Curriculum Vitae

Publication List

Selected Recent Publications - 2005-2009

• The interplay between one-dimensional confinement and two-dimensional crystallographic anisotropy effects in ballistic hole quantum wires, O. Klochan, A.P. Micolich, L.H. Ho, A.R. Hamilton, K. Muraki and Y. Hirayama New Journal of Physics 11, 043018 (2009) (pdf)
• The Latent Potential of YouTube - Will it become the 21st Century Lecturer's Film Archive, A.P. Micolich, CAL-laborate October 2008 Issue (pdf)
• 0.7 Structure and zero bias anomaly in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, M.Y. Simmons, A.R. Hamilton, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Physical Review Letters 100, 016403 (2008) (pdf)
• Impact of long- and short-range disorder on the metallic behaviour of two-dimensional systems, W.R. Clarke, C.E. Yasin, A.R. Hamilton, A.P. Micolich, M.Y. Simmons, K. Muraki, Y. Hirayama, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Nature Physics 4, 55 (2007) (pdf)
• Superconductivity in Metal-mixed Ion-implanted Polymer Films, A.P. Micolich, E. Tavenner, B.J. Powell, A.R. Hamilton, M.T. Curry, R.E. Giedd and P. Meredith, Applied Physics Letters 89, 152503 (2006) (pdf)
• Reply to Jones-Smith and Mathur, R.P. Taylor, A.P. Micolich and D. Jonas, Nature 444, E10 (2006) (pdf)
• Ballistic transport in induced one-dimensional hole systems, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, R. Danneau, A.P. Micolich, L.-H. Ho, A.R. Hamilton, K. Muraki and Y. Hirayama, Applied Physics Letters 89, 092105 (2006) (pdf)
• Zeeman spin-splitting anisotropy in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.-H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D.A. Ritchie and U. Zülicke, Physical Review Letters 97, 026403 (2006) (pdf)
• Conductance quantization and the 0.7 x 2e2/h conductance anomaly in one-dimensional hole systems, R. Danneau, W.R. Clarke, O. Klochan, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Applied Physics Letters 88, 012107(2006) (pdf)
• Evolution of the bilayer nu=1 quantum Hall state under charge imbalance, W.R. Clarke, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, C.B. Hanna, J.R. Rodriguez, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Physical Review B - Rapid Comm. 71, 081304 (2005) (pdf)

Career Top 5 Papers

• Impact of long- and short-range disorder on the metallic behaviour of two-dimensional systems, W.R. Clarke, C.E. Yasin, A.R. Hamilton, A.P. Micolich, M.Y. Simmons, K. Muraki, Y. Hirayama, M. Pepper and D.A. Ritchie, Nature Physics 4, 55 (2007) (pdf)
• Zeeman spin-splitting anisotropy in ballistic hole quantum wires, R. Danneau, O. Klochan, W.R. Clarke, L.-H. Ho, A.P. Micolich, A.R. Hamilton, M.Y. Simmons, M. Pepper, D.A. Ritchie and U. Zülicke, Physical Review Letters 97, 026403 (2006) (pdf)
• The Evolution of Fractal Patterns during a Classical-Quantum Transition, A.P. Micolich, R.P. Taylor, A.G. Davies, J.P. Bird, R. Newbury, T.M. Fromhold, A. Ehlert, H. Linke, L.D. Macks, W.R. Tribe, E.H. Linfield, D.A. Ritchie, J. Cooper, Y. Aoyagi and P.B. Wilkinson, Physical Review Letters 87, 036802 (2001) (pdf)
• Fractal Analysis of Pollock's Drip Paintings, R.P. Taylor, A.P. Micolich and D. Jonas, Nature 399, 422 (1999) (pdf)
• Geometry-induced Fractal Behaviour in a Semiconductor Billiard, A.P. Micolich, R.P. Taylor, R. Newbury, J.P. Bird, R. Wirtz, C.P. Dettmann, Y. Aoyagi and T. Sugano, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 10, 1339 (1998) (pdf)

Media about my work

• How I learned to stop worrying and love YouTube by Adam Micolich, University World News 30/11/08 - (link)
• Video link to creative lectures by Adam Micolich, The Australian - Higher Education Supplement 22/10/08 - (link)
• ND game by Adam Micolich, New Scientist - Last Word 22/10/08 - (link)
• In the Hands of a Master by Alison Abbott, Nature - News Feature 9/2/06 - (link)
• Quantum Point Contacts - Pinning down the last spin by Klaus Ensslin, Nature Physics - News and Views 9/06 - (link)

Current Research Funding

• Nanospintronics - Spin Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures, A.P.Micolich (UNSW), U. Zülicke (Massey U.) & A.D. Wieck (Bochum), ARC Discovery - $380k for 2008-2010
• Engineering ultra-low disorder semiconductor quantum nanostructures, A.P. Micolich (UNSW), A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), U. Zülicke (Massey U.), R.P. Taylor (U. Oregon) & Y. Hirayama (NTT Basic Research Labs, Japan), ARC Discovery - $1,310k for 2007-2012
• Upgrading Australia's highest magnetic field facility for high speed measurements of quantum devices at cryogenic temperatures, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), O.V. Klochan (UNSW), T. P. Martin (UNSW), L.J. Taskinen (UNSW), ARC LIEF - $100k for 2009
• Nanoscale Electronic Devices: Bringing sample design, fabrication, test and theory together, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), T.P. Martin (UNSW), M. Pepper (U. Cambridge), A.D. Wieck (Bochum), M. Governale (Bochum), R.P. Taylor (U. Oregon) and U. Zülicke (Massey U.), ARC Linkage International - $81k for 2008-2010
• Vector Magnetic Field Facility for Nanoscale Spintronic Materials and Device Research, A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), R. Newbury (UNSW), A. Fuhrer (UNSW), T. P. Martin (UNSW), P.C. Dastoor (U. Newc.), U.K. Divakar (UQ) and B.J. Powell (UQ), ARC LIEF - $440k for 2008
• Integrated Surface Fabrication and Characterisation Laboratory, P.C. Dastoor (U. Newc.), J. O'Connor (U. Newc.), B.V. King (U. Newc.), A. McCluskey (U. Newc.), W.J. Belcher (U. Newc.), C.M. Stampfl (U. Syd.), J.R. Reimers (U. Syd.), A.R. Hamilton (UNSW), A.P. Micolich (UNSW), C.J. Fell (CSIRO), S.E. Watkins (CSIRO), M. Bown (CSIRO), A.P. Stampfl (ANSTO) and P.J. Evans (ANSTO), ARC LIEF - $750k for 2008
• Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network, C. Jagadish (ANU), L. Faraone (UWA), P. Mulvaney (U. Melb), A.P. Micolich (UNSW) + 46 other authors, ARC Research Networks - $1,900k for 2004-2009

Current Teaching

• PHYS3080 Solid State Physics, Session 1 2009
• PHYS2040 Quantum Physics, Session 1 2009
• PHYS2060 Thermal Physics, Session 2 2008
• PHYS3040,3070, 3110, 3120 Experimental Physics A1,A2,B1,B2, Session 2 2008
• NANO3003 Nanotechnology 3, Session 2 2008

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Contact Details

Office & Labs: OMB138B & OMB LG49, OMB LG51, Newton WG8/9

Mail Address

School of Physics
University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
Australia

E-mail Address

              mico@phys.unsw.edu.au

Phone Numbers

              9385-6132

Facsimile Number

              9385-6060