Department of Physics

Physics Department Faculty

Paul M. Shand

Professor of Physics
e-mail: Paul.Shand@uni.edu

Dr. Paul M. Shand has been teaching introductory physics core courses for physics majors and minors. The courses are: Physics III : Theory and Simulation, Modern Physics, and Modern Physics Laboratory. He has also recently taught General Physics II, which is the second part of the algebra-based introductory physics sequence.Dr. Shand has also recently developed and taught a new course - Physics of Modern Materials.

Dr. Shand does experimental research in the area of magnetic materials. He has studied the fundamental magnetic properties of such materials as rare-earth-based nanostructured materials, diluted magnetic semiconductors, magnetites exhibiting colossal magnetoresistance, multilayered systems exhibiting giant magnetoresistance (GMR), and titanomagnetites. Currently, Dr. Shand is involved in a collaborative investigation of the structural and magnetic properties of disordered rare-earth nanostructured alloys. He is also involved in the fabrication and characterization of novel diluted magnetic semiconductors.

Recent Publications

J. L. Harris, P. M. Shand, L. V. Shapoval, A. Van Waardhuizen, and L. H. Strauss, “Magnetic properties of the II-V diluted semiconductor Cd,_1-x Mn_xSb,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 321, 1072–1076 (2009).

P. M. Shand, J. G. Bohnet, J. Goertzen, J. E. Shield, D. Schmitter, G. Shelburne, and D. L. Leslie-Pelecky, “Magnetic Properties of Melt-Spun Gadolinium” Physical Review B 77, 184415-1–11 (2008).

T. M. Pekarek, E. M. Watson, J. Garner, P. M. Shand, I. Miotkowski and A. K. Ramdas, “Nonlinear magnetization behavior near the spin-glass transition in the layered III-VI diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga_1-x Mn_xS,” Journal of Applied Physics 101, 09D511-1–3 (2007).

E. M. Levin and P. M. Shand, “Magnetic and electronic phase transformations in (Sm_0.65Sr_0.35)MnO₃ induced by temperature and magnetic field,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 311, 675-682 (2007).

P. M. Shand, C. Stark, D. S. Williams, M. A. Morales, T. M. Pekarek, and D. L. Leslie-Pelecky, "Spin Glass or Random Anisotropy?: The Origin of Magnetically Glassy Behavior in Nanostructured GdAl₂," Journal of Applied Physics 97, 10J505-1-3 (2005).