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Professor in the Department of Physics+44 (0) 191 33 43572

Biography

Responsibilities within department

Head of Condensed Matter Section

Teaching activity

Level 1: Modern Physics

Research interests

  • Programming and implementing first principle and empirical computer simulations for solid state, liquid and molecular systems.
  • Density functional perturbation theory.
  • First principles calculation of spectroscopic measurements.
  • Computer simulations of structural and vibrational properties.
  • Development of new techniques to calculate excited electronic states.
  • Large scale computer simulations using high performance computing.

Publications

Conference Paper

  • Numerical Investigation of Ultrafast interaction between THz Fields and Crystalline Materials
    Klarskov, P., Clark, S. J., & Jepsen, P. U. (2014, December). Numerical Investigation of Ultrafast interaction between THz Fields and Crystalline Materials. Presented at 2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), 345 E 47TH ST, NEW YORK, NY 10017 USA
  • Screened Exchange Calculations of Semiconductor Band Structures
    Gibson, M. C., Clark, S. J., Brand, S., & Abram, R. A. (2004, July). Screened Exchange Calculations of Semiconductor Band Structures. Presented at 27th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors : ICPS-27., Flagstaff, Arizona
  • Structural and electronic properties of HgTe quantum dots
    Clark, S., Wang, X., & Abram, R. (2005, December). Structural and electronic properties of HgTe quantum dots. Presented at Physics of Semiconductors, Pts A and B Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys; Natl Sci Fdn; AF Off Sci Res; Off Naval Res; Army Res Off; Defense Adv Res Project Agcy; European Off Aerosp Res Dev; Asian Off Aerosp Res \& Dev; Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab; Natl Inst St, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1NO1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA
  • First-principles calculations of 2x2 reconstructions of GaN surfaces
    Salinero, V., Gibson, M., Brand, S., Clark, S., & Abram, R. (2005, December). First-principles calculations of 2x2 reconstructions of GaN surfaces. Presented at Physics of Semiconductors, Pts A and B Int Union Pure \& Appl Phys; Natl Sci Fdn; AF Off Sci Res; Off Naval Res; Army Res Off; Defense Adv Res Project Agcy; European Off Aerosp Res Dev; Asian Off Aerosp Res \& Dev; Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab; Natl Inst St, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1NO1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA
  • Demonstrating the effectiveness of a nonlocal density functional description of exchange and correlation
    Rushton, P., & Clark, S. (2003, December). Demonstrating the effectiveness of a nonlocal density functional description of exchange and correlation. Presented at FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRON DENSITY, DENSITY MATRIX AND DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY IN ATOMS, MOLECULES AND THE SOLID STATE, PO BOX 17, 3300 AA DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS
  • Structure, dynamics and molecular properties of liquid crystals molecules and fragments from first principles computer simulations performed on Cray T3D
    Adam, C., Clark, S., & Crain, J. (1998, December). Structure, dynamics and molecular properties of liquid crystals molecules and fragments from first principles computer simulations performed on Cray T3D. Presented at LIQUID CRYSTALS: PHYSICS, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Mil Univ Technol, Inst Appl Phys, Warsaw, Poland; Mil Univ Technol, Inst Chem, Warsaw, Poland; State Comm Sci Res, Poland; Soc Photo Opt Instrumentat Engineers; Commiss European Communities, Directorat, 1000 20TH ST, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
  • Electronic structure calculations of liquid crystal molecules: Application to chiral solutes.
    Clark, S., Ackland, G., & Crain, J. (1998, December). Electronic structure calculations of liquid crystal molecules: Application to chiral solutes. Presented at LIQUID CRYSTALS: PHYSICS, TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Mil Univ Technol, Inst Appl Phys, Warsaw, Poland; Mil Univ Technol, Inst Chem, Warsaw, Poland; State Comm Sci Res, Poland; Soc Photo Opt Instrumentat Engineers; Commiss European Communities, Directorat, 1000 20TH ST, PO BOX 10, BELLINGHAM, WA 98227-0010 USA
  • Structural refinement and stability of silicon XII
    Maclean, J., Hatton, P., Crain, J., Piltz, R., & Clark, S. (1996, December). Structural refinement and stability of silicon XII. Presented at EUROPEAN POWDER DIFFRACTION: EPDIC IV, PTS 1 AND 2 Philips Anal X Ray; CLRC Daresbury Lab, BRANDRAIN 6, CH-8707 ZURICH-UETIKON, SWITZERLAND
  • Metastable Structures Of Tetrahedral Semiconductors
    Hatton, P., Crain, J., Ackland, G., Clark, S., & Piltz, R. (1994, December). Metastable Structures Of Tetrahedral Semiconductors. Presented at Joint Conference of the International-Association-for-Research-and-Advancement-of-High-Pressure-Science-and-Technology/American-Physical-Society-Topical-Group-on-Shock-Compression-of-Condensed-Matter, Colorado Springs

Journal Article

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