Staff profile

Teaching 

Current

Undergraduate:

• PHYS2641 Laboratory Skills and Electronics: Level 2 Bridge Projects
• PHYS3711/4271 Condensed Matter Physics 3/4: Symmetry, Structure and Excitations
• PHYS3581 Team Projects
• PHYS3701 BSc Projects
• PHYS4213 MPhys Projects

Postgraduate

• Symmetry and Group Theory in Physics and Chemistry
• Data Analysis (ReNU CDT)
• Structure and Spectroscopies (ReNU CDT)

Previous 

Undergraduate:

• PHYS4151 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics: Low Dimensional Solids (2010-2017)
• PHYS3641 Advanced Physics 3: Optical Properties of Solids (2015-2017)
• PHYS3601 Laboratory Project: Condensed Matter Physics (2010-2017)
• PHYS2531 Thermal and Condensed Matter Physics: Electrons in Solids (2008-2012)
• PHYS2551 Laboratory Skills and Practice (2002-2010)
• PHYS3561 General Problems (2003-2007)
• PHYS1122 Foundations of Physics I: Electricity and Magnetism (2003-2007)

Postgraduate:

• Image Analysis (2011-2016)
• Physics at Surfaces (2003-2010)

Administration

• Level 1 Course Director (2019-)
• Member of SSCC (2019-)
• Member of Education Committee (2019-)
• Level 3 Laboratory Leader (2012-2017)
• Member of Laboratories Committee (2012-2017)
• Chair Level 3 Examination Papers Committee (2015-2017)
• Member of Level 2 Examination Paper Committee (2014)
• Undergraduate Admissions Selector (2015-2017)

Research interests

My group researches the growth, modification, and characterisation of low-dimensional (nanometre scale) structures. Experimental techiques such as scanned probe microscopy, low energy electron diffraction, electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy are combined with ab-initio and semi-empirical computation in order to understand the behaviour of two-dimensional layers (such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides), nanoparticulates and nanotubes and how their properties can be modified in a controlled fashion for use in electronic devices, energy generation and storage.

Book review

• Hunt, M., & Siller, L. (2015). An insidious and ubiquitous menace. Physics world, 28(9), 40-41. https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/28/9/38

Chapter in book

• Mirzaeian, M., Abbas, Q., Hunt, M. R., Galeyeva, A., & Raza, R. (2021). Na-Ion Batteries. In Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-815732-9.00052-8
• Abbas, Q., Mirzaeian, M., & Hunt, M. R. (2020). Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries. In Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.12115-0
• Butenko, Y., Šiller, L., & Hunt, M. R. (2014). Carbon Onions. In Y. Gogotsi, & V. Presser (Eds.), Carbon Nanomaterials (279-302). (2nd ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b15591-11
• Butenko, Y. V., Šiller, L., & Hunt, M. (2010). Carbon Onions. In K. Sattler (Ed.), Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters and Fullerenes (1-18). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420075557-39

Conference Paper

• Mekki, M. B., & Hunt, M. R. C. Linear vs. Non-linear Behaviour in Ion Irradiation Nanostructuring of Nickel and Silicon Surfaces
• Williams, R., Sukumaran, S., Abbas, Q., & Hunt, M. (2022, October). Few-Layer Graphene As an Electrode, Electrode Additive and an Interfacial Layer in Aqueous Supercapacitors

