Materials Research Laboratory 2244
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
dshoemrl.ucsb.edu

I am currently enjoying the warm weather as a first-year graduate student in Materials at UCSB. I received my B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Illinois, and conducted research with Prof. David Payne. I am originally (and somewhat proudly) from Spartanburg, South Carolina. Feel free to read a bit about my interests or contact me using the information above. I'm looking forward to frequently updating this page as my research progresses, as well as with the inclusion of my undergraduate work.

I am investigating rapid, template-free processes which spontaneously convert single-phase ceramic monoliths into two-phase composites. Solid-state hydrogen reduction allows the creation of a unique class of intimately contacting, functional ferromagnetic / antiferromagnetic composites. Interfacial domain interaction in these materials impedes magnetic domain reversal, leading to an anisotropic magnetization effect known as exchange bias. I am also exploring the possibility of ferroelectric / ferromagnetic compositions.

Additionally, I am focusing on ceramics with coherent nanoscale inclusions. As an example, these materials may consist of an uninterrupted anion matrix which is dispersed with sub-100 nm regions where cation type, charge, and coordination may be different, yet epitaxial.

• FIZ Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
• SJSU Ellingham Diagram Web Project
• Cambridge DoITPoMS materials learning packages
• arXiv.org: Newest cond-mat abstracts
• SgInfo gateway
• Birbeck College SG diagrams and tables
• cctbx symmetry information
• WebElements
• Ionic radii

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