Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy

Paolo G. Radaelli has been appointed as the Dr Lee’s Professor of Experimental Philosophy. Following a Laurea degree at the Università degli Studia  di  Milano and a PhD at Illinois Institute of Technology, Professor Radaelli has held posts at the Argonne National Laboratory, CNRS Grenoble, the Institute Laue–Langevin and the ISIS Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. His main interest is the study of transition metal oxides displaying novel physical phenomena, such as high-temperature superconductivity, “colossal” magneto-resistance or multiferroics behaviour, with the potential of device applications.
  
Paolo is a keen sailor, having recently achieved the RYA Coastal Skipper Certificate, and tries to spend a few weeks every year sailing in the Solent and in the Mediterranean.  He is also an amateur pianist and continues to pursue his interest for music in a variety of ways.

Recent publications

• “Electric field switching of antiferromagnetic domains in YMn₂O₅: A probe of the multiferroic mechanism”, P.G. Radaelli, L.C. Chapon, Al. Daoud-Aladine et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, art.no. 067205 (2008).
• “Long-range order in the anisotropic triangular antiferromagnet α-NaMnO₂: frustration lifted by magneto-elastic coupling”, M. Giot L. C. Chapon, G. Androulakis, M. A. Green, C. M. Brown, P. G. Radaelli, and A. Lappas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 247211 (2007)
• “Charge order to remove orbital degeneracy in triangular antiferromagnet AgNiO₂”, E. Wawrzynska, R. Coldea, E. M. Wheeler, I. I. Mazin, M. D. Johannes, T. Sorgel, M. Jansen, R. M. Ibberson, and P. G. Radaelli, cond-mat/0705.0668  Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 157204 (2007).
• “Symmetry constraints on the electrical polarization in novel multiferroic materials”, P. G. Radaelli and L. C. Chapon, Physical Review B 76, 054428 (2007).
• “Understanding the insulating phase in CMR manganites: Shortening of the Jahn-Teller long-bond across the phase diagram of La_1-xCa_xMnO₃”, E. S. Bozin, M. Schmidt, A. J. DeConinck, T. Chatterji, P.G. Radaelli, Th. Proffen and S. J. L. Billinge., Phys.Rev. Lett., 98 (13): Art. No. 137203 (2007).   
• “The preparation and structures of hydrogen ordered phases of ice”, C. G. Salzmann, P. G. Radaelli, A. Hallbrucker, et al., Science 311, 1758 (2006).   
• “Ferroelectricity induced by acentric spin-density waves in YMn₂O₅ “, L. C. Chapon, P. G. Radaelli, G. R. Blake, et al., Physical Review Letters 96, art. no. 097601 (2006).