Journal Article

• Xiong, F., Wang, J., Dickman, N., Liu, Y., Hunt, M. R., & Šiller, L. (2025). Synthesis and characterization of ammonia strengthened and ambient dried N-doped hydrophilic graphene aerogel with good electrical conductivity. Vacuum, 232, Article 113846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vacuum.2024.113846
• Williams, R., Sukumaran, S., Abbas, Q., & Hunt, M. (2023). Few-layer graphene as an ‘active’ conductive additive for flexible aqueous supercapacitor electrodes. Carbon, 218, Article 118744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118744
• Abbas, Q., Mirzaeian, M., Hunt, M. R., Hall, P., & Raza, R. (2020). Current State and Future Prospects for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems. Energies, 13(21), Article 5847. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13215847
• Talmantaite, A., Hunt, M., & Mendis, B. (2020). Electron Compton scattering and the measurement of electron momentum distributions in solids. Journal of Microscopy, 279(3), 185-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12854
• Lu, J., Wang, J., Hassan, K. T., Talmantaite, A., Xiao, Z., Hunt, M. R., & Šiller, L. (2020). Morphology control of nickel nanoparticles prepared in situ within silica aerogels produced by novel ambient pressure drying. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 11743. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68510-4
• Han, X., Hassan, K. T., Harvey, A., Kulijer, D., Oila, A., Hunt, M. R., & Siller, L. (2018). Bioinspired Synthesis of Monolithic and Layered Aerogels. Advanced Materials, 30(23), Article 1706294. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706294
• Wang, J., Zhang, H., Hunt, M., Charles, A., Tang, J., Bretcanu, O., Walker, D., Hassan, K., Sun, Y., & Siller, L. (2017). Synthesis and Characterisation of Reduced Graphene Oxide/Bismuth Composite for Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices. ChemSusChem, 10(2), 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201601553
• Siller, L., Piticharoenphun, S., Lemloh, M., Horrocks, B., Kaulich, B., Gianoncelli, A., Hunt, M., Brummer, F., & Medakovic, D. (2016). Sulphur-Containing Compounds as a Response in Sea Urchins Exposed to Alkylated Silicon Nanocrystals and SiO2-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Key Engineering Materials, 672, 312-327. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/kem.672.312
• Wells, G., Hunt, M., Hopf, T., Vassilevski, K., Escobedo-Cousin, E., Horsfall, A., Goss, J., & O'Neill, A. (2015). Facile technique for the removal of metal contamination from graphene. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 33(5), Article 051802. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4928422
• Hopf, T., Vassilevski, K., Escobedo-Cousin, E., King, P., Wright, N., O'Neill, A., Horsfall, A., Goss, J., Wells, G., & Hunt, M. (2015). Electrical characterization of epitaxial graphene field-effect transistors with high-k Al2O3 gate dieletric fabricated on SiC substrates. Materials Science Forum, 821-823, 937-940. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.821-823.937
• Wells, G., Hopf, T., Vassilevski, K., Escobedo-Cousin, E., Wright, N., Horsfall, A., Goss, J., O'Neill, A., & Hunt, M. (2014). Determination of the adhesion energy of graphene on SiC(0001) via measurement of pleat defects. Applied Physics Letters, 105(19), Article 193109. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901941
• Hopf, T., Vassilevski, K., Escobedo-Cousin, E., King, P., Wright, N., O'Neill, A., Horsfall, A., Goss, J., Wells, G., & Hunt, M. (2014). Dirac point and transconductance of top-gated graphene field-effect transistors operating at elevated temperature. Journal of Applied Physics, 116(15), Article 154504. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898562
• Hopf, T., Vassilevski, K., Escobedo-Cousin, E., Wright, N., O'Neill, A. G., Horsfall, A., Goss, J. P., Barlow, A., Wells, G., & Hunt, M. (2014). Optimizing the Vacuum Growth of Epitaxial Graphene on 6H-SiC. Materials Science Forum, 778-780, 1154-1157. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.778-780.1154
• Krishnamurthy, S., Butenko, Y. V., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Siller, L. (2013). In situ formation of onion-like carbon from the evaporation of ultra-dispersed nanodiamonds. Carbon, 52, 145-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2012.09.015
• Hunt, M., & Clark, S. (2012). Extraordinarily Long-Ranged Structural Relaxation in Defective Achiral Carbon Nanotubes. Physical Review Letters, 109(26), Article 265502. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.109.265502
• Coxon, P., Newman, M., Hunt, M., O'Farrell, N., Horrocks, B., Poolton, N., & Siller, L. (2012). DNA-modified silicon nanocrystals studied by X-ray luminescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopies: Observation of a strong infra-red luminescence band. Journal of Applied Physics, 111(5), Article 054311. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3691600
