B Science (Hons), PhD
Professor, School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences
Contact details for Professor Evan Gray
Research Expertise
- Director, Nanoscale Science and Technology Centre
- Leader, Hydrogen Storage research stream, National Hydrogen Materials Alliance
- Member, International Energy Agency Task 22 collaboration on Hydrogen Storage
Research interests
- Nanostructured materials for hydrogen storage based on light elements (Li, B, C, N, Mg, Al)
- Exchange-bias materials for spintronics
- Spin-polarised materials for spintronics
- Sensors based on carbon nanotubes
- Carbon sequestration
Research techniques
- Neutron scattering techniques including powder diffraction, neutron Compton scattering
- X-ray powder diffraction using high-energy synchrotron x-rays
- High-pressure methods for determining uptake of hydrogen and other gases by materials
- Cryogenic magnetrometry
Current Teaching Areas
- Classical Physics
- Nuclear Physics
- Solid State Physics
- Nanoscale Properties of Materials
- Electricity and Magnetism
Publications
Selected recent publications:
- L.D. Cussen, E.MacA.Gray, A.P.Murani, S.J.Kennedy and B.A.Hunter, Europhysics Letters, 58, 243-249 (2002), "Long range atomic order in irradiated Cu80Mn20"
- M.P. Pitt and E.MacA. Gray, Europhys. Lett. 64, 344-350 (2003), "Tetrahedral occupancy in the Pd-D system observed by in situ neutron powder diffraction"
- K.G. McLennan and E. MacA. Gray, Meas. Sci. Technol. 15, 211-215 (2004), "Equation of state for deuterium gas to 1000 bar"
- T.P. Blach and E.MacA. Gray, Europhys. Lett. 65, 130-136 (2004), "MuSR study of graphite intercalation compounds as potential hydrogen absorbers."
- E.MacA. Gray, D.J. Cookson and T.P. Blach, J. Appl. Cryst. 39, 850-855 (2006). "X-ray diffraction cell for studying solid-gas reactions under gas pressures to 100 bar."
- E.MacA. Gray, Adv. Appl. Ceram. 106 25-28 (2007). "Hydrogen storage - status and prospects"
- T.P. Blach and E.MacA. Gray, J. Alloys Cmpnds (2007) available on-line. "Sieverts apparatus and methodology for accurate determination of hydrogen uptake by light-atom hosts."
- E.MacA. Gray, R.I. Smith and M.P. Pitt, J. Appl. Cryst. in press. "Time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction with a thick-walled sample cell."