Irina Grigorieva (academic)

Irina Grigorieva is a Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and the Applications of Graphene. She was awarded the 2019 David Tabor Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics and was elected as a Fellow of the Institute.

This article is about the physics professor. For the footballer, see Irina Grigorieva (footballer).
Irina Grigorieva
Alma materInstitute of Solid State Physics (Russia)
Spouse(s)Andre Geim
AwardsInstitute of Physics David Tabor Prize (2019)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Manchester
University of Bristol

Early life and education

Grigorieva was born in Russia. She studied physics at the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia and earned her PhD in 1989.[1][2]

Research and career

In 1990 Grigorieva moved to Nottingham with her husband Andre Geim.[3] She visited the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and Imperial College London to deliver seminars on her PhD research.[4] Eventually, Gregorieva joined the University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher.[2] She moved to Nijmegen where she worked as a laboratory assistant.[5] Grigorieva suggested to Andre Geim that he used a frog to demonstrate magnetic levitation, for which Geim won the Ig Nobel Prize.[6]

She joined the University of Manchester in 2001, where she works in the Condensed Matter Physics group.[1][7] When she joined the group, she started studying the adhesive mechanisms of gecko's feet.[8] In 2003 she created a gecko-like adhesive that is self-cleaning and re-attachable.[8] Grigorieva is a member of the Graphene Council.[9] Grigorieva is a Professor of Physics at the University of Manchester and Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Centre for Doctoral Training in Science and the Applications of Graphene.[10] She works on the electronic and magnetic properties of two-dimensional materials. She is interested in superconducting materials and the application of graphene in spintronics. In 2013 was the first to demonstrate that graphene could be magnetic through the use of non-magnetic atoms and vacancies.[11][12][13] Defects in graphene carry Spin-½ magnetic moments.[14] In 2015 she demonstrated that it is possible to switch the magnetism in graphene on and off.[15][16][17] She created small bubbles out of graphene and showed that they can withstand pressures of 200 megapascals, which is greater that in the deep ocean.[18] To measure the pressure inside a graphene bubble, they used atomic force microscopy and a monolayer of boron nitride.[19]

Grigorieva used graphene as a filter to remove subatomic particles, including taking protons from heavy water.[20] This includes removing deuterium for the cleaning of nuclear waste.[21]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Grigorieva is married to the physicist Andre Geim, with whom she has a daughter.[23] She serves on the Board of Governors of Withington Girls' School.[24]

References
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  6. says, Clive Richardson. "Secret of Scientific Creativity revealed by Andre Geim". Science Museum Blog. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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  12. Sepioni, M.; Nair, R. R.; Rablen, S.; Narayanan, J.; Tuna, F.; Winpenny, R.; Geim, A. K.; Grigorieva, I. V. (2010-11-12). "Limits on Intrinsic Magnetism in Graphene". Physical Review Letters. 105 (20): 207205. arXiv:1007.0423. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.207205. PMID 21231263.
  13. Nair, R. R.; Sepioni, M.; Tsai, I-Ling; Lehtinen, O.; Keinonen, J.; Krasheninnikov, A. V.; Thomson, T.; Geim, A. K.; Grigorieva, I. V. (2012-01-10). "Spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects". Nature Physics. 8 (3): 199–202. arXiv:1111.3775. doi:10.1038/nphys2183. ISSN 1745-2473.
  14. "Graphene magnetism: Defects are not enough". Nature Nanotechnology. 2012-02-06. doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.16. ISSN 1748-3395.
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  20. Admin (2016-01-13). "New use discovered for graphene". Laboratory News. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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  23. "'I'm an alien among my own, and on my own among aliens' says 'father of graphene'". The Independent. 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  24. "Governors". Withington Girls' School. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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