• Macovez, R., Hunt, M., Goldoni, A., Pedio, M., & Rudolf, P. (2011). Surface Hubbard U of alkali fullerides. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 183(1-3), 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2010.07.006
• Siller, L., Krishnamurthy, S., Kjeldgaard, L., Horrocks, B., Chao, Y., Houlton, A., Chakraborty, A., & Hunt, M. (2009). Core and valence exciton formation in x-ray absorption, x-ray emission and x-ray excited optical luminescence from passivated Si nanocrystals at the Si L-2,L-3 edge. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 21(9), Article 095005. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/21/9/095005
• Macovez, R., Hunt, M., Shan, J., Goldoni, A., Pichler, T., Pedio, M., Moras, P., Castellarin-Cudia, C., Schiessling, J., Venema, L., & Rudolf, P. (2009). Metal-to-insulator transition in thin-film polymeric AC(60). New Journal of Physics, 11(2), Article 023035. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023035
• Siller, L., Alves, L., Brieva, A., Butenko, Y., & Hunt, M. (2009). Gold Nitride: Preparation and Properties. Topics in Catalysis, 52(11), 1604-1610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-009-9281-6
• Hunt, M. R. (2008). Surface and bulk components in angle-resolved core-level photoemission spectroscopy of graphite. Physical review B, 78(15), Article 153408. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.78.153408
• Butenko, Y. V., Chakraborty, A., Peltekis, N., Krishnamurthy, S., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Siller, L. (2008). Potassium intercalation of carbon onions 'opened' by carbon dioxide treatment. Carbon, 46(8), 1133-1140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2008.04.012
• Chakraborty, A., Wooley, R., Butenko, Y. V., Siller, L., & Hunt, M. (2007). A photoelectron spectroscopy study of ion-irradiation induced defects in single-wall carbon nanotubes. Carbon, 45, 2744-2750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2007.09.036
• Knaapila, M., Torkkeli, M., Lyons, B., Hunt, M., Hase, T., Seeck, O., Bouchenoire, L., Serimaa, R., & Monkman, A. (2006). Influence of star-like iridium complexes in the graphoepitaxy of polyfluorene thin films. Physical review B, 74, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.74.214203
• Chakraborty, A. K., Jacobs, J., Anderson, C., Roberts, C., & Hunt, M. R. (2006). Chemical vapor deposition growth of carbon nanotubes on Si substrates using Fe catalyst: What happens at the nanotube/Fe/Si interface. Journal of Applied Physics, 100(8), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2360774
• Chao, Y., Houlton, A., Horrocks, B., Hunt, M., Poolton, N., Yang, J., & Siller, L. (2006). Optical luminescence from alkyl-passivated Si nanocrystals under vacuum ultraviolet excitation: Origin and temperature dependence of the blue and orange emissions. Applied Physics Letters, 88(26), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2216911
• Bera, M., Chakraborty, S., Das, R., Dalapati, G., Chattopadhyay, S., Samanta, S., Yoo, W., Chakraborty, A., Butenko, Y., Siller, L., Hunt, M., Saha, S., & Maiti, C. (2006). Rapid thermal oxidation of Ge-rich Si1-xGex heterolayers. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 24(1), 84-90
• Chao, Y., Krishnamurthy, S., Montalti, M., Lie, L., Houlton, A., Horrocks, B., Kjeldgaard, L., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Šiller, L. (2005). Reactions and luminescence in passivated Si nanocrystallites induced by vacuum ultraviolet and soft-x-ray photons. Journal of Applied Physics, 98(4), Article 044316. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2012511
• Šiller, L., Peltekis, N., Krishnamurthy, S., Chao, Y., Bull, S., & Hunt, M. (2005). Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold. Applied Physics Letters, 86(22), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1941471
• Butenko, Y. V., Krishnamurthy, S., Chakraborty, A., Kuznetsov, V., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Šiller, L. (2005). Photoemission study of onionlike carbons produced by annealing nanodiamonds. Physical Review B, 71, 075420-
• Krishnamurthy, S., Montalti, M., Wardle, M., Shaw, M., Briddon, P., Svensson, K., Hunt, M., & Šiller, L. (2004). Nitrogen ion irradiation of Au(110) : Photoemission spectroscopy and possible crystal structures of gold nitride. Physical review B, 70(4), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.70.045414
• Montalti, M., Krishnamurthy, S., Chao, Y., Butenko, Y., Kuznetsov, V., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Šiller, L. (2003). Photoemission spectroscopy of clean and potassium-intercalated carbon onions. Physical review B, 67(11), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.67.113401
• Butcher, M., Nolan, J., Hunt, M., Beton, P., Dunsch, L., Kuran, P., Georgi, P., & Dennis, T. (2003). Adsorption and manipulation of endohedral and higher fullerenes on Si(100)-2×1. Physical Review B, 67, 125413-
• Hunt, M., Pichler, T., Šiller, L., Brühwiler, P., Golden, M., Tagmatarchis, N., Prassides, K., & Rudolf, P. (2002). Final-state interference effects in valence band photoemission of (C₅₉N)₂. Physical review B, 66(19), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.66.193404
