Details of Grant 

EPSRC Reference:	GR/R73621/01
Title:	Micromagnetometry of Mesoscopic Superconducting and Hybrid Systems
Principal Investigator:	Geim, Professor A
Other Investigators:	Grigorieva, Professor I
Researcher Co-Investigators:	Professor V Falko Professor M Henini Professor C Lambert
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Department:	Physics and Astronomy
Organisation:	University of Manchester, The
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	27 February 2003	Ends:	26 August 2006	Value (£):	374,298
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Electronics
Related Grants:	GR/R73638/01
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Summary on Grant Application Form
The proposed project is a joint effort of two groups (experimental and theoretical) to launch an internationally leading research programme on thermodynamic properties of submicron and nanometer-sized systems. The project will allow Manchester's group to establish a unique micromagnetization measurement technique based on submicron ballistic Hall probes. The technique has been developed by the applicants for studies of individual mesoscopic superconductors and enabled them to gain rapidly a forefront position in this research area. The existing micromagnetometry se up had to be abandoned by the applicants due to their recent relocation from Holland. The new set-up will be employed for investigation of mesoscopi( structures and devices with particular emphasis on new systems and those that have caused a significant controversy and where magnetization studie are likely to offer new insights. The Lancaster Theory group will provide theoretical insights and support the experiments by numerical simulations of thermodynamic and transport properties of hybrid mesoscopic systems. We plan to study the influence of geometry and topology on mesoscopic superconductivity, flux dynamics and possible quantum tunnelling in submicrc superconductors and hybrid systems, magnetic behaviour of normal-superconducting and ferromagnetic-superconducting hybrids and search for new phenomena in high-temperature and unconventional superconducting materials.
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