Irina Grigorieva (academic)

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Irina Grigorieva
Alma materInstitute of Solid State Physics (Russia)
SpouseAndre Geim
AwardsInstitute of Physics David Tabor Prize (2019)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Bristol

Irina Grigorieva, Lady Geim is a Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and the Applications of Graphene. She was awarded the 2019 David Tabor Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics and was elected as a Fellow of the Institute.

Early life and education

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Grigorieva was born in Russia. She studied physics at the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia and earned her PhD in 1989.[1][2]

Research and career

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In 1990, Grigorieva moved to Nottingham with her husband Andre Geim.[3] She visited the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Imperial College London to deliver seminars on her PhD research.[3] Eventually, she joined the University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher.[2] She moved to Nijmegen where she worked as a laboratory assistant.[4]

Grigorieva suggested to Geim that he use a frog to demonstrate magnetic levitation, for which Geim won the Ig Nobel Prize.[5]

She joined the University of Manchester in 2001, where she works in the Condensed Matter Physics group.[1][6] When she joined the group, she started studying the adhesive mechanisms of the feet of gecko lizards.[7] In 2003, she created a gecko-like adhesive that is self-cleaning and re-attachable.[7] Grigorieva is a member of the Graphene Council.[8]

Grigorieva is a Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and the Applications of Graphene.[9] She works on the electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional materials. She is interested in superconducting materials and the application of graphene in spintronics. In 2013, she was the first to demonstrate that graphene could be magnetic through the use of non-magnetic atoms and vacancies.[10][11][12] Defects in graphene carry Spin-½ magnetic moments.[13]

In 2015, she demonstrated that it is possible to switch the magnetism in graphene on and off.[14][15][16] She created small bubbles out of graphene and showed that they can withstand pressures of 200 megapascals, which is greater that in the deep ocean.[17] To measure the pressure inside a graphene bubble, they used atomic force microscopy and a monolayer of boron nitride.[18]

Grigorieva used graphene as a filter to remove subatomic particles, including taking protons from heavy water.[19] This includes removing deuterium for the cleaning of nuclear waste.[19]

Awards and honours

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Personal life

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Grigorieva and husband, physicist Sir Andre Geim, have a daughter.[21] She serves on the Board of Governors of Withington Girls' School.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Prof Irina Grigorieva | The University of Manchester". www.research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Irina Grigorieva | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The godfather of graphene". The Economist. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ Clegg, Brian (5 July 2018). The Graphene Revolution: The weird science of the ultra-thin. Icon Books. ISBN 9781785783777.
  5. ^ says, Clive Richardson (28 May 2015). "Secret of Scientific Creativity revealed by Andre Geim". Science Museum Blog. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Irina Grigorieva (The University of Manchester)". www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b Administrator, System (2 June 2003). "Spiderman comes to Manchester". The Engineer. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Graphene Updates - The Graphene Council". thegraphenecouncil.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Professor Irina Grigorieva awarded the 2019 David Tabor medal and prize". Professor Irina Grigorieva awarded the 2019 David Tabor medal and prize. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Graphene Turned Magnetic by University of Manchester Researchers". SciTechDaily. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  11. ^ Sepioni, M.; Nair, R. R.; Rablen, S.; Narayanan, J.; Tuna, F.; Winpenny, R.; Geim, A. K.; Grigorieva, I. V. (12 November 2010). "Limits on Intrinsic Magnetism in Graphene". Physical Review Letters. 105 (20): 207205. arXiv:1007.0423. Bibcode:2010PhRvL.105t7205S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.207205. PMID 21231263. S2CID 17052481.
  12. ^ Nair, R. R.; Sepioni, M.; Tsai, I-Ling; Lehtinen, O.; Keinonen, J.; Krasheninnikov, A. V.; Thomson, T.; Geim, A. K.; Grigorieva, I. V. (10 January 2012). "Spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects". Nature Physics. 8 (3): 199–202. arXiv:1111.3775. Bibcode:2012NatPh...8..199N. doi:10.1038/nphys2183. ISSN 1745-2473. S2CID 51820492.
  13. ^ "Graphene magnetism: Defects are not enough". Nature Nanotechnology: 1. 6 February 2012. doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.16. ISSN 1748-3395.
  14. ^ Admin (26 August 2015). "Graphene magnetic sensor more sensitive than silicon". Environmental Engineering News Online. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  15. ^ "'Holy grail of spintronics': Manchester scientist discovers graphene can be made magnetic at flick of switch | Mancunian Matters". mancunianmatters.co.uk. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Manchester scientists find remarkable magnetic property of graphene". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  17. ^ authors, Guest (15 September 2016). "Dawn of the Age of 2D Materials". Science and Industry Museum blog. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  18. ^ "Graphene balloons don't burst under pressure". Materials Today. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  19. ^ a b Admin (13 January 2016). "New use discovered for graphene". Laboratory News. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  20. ^ "David Tabor medal recipients". iop.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  21. ^ "'I'm an alien among my own, and on my own among aliens' says 'father of graphene'". The Independent. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  22. ^ "Governors". Withington Girls' School. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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