• Chao, Y., Svensson, K., Radosavkić, D., Dhanak, V., Hunt, M., & Šiller, L. (2002). Photoemission spectroscopy of the evolution of In-terminated InP(100)-(2×4) as a function of temperature: Surface- and cluster-related In 4d lines. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 66(7), Article 075323. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.66.075323
• Siller, L., Hunt, M., Brown, J., Coquel, J., & Rudolf, P. (2002). Nitrogen Ion Irradiation Of Au(110): Formation Of Gold Nitride. Surface Science, 513, 78-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0039-6028%2802%2901150-0
• Hunt, M. R., Montalti, M., Chao, Y., Krishnamurthy, S., Dhanak, V. R., & Šiller, L. (2002). Thermally induced decomposition of single-wall carbon nanotubes adsorbed on H/Si(111). Applied Physics Letters, 81(25), 4847-4849. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1530747
• Butcher, M., Nolan, J., Hunt, M., Beton, P., Dunsch, L., Kuran, P., Georgi, P., & Dennis, T. (2001). Orientationally ordered island growth of higher fullerenes on Ag/Si(111)-(3×3)R30°. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 64(19), Article 195401. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.64.195401
• Chao, Y., Svensson, K., Radosavkić, D., Dhanak, V., Šiller, L., & Hunt, M. (2001). Photoemission study of chemisorption of C₆₀ on InP(100). Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 64(23), Article 235331. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.64.235331
• Pichler, T., Hu, Z., Grazioli, C., Legner, S., Knupfer, M., Golden, M., Fink, J., de Groot, F., Hunt, M., Rudolf, P., Follath, R., Jung, C., Kjeldgaard, L., Brühwiler, P., Inakuma, M., & Shinohara, H. (2000). Proof for trivalent Sc ions in Sc₂\@C₈₄ from high-energy spectroscopy. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 62(19), 13196-13201. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.62.13196
• Hunt, M. R., Schmidt, J., & Palmer, R. E. (1999). Electron-beam-induced fragmentation in ultrathin C₆₀ films on Si(100)-2×1-H: Mechanisms of cage destruction. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 60(8), 5927-5937. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.60.5927
• Coquel, J.-M., Hunt, M. R., Siller, L., Palmer, ,., & Richard, E. (1998). Electron-stimulated reaction of C₆₀ with a model etching gas, SF₆. Journal of Applied Physics, 84, 4603-4610
• Hunt, M. R., Schmidt, J., & Palmer, R. E. (1998). Electron-beam damage of C₆₀ films on hydrogen-passivated Si(100). Applied Physics Letters, 72, 323-325. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.120725
• Hunt, M., & Palmer, R. (1998). The development of metallic behaviour in clusters on surfaces. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 356, 231-
• Hunt, M. R., Rudolf, P., & Modesti, S. (1997). Localization of substrate-induced modification in the electronic structureof C₆₀sat fullerene-metal interfaces. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 55, 7882-7888. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.55.7882
• Hunt, M. R., Rudolf, P., & Modesti, S. (1997). Photoemission and electron-energy-loss-spectroscopy study of C₆₀ monolayers adsorbed on Cs-precovered Au(110) and of bulk distilled CsxC₆₀. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 55, 7889-7903. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.55.7889
• Schmidt, J., Hunt, M., Miao, P., & Palmer, R. (1997). Film growth and surface reactions of C₆₀ on Si(100)H(2×1). Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 56, 9918-9924. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.56.9918
• Hunt, M. (1996). Temperature Dependence Of The Electronic And Vibrational Excitations Of C-60 Adsorbed On Si(100)-2x1. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 8, L229-L235. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/8/14/002
• Hunt, M., Durston, P., & Palmer, R. (1996). Electronic And Geometric Structure Of Cs On Graphite (0001). Surface Science, 364, 266-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028%2896%2900629-2
• Li, Z., Hunt, M., & Palmer, R. (1996). Growth And Electronic Excitations Of Cs/c-60 Layered Structures On Graphite. Surface Science, 352, 442-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028%2895%2901177-3
• Hunt, M., & Palmer, R. (1996). The Structural And Vibrational Properties Of C-60 Adsorbed On The Graphite(0001) Surface. Surface Review and Letters, 3, 937-942
• Hunt, M., Modesti, S., Rudolf, P., & Palmer, R. (1995). Charge transfer and structure in C₆₀ adsorption on metal surfaces. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 51, 10039-10047. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.51.10039
• Barnard, J., Hock, K., Siller, L., Hunt, M., Wendelken, J., & Palmer, R. (1993). New Resonances In High-resolution Eels Of Adsorbed Molecules - Electronic Excitation Of Physisorbed O-2. Surface Science, 291, 139-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/0039-6028%2893%2991485-8