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Overview

Matt Littlehales

PGR Student

Affiliations
Affiliation
PGR Student in the Department of Physics

Research interests

  • Magnetic Skyrmions
  • Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering
  • Small Angle Neutron Scattering
  • X-ray Holography

Publications

Journal Article

  • Deterministic control of nanomagnetic spiral trajectories using an electric field
    Moody, S. H., Littlehales, M. T., Mayoh, D. A., Balakrishnan, G., Alba Venero, D., Hatton, P. D., & White, J. S. (2025). Deterministic control of nanomagnetic spiral trajectories using an electric field. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 5269. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60288-1
  • Spin density waves and ground state helices in EuGa2.4Al1.6
    Littlehales, M. T., Moody, S. H., Bereciartua, P. J., Mayoh, D. A., Parkin, Z. B., Blundell, T. J., Unsworth, E., Francoual, S., Balakrishnan, G., Alba Venero, D., & Hatton, P. D. (2024). Spin density waves and ground state helices in EuGa2.4Al1.6. Physical Review Research, 6(3), Article L032015. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.6.l032015
  • Demonstration of Controlled Skyrmion Injection Across a Thickness Step
    Littlehales, M. T., Moody, S. H., Turnbull, L. A., Huddart, B. M., Brereton, B. A., Balakrishnan, G., Fan, R., Steadman, P., Hatton, P. D., & Wilson, M. N. (2024). Demonstration of Controlled Skyrmion Injection Across a Thickness Step. Nano Letters, 24(22), 6813-6820. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01605
  • Enhanced skyrmion metastability under applied strain in FeGe
    Littlehales, M., Turnbull, L., Wilson, M., Birch, M., Popescu, H., Jaouen, N., Verezhak, J., Balakrishnan, G., & Hatton, P. (2022). Enhanced skyrmion metastability under applied strain in FeGe. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 106(21), Article 214434. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.214434
  • X-ray holographic imaging of magnetic surface spirals in FeGe lamellae
    Turnbull, L., Littlehales, M., Wilson, M., Birch, M., Popescu, H., Jaouen, N., Verezhak, J., Balakrishnan, G., & Hatton, P. (2022). X-ray holographic imaging of magnetic surface spirals in FeGe lamellae. Physical Review B, 106(6), Article 064422. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.064422