Curriculum Vitae

Publication List

Selected Recent Publications --- Full list at ResearcherID:

• Origin of gate hysteresis in p-type Si-doped AlGaAs/GaAs heterostructures, A.M. Burke, D.E.J. Waddington, D.J. Carrad, R.W. Lyttleton, H.H. Tan, P.J. Reece, O. Klochan, A.R. Hamilton, A. Rai, D. Reuter, A.D. Wieck and A.P. Micolich, Physical Review B 86, 165309 (2012). (pdf)
  This paper was one of seven articles highlighted as an 'Editor's Suggestion' in this issue of Physical Review B.
  
  
• Extreme sensitivity of the spin-splitting and 0.7 anomaly to confining potential in one-dimensional nanoelectronic devices, A.M. Burke, O. Klochan, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie, A.R. Hamilton and A.P. Micolich, Nano Letters 12, 4495 (2012). (pdf)
  
  
• Impact of Small-angle Scattering on Ballistic Transport in Quantum Dots, A.M. See, I. Pilgrim, B.C. Scannell, R.D. Montgomery, O. Klochan, A.M. Burke, M. Aagesen, P.E. Lindelof, I. Farrer, D.A. Ritchie, R.P. Taylor, A.R. Hamilton and A.P. Micolich, Physical Review Letters 108, 196807 (2012). (pdf)
  This paper was highlighted by news articles in Science Daily, PhysOrg and Science Alert, and a podcast interview with Materials Today.


• Probing the sensitivity of electron wave interference to disorder-induced scattering in solid-state devices, B.C. Scannell, I. Pilgrim, A.M. See, R.D. Montgomery, P.K. Morse, M.S. Fairbanks, C.A. Marlow, H. Linke, D.A. Ritchie, A.R. Hamilton, A.P. Micolich, L. Eaves and R.P. Taylor, Physical Review B 85, 195319 (2012). (pdf)


• Realizing lateral wrap-gated nanowire FETs: Controlling gate length with chemistry rather than lithography, K. Storm, G. Nylund, L. Samuelson and A.P. Micolich, Nano Letters 12, 1 (2012). (pdf)
  This paper was highlighted in News Articles in Materials Today, PhysOrg, and ZeitNews.
  This paper is the cover article for the Jan. 2012 edition of Nano Letters.


• What lurks below the last plateau: Experimental studies of the 0.7 x 2e2/h conductance anomaly in one-dimensional systems, A.P. Micolich Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 443201 (2011). (pdf)
  This is a 73 page review covering the 15 year history of work on the 0.7 anomaly in quantum point contacts.


• Tracking the energies of one-dimensional subband edges in quantum point contacts using dc conductance measurements, A.P. Micolich and U. Zülicke Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 362201 (2011). (pdf)


• Observation of the Kondo Effect in a Spin-3/2 Hole Quantum Dot, O. Klochan, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, K. Trunov, D. Reuter and A.D. Wieck Physical Review Letters 107, 076805 (2011). (pdf)


• Resistively Detected Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in n- and p-type GaAs Quantum Point Contacts, Z.K. Keane, M.C. Godfrey, J.C.H. Chen, S. Fricke, O. Klochan, A.M. Burke, A.P. Micolich, H.E. Beere, D.A. Ritchie, K.V. Trunov, D. Reuter, A.D. Wieck and A.R. Hamilton Nano Letters 11, 3147 (2011). (pdf)


• A tunable metal-organic resistance thermometer, A.P. Stephenson, A.P. Micolich, K.H. Lee, P. Meredith and B.J. Powell, ChemPhysChem 12, 116 (2011) (pdf)
  This article was highlighted in News Articles in Materials Today, Wired, TCE Today, PhysOrg, and ChemistryViews.
  This article made ChemPhysChem's 25 most downloaded papers list for 2011.


• Electrometry using the quantum Hall effect in a bilayer 2D electron system, L.H. Ho, L. Taskinen, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, P. Atkinson and D.A. Ritchie, Applied Physics Letters 96, 212102 (2010) (pdf)


• Fabrication and characterization of an induced GaAs single hole transistor, O. Klochan, J.C.H. Chen, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, K. Muraki and Y. Hirayama, Applied Physics Letters 96, 092103 (2010) (pdf)


• AlGaAs/GaAs single electron transistor fabricated without modulation doping, A.M. See, O. Klochan, A.R. Hamilton, A.P. Micolich, M. Aagesen and P.E. Lindelof, Applied Physics Letters 96, 112104 (2010) (pdf)


• The Latent Potential of YouTube - Will it become the 21st Century Lecturer's Film Archive, A.P. Micolich, CAL-laborate October 2008 Issue (pdf)


• 0.7 Structure and zero bias anomaly in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, M.Y. Simmons, A.R. Hamilton, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Physical Review Letters 100, 016403 (2008) (pdf)


• Enhanced Zeeman splitting in GaInAs quantum point contacts, T.P. Martin, A. Szorkovszky, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, C.A. Marlow, H. Linke, R.P. Taylor and L. Samuelson, Applied Physics Letters 93, 012105 (2008) (pdf)


• Impact of long- and short-range disorder on the metallic behaviour of two-dimensional systems, W.R. Clarke, C.E. Yasin, A.R. Hamilton, A.P. Micolich, M.Y. Simmons, K. Muraki, Y. Hirayama, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Nature Physics 4, 55 (2007) (pdf)


• Superconductivity in Metal-mixed Ion-implanted Polymer Films, A.P. Micolich, E. Tavenner, B.J. Powell, A.R. Hamilton, M.T. Curry, R.E. Giedd and P. Meredith, Applied Physics Letters 89, 152503 (2006) (pdf)


