction of superlattice bandstructures and the first calculations of these effects in strained layer Si/Ge systems performed. I then remained in Newcastle for a further two years as a Research Associate developing methods to predict the non-linear optical properties of semiconductor superlattices and the effect of interface roughness on these properties. These methods allowed the first quantative predictions of non-linear optical response as a function of structure to be made.
In 1990 I joined the University of Texas as a Welch Fellow. In Texas I was involved in the development of Ab-Initio pseudopotential methods to be employed in the prediction of material properties. These methods were then used to make first principles predictions of a diverse range of phenomena including the structure of complex boron compounds, measurements of the structure in such compounds were unreliable, and the magnetic properties of transition metal surfaces and overlayers.
In April 1993 I joined U.W.C.C. as a Research Associate. Here I was concerned with the simulation and understanding of the dynamics of semi-conductor surfaces and growth processes. Both Ab-Initio methods and the Bond Order Potential Method (in collaboration with the Materials Modelling group at Oxford) were used to predict lattice dynamic properties.
Other research interests include the Ab-Initio simulation of the dynamics of ice phases, with particular emphasis on the understanding of anomalous features of measured spectra, and studies of the microscopic mechanisms responsible for magnetic phase transitions in transition metal intermetallic hydrides. Further major research interests include developments in electronic structure theory including linear scaling techniques and the development of Ab-Initio lattice dynamical theory.
Qualifications and Memberships
BSc, PhD, MInstP - CPhys
Publications
Moser, D.; Baldissin, G.; Bull, D. J., Morrison, I.
The pressure-temperature phase diagram of MgH2 and isotopic substitution
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER Volume: 23, 305403 (2011)
Seifi, M.; Ross, D. K.; Riley, D. J.; Morrison, I.
The dependence of the hydrogen sorption capacity of single-walled carbon nanotubes on the concentration of catalyst
CARBON Volume: 47 , 3184-3191 (2009)
Liu, J Cui, XY Georgiev, PA Morrison, I Ross, DK Roberts, MA Andersen, KA Telling, M Fort, D
Effect of H on the crystalline and magnetic structures of the YCo3-H(D) system. II. YCo3-H(D)(x) from x-ray and neutron powder diffraction
PHYSICAL REVIEW B 76 (2007)
Cui, XY Liu, J Georgiev, PA Morrison, I Ross, DK Roberts, MA Andersen, KA Telling, M Fort, D
Effect of H on the crystalline and magnetic structures of the YCo3-H(D) system. I. YCo3 from neutron powder diffraction and first-principles calculations
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 76 (2007)
Tsogbadrakh, N Morrison, I
First-principles calculation of structure and dynamical properties of orientational defects in ice
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF ICE, 601-608 (2007)
X.Y. Cui, J. Liu, I.Morrison and D.K. Ross
AB INITIO STUDIES OF STRUCTURES AND MAGNETIC STRUCTURE IN YCo3H
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, (2005)
Jenkins SR, Kirk SA, Cote AS, Ross DK and Morrison I DEPENDENCE OF THE NORMAL MODES ON THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PHASES OF ICE AS CALCULATED BY AB INITIO METHODS
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 81 (1-2): 225-231 (2003)
I.Morrison, A.S.Cote, X.Cui, S.Jenkins and D.K.Ross
AB-INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL LATTICE DYNAMICS STUDEIS OF ICE
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS - 81 (1-2): 115-122 (2003)
S.E.Donnelly, R.C.Bircher, C.W.Allen, I.Morrison, K.Furuya, M.Song, K.Mitsuishi and U.Dahmen
ORDERING IN A FLAT INERT GAS CONFINED BY FLAT SURFACES
SCIENCE, Vol.296 pp.507-510 (2002)
X-Y. Cui, I.Morrison and J-G.Han
A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF PHOTOISOMERIZATION IN Al3O3- CLUSTERS
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 2002, 117(3) pp.1077-1084
D.K.Ross, J.E.Totolici, M.Kemali, I.Morrison, A.Ivanov and M.R.Johnson
PROTON WAVE FUNCTIONS IN PALLADIUM STUDIED BY AB INITIO CALCULATIONS AND INELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING METHODS
Recent Advances in Hydride Chemsitry M.Peruzzini and R.Poli eds. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2001) Chapter 17, pp.507-530.
