University of Tennessee Department of Physics & Astronomy Faculty | Dr. Norman Mannella




			Dr. Norman Mannella, Assistant Professor Condensed Matter Physics Office: 407-B Nielsen Physics Building Phone: 974-6123 e-mail: nmannell@utk.edu		[research interests] [brief vita] [for prospective students] [selected publications] [highlights in the press] [group page]



	Research Interests Physics of complex electron systems. Strongly correlated transition metal oxides (colossal magnetoresitive manganites, cuprate high temperature superconductors, cobalt oxides), Fe-based high temperature superconductors, binary oxides (VOx, V2O3, EuO, CrO). Physics of novel materials and novel materials characterization methodology. Materials for energy storage (cobaltates, delafossites, co-doped TiO2) and technological applications such as sensors, electronics, displays (transparent conducting oxides). Properties, growth and characterization of low dimensional materials, nanostructures, surfaces and interfaces in materials of technological relevance. Light - matter interaction and physics of the fundamental processes concerning the use and development of soft-x-ray spectroscopies techniques. High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), core level photoemission spectroscopy, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), soft x-ray emission spectroscopy (XES) and inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). Development of advanced scientific instrumentation for x-ray spectroscopies. Atomic, electronic, magnetic and orbital dynamics in complex electron systems. Sub-picoseconds temporal dynamics of different degrees of freedom in complex electron systems. Phase transitions. Brief Vita I obtained my Ph.D. in Physics in September 2003 from UC Davis (CA) with Prof. C. S. Fadley. Immediately after, I became a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (CA) with Prof. Z. X. Shen, with a joint appointment as a Visiting Scientist at the Advance Light Source (ALS) in Berkeley (CA) in the User Support System Group of Dr. Z. Hussain. In October 2006, I obtained a joint position as Research Associate at Stanford University in Prof. Z. X. Shen's group and Beamline Scientist at the ALS in the User Support System Group of Dr. Z. Hussain. I became an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department at UTK in August 2007. For a full CV, including full publications record, go here. For Prospective Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows Our group is composed of two postdoctoral researchers (Dr. Cheney and Dr. Vilmercati) and one undergraduate student (E. Martin). A couple of positions are immediately available for highly motivated graduate students who are interested in the study of novel materials and complex electron systems with soft x-ray spectroscopies. If interested, please e-mail (nmannell@utk.edu) or call me in the office (4-6123). A description of our research activities and ongoing projects may be found here. Selected Publications X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Ba(Fe_1-XCo_x)₂As₂ Superconductors: Electronic Structure, Orbital Symmetry and Bonding Topology C. Parks Cheney, F. Bondino, T. A. Callcott, P. Vilmercati, D. Ederer, F. Parmigiani, W. L. Yang, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, R. Jin, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, D. J. Singh, J. W. Freeland, and N. Mannella Phys. Rev