John Paul Attfield was born on 1962 and is a Professor of Materials science in the School of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions.
10 Facts About Paul Attfield
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Paul Attfield was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry followed by a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1987 for his work on chemical crystallography supervised by Anthony Cheetham and Peter Battle.
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Paul Attfield was appointed a lecturer, and subsequently a Reader at the University of Cambridge from 1991 to 2003.
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Paul Attfield's research focuses on synthesis, structural studies, and property measurements for electronic materials such as transition metal oxides.
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Paul Attfield's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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Paul Attfield has made significant contributions to the study of the Verwey transition in magnetite, solving its charge ordering properties.
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Paul Attfield has made distinctive contributions to the experimental understanding of structure in the solid-state, in particular pioneering the use of resonant X-ray scattering to study cation and valence ordering effects and characterising charge-order in strongly correlated systems such as magnetite.
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Paul Attfield introduced the cation-size variance as a concept to rationalise and predict disorder effects, with a substantial impact on the study and preparation of technologically important materials.
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Paul Attfield has synthesised and characterised new materials with novel electronic properties, including high-Tc superconductivity, colossal magnetoresistance, and negative thermal expansion, including new developments in chemical synthesis.
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Paul Attfield was awarded the Meldola Medal and Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1991; the Corday-Morgan Medal of the RSC in 1998; and the Peter Day Award in 2013.