Professor Peter Battle

Professor Peter Battle teaches inorganic chemistry. His research interests centre on the electrical and magnetic properties of metal oxides and nitrides. He is currently interested in the phenomenon of colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) in which the electrical resistance of a material drops dramatically (~99 %) when it is placed in a magnetic field. This has potential applications in data storage technology. Professor Battle aims to design and synthesize new compounds (often oxides of manganese) in which this property is optimized, and to characterise their behaviour using a variety of experimental techniques, including X-ray and neutron diffraction in addition to electrical conductivity and magnetic measurements. More details can be found here.