• Reply to Jones-Smith and Mathur, R.P. Taylor, A.P. Micolich and D. Jonas, Nature 444, E10 (2006) (pdf)


• Zeeman spin-splitting anisotropy in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.-H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D.A. Ritchie and U. Zülicke, Physical Review Letters 97, 026403 (2006) (pdf)

Career Top 5 Papers

• Realizing lateral wrap-gated nanowire FETs: Ccontrolling gate length with chemistry rather than lithography, K. Storm, G. Nylund, L. Samuelson and A.P. Micolich, NanoLetters 12, 1 (2012) (pdf)
• Zeeman spin-splitting anisotropy in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.-H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D.A. Ritchie and U. Zülicke, Physical Review Letters 97, 026403 (2006) (pdf)
• The Evolution of Fractal Patterns during a Classical-Quantum Transition, A.P. Micolich, R.P. Taylor, A.G. Davies, J.P. Bird, R. Newbury, T.M. Fromhold, A. Ehlert, H. Linke, L.D. Macks, W.R. Tribe, E.H. Linfield, D.A. Ritchie, J. Cooper, Y. Aoyagi and P.B. Wilkinson, Physical Review Letters 87, 036802 (2001) (pdf)
• Fractal Analysis of Pollock's Drip Paintings, R.P. Taylor, A.P. Micolich and D. Jonas, Nature 399, 422 (1999) (pdf)
• Geometry-induced Fractal Behaviour in a Semiconductor Billiard, A.P. Micolich, R.P. Taylor, R. Newbury, J.P. Bird, R. Wirtz, C.P. Dettmann, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10, 1339 (1998) (pdf)

Media about my work

• Q & A Interview in Materials Today Jul/Aug 2012 - (link)
• Quantum Dots podcast interview with Stewart Bland, Materials Today 2/7/12 - (link)
• Cagey Nanowires - That's a Wrap by Laurie Donaldson, Materials Today 28/3/11 - (link)
• Ion-blasted plastic films conduct electricity by Helen Tunnicliffe, IChemE's TCE-Today 25/2/11 - (link)
• Plastic Conductors - Expect the Unexpected by Laurie Donaldson, Materials Today 14/2/11 (Feb 11 print edition) - (link)
• Tunable Plastic Thermometers in ChemistryViews Magazine 14/12/10 - (link)
• How I learned to stop worrying and love YouTube by Adam Micolich, University World News 30/11/08 - (link)
• Video link to creative lectures by Adam Micolich, The Australian - Higher Education Supplement 22/10/08 - (link)
• ND game by Adam Micolich, New Scientist - Last Word 22/10/08 - (link)
• In the Hands of a Master by Alison Abbott, Nature - News Feature 9/2/06 - (link)
• Quantum Point Contacts - Pinning down the last spin by Klaus Ensslin, Nature Physics - News and Views 9/06 - (link)

Recent Research Funding

• Electron Transport in Semiconductor Nanowire Devices - Setting Two Top Nanoelectronics Problems on the Straight and Narrow, A.P.Micolich (UNSW), H. Linke (Lund) & L. Samuelson (Lund), ARC Discovery - $400k for 2011-2013
• Self-assembled Semiconductor Nanowires: A New Platform for Spintronic Devices, A.P.Micolich (UNSW), ARC Future Fellowships - $686k for 2010-2013
• Nanospintronics - Spin Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures, A.P.Micolich (UNSW), U. Zülicke (Massey U.) & A.D. Wieck (Bochum), ARC Discovery - $380k for 2008-2010
• Engineering ultra-low disorder semiconductor quantum nanostructures, A.P. Micolich (UNSW), A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), U. Zülicke (Massey U.), R.P. Taylor (U. Oregon) & Y. Hirayama (NTT Basic Research Labs, Japan), ARC Discovery - $1,310k for 2007-2012
• Upgrading Australia's highest magnetic field facility for high speed measurements of quantum devices at cryogenic temperatures, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), O.V. Klochan (UNSW), T. P. Martin (UNSW), L.J. Taskinen (UNSW), ARC LIEF - $100k for 2009
• Nanoscale Electronic Devices: Bringing sample design, fabrication, test and theory together, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), T.P. Martin (UNSW), M. Pepper (U. Cambridge), A.D. Wieck (Bochum), M. Governale (Bochum), R.P. Taylor (U. Oregon) and U. Zülicke (Massey U.), ARC Linkage International - $81k for 2008-2010
• Vector Magnetic Field Facility for Nanoscale Spintronic Materials and Device Research, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), A. Fuhrer (UNSW), T. P. Martin (UNSW), P.C. Dastoor (U. Newc.), U.K. Divakar (UQ) and B.J. Powell (UQ), ARC LIEF - $440k for 2008
• Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network, C. Jagadish (ANU), L. Faraone (UWA), P. Mulvaney (U. Melb), A.P. Micolich (UNSW) + 46 other authors, ARC Research Networks - $1,900k for 2004-2009

Teaching (Adam is on an ARC Future Fellowship, and not lecturing 2010 - 2013)

• PHYS3040,3070, 3110, 3120 Experimental Physics A1,A2,B1,B2, Session 1 2012


• PHYS3080 Solid State Physics, Session 1 2009
• PHYS2040 Quantum Physics, Session 1 2009
• PHYS2060 Thermal Physics, Session 2 2008
• PHYS3040,3070, 3110, 3120 Experimental Physics A1,A2,B1,B2, Session 2 2008
• NANO3003 Nanotechnology 3, Session 2 2008

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