S.Jenkins and I.Morrison
THE DEPENDENCE ON STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECTED VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATES OF VARIOUS PHASES OF ICE AS CALCULATED BY AB-INITIO METHODS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2001, Vol.13, pp.9207-9229
M.Kemali, J.E.Totolici, D.K.Ross and I.Morrison
INELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS AND AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS OF HYDROGEN IN SINGLE CRYSTAL PALLADIUM
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2000, Vol.84, No.7, pp.1531-1534
S.Jenkins, I.Morrison and D.K.Ross
SYMMETRY CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROJECTED VIBRATIONAL DENSITY OF STATES IN ICE VIII FROM AB-INITIO METHODS
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2000, Vol.12, No.6, pp.815-821
*S.Jenkins and I.Morrison
THE CHEMICAL CHARACTER OF THE INTERMOLECULAR BONDS OF SEVEN PHASES OF ICE AS REVEALED BY AB-INITIO CALCULATION OF ELECTRON DENSITIES
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS, 2000, Vol.317, No.1-2, pp.97-102
S.Jenkins and I.Morrison
CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIOUS PHASES OF ICE ON THE BASIS OF THE CHARGE DENSITY
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 1999, Vol.103, No.50, pp.11041-11049
I.Morrison and S.Jenkins
FIRST PRINCIPLES LATTICE DYNAMICS STUDIES OF THE VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF ICE
PHYSICA B: PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER, 1999, Vol.263, pp.442-444
I.Morrison, S.Jenkins, D.K.Ross, J.Li
AB-INITIO INVESTIGATIONS OF THE DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE
High Performance Computing R.J.Allan et al., eds. (Plenum, London, 1998) pp.175-184.
I.Morrison, J.C.Li, S.Jenkins, S.S.Xantheas, M.C.Payne
AB-INITIO TOTAL ENERGY STUDIES OF THE STATIC AND DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF ICE Ih
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 1997, Vol.101, No.32, pp.6146- 6150
J.L.Gavartin, C.C.Matthai, I.Morrison
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPATIAL STRUCTURE ON THE ELECTRONIC- PROPERTIES OF POROUS SILICON - QUANTUM-CHEMICAL STUDY
THIN SOLID FILMS, 1995, Vol.255, No.1-2, pp.39-42
C.C.Matthai, G.J.Moran and I.Morrison
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF SI AND C ATOMS ON SIC SURFACES
DAIMOND, SIC AND NITRIDEWIDE BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS, MRS PROCEEDINGS 1994, Vol.339, Ch.112, pp.21-26
G.J.Moran, I.Morrison and C.C.Matthai
A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS STUDY OF INGAAS LAYERS ON GAAS SUBSTRATES
COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR EPITAXY, MRS PROCEEDINGS 1994, VOL.340, Ch.89, pp.315-320
L.Kleinman, D.M.Bylander, I.Morrison
FERROMAGNETISM OF THE RH(001) SURFACE - REPLY
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, Vol.71, No.24, p.4098
I.Morrison, D.M.Bylander, L.Kleinman
FERROMAGNETISM OF THE RH(001) SURFACE
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1993, Vol.71, No.7, pp.1083-1086
I.Morrison, D.M.Bylander, L.Kleinman
BANDS AND BONDS OF B12AS2 (VOL 45, PG 1533, 1992)
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1993, Vol.47, No.15, pp.10056-10057
I.Morrison, D.M.Bylander, L.Kleinman
NONLOCAL HERMITIAN NORM-CONSERVING VANDERBILT PSEUDOPOTENTIAL
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1993, Vol.47, No.11, pp.6728-6731
I.Morrison, D.M.Bylander, L.Kleinman
COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TETRAGONAL B50N2
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1992, Vol.45, No.19, pp.10872-10875
I.Morrison, D.M.Bylander, L.Kleinman
BANDS AND BONDS OF B12AS2
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1992, Vol.45, No.4, pp.1533-1537
M.Jaros, L.D.L.Brown, A.W.Beavis, J.P.Hagon, P.Harrison, I.Morrison R.J.Turton and K.B.Wong
MICROSCOPIC THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
CONDENSED SYSTEMS OF LOW DIMENSIONALITY, 1991, Ch.61, pp.569-577
B.M.Adderly, I.Morrison, M.Jaros
VIRTUAL OPTICAL NONLINEARITY IN GAAS-ALAS SUPERLATTICES
OPTICS LETTERS, 1991, Vol.16, No.24, pp.1927-1929
P.Harrison, I.Morrison, J.P.Hagon, M.Jaros
THE ROLE OF BAND-STRUCTURE EFFECTS ON ELECTRON-CAPTURE AND REAL SPACE TRANSFER IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, 1991, Vol.10, No.4, pp.421- 424
M.Jaros, L.D.L.Brown and I.Morrison
BAND-STRUCTURE EFFECTS IN III-V SUPERLATTICES UNDER HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AS A MEANS OF DETERMINING MICROSCOPIC SIGNATURE OF PERFECT AND IMPERFECT SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES
SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1991, Vol.6, No.6, pp417-421
A.W.Beavis, M.Jaros, I.Morrison
ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF HGTE-HG1-XCDXTE AND HGTE-ZN1-YCDYTE SUPERLATTICES WITH IDEAL AND NONIDEAL INTERFACES
SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, 1991, Vol.9, No.3, pp.371- 375
M.Jaros and I.Morrison
LARGE OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1990, Vol.56, No.9, pp.874
I.Morrison, L.D.L.Brown, M.Jaros
VALLEY-MIXING EFFECTS IN (GAAS)L(ALAS)M SUPERLATTICES WITH MICROSCOPICALLY IMPERFECT INTERFACES
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1990, Vol.42, No.18, pp.11818-11825
M.Jaros, I.Morrison and A.W.Beavis
BAND-STRUCTURE ENGINEERING OF OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
HIGH SPEED PHENOMENA IN PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND OPTICAL BISTABILITY, 1990, Ch.36, pp.90-101
M.Jaros, I.Morrison and A.W.Beavis
LARGE OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
QUANTUM-WELL AND SUPERLATTICE PHYSICS III, 1990, Ch.37, pp.118-127
M.Jaros, I.Morrison and A.W.Beavis
LARGE OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
QUANTUM-WELL AND SUPERLATTICE PHYSICS III, 1990, Ch.37, pp.118-127
A.W.Beavis, M.Jaros, A.Zoryk, I.Morrison
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVE MASSES AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF PERFECT AND IMPERFECT HGTE-HG1-XCDXTE AND HGTE-ZN1-YCDYTE SUPERLATTICES
SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 1990, Vol.5, No.10, pp.1051-1061
I.Morrison, M.Jaros
MICROSCOPIC THEORY OF ENHANCED NONLINEAR REFRACTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1990, Vol.42, No.6, pp.3749-3752
M.Jaros, A.Zoryk, A.W.Beavis, I.Morrison
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, EFFECTIVE MASSES AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL- RESPONSE IN HG1-XCDXTE-HG1-YCDYTE AND HG1-XCDXTE-CD1-YZNYTE SUPERLATTICES
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, 1990, Vol.101, No.1-4, pp.559-565
I.Morrison, M.Jaros
BAND-STRUCTURE ENGINEERING OF A NONLINEAR OPTICAL-RESPONSE IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 1990, Vol.2, No.22, pp.4879-4893
I.Morrison, M.Jaros, A.W.Beavis
LARGE OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, Vol.55, No.16, pp.1609-1611
R.J.Turton, M.Jaros, I.Morrison
ELECTRONIC BAND-STRUCTURE AND NONPARABOLICITY IN STRAINED-LAYER SI-SI1-XGEX SUPERLATTICES
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1988, Vol.38, No.12, pp.8397-8405
K.B.Wong, I.Morrison, M.Jaros
OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ULTRATHIN SILICON GERMANIUM SUPERLATTICES
JOURNAL OF VACUUMSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B-MICROELECTRONICS PROCESSING AND PHENOMENA, 1988, Vol.6, No.4, pp.1346-1349
K.B.Wong, M.Jaros, I.Morrison, J.P.Hagon
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF SI-GE SUPERLATTICES
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1988, Vol.60, No.21, pp.2221-2224
I.Morrison, M.Jaros
ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL-PROPERTIES OF ULTRATHIN SI/GE(001) SUPERLATTICES
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1988,
M.Jaros, M.A.Gell, D.Ninno, I.Morrison, K.B.Wong and J.P.Hagon
QUANTITATIVE THEORY OF ZONE-FOLDING PHENOMENA IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES
PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS, VOLS 1& 2, 1987, Ch.422, pp.647-650
I.Morrison, M.Jaros, K.B.Wong
STRAIN-INDUCED CONFINEMENT IN SI0.75GE0.25 (SI/SI0.5GE0.5) (001) SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS
PHYSICAL REVIEW B-CONDENSED MATTER, 1987, Vol.35, No.18, pp.9693-9707
M.Jaros, K.B.Wong, A.Zoryk, M.A.Gell, I.Morrison, L.D.L.Brown, D.Ninno and J.P.Hagon
MICROSCOPIC THEORY OF ZONE-FOLDING AND MOMENTUM MIXING IN SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES AND QUANTUM WIRES
QUANTUM WELL AND SUPERLATTICE PHYSICS, 1987, Ch.43, pp.86-93
I.Morrison, M.Jaros
ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE OF SI/SI1-XGEX AND SI/SI1-XSNX STRAINED LAYER SUPERLATTICES
SUPERLATTICES AND MICROSTRUCTURES, 1986, Vol.2, No.4, pp.329- 333
M.Jaros, I.Morrison
STRAIN-INDUCED CONFINED ELECTRON-STATES IN SI/SIXGE1-X SUPERLATTICES
JOURNAL OF VACUUMSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B-MICROELECTRONICS PROCESSING AND PHENOMENA, 1986, Vol.4, No.4, pp.1000-1001
I.Morrison, M.Jaros, K.B.Wong
STRAIN-INDUCED ELECTRON-STATES IN SI0.75GE0.25(SI/SI0.5GE0.5) (001) SUPERLATTICES
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS C-SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 1986, Vol.19, No.12, pp.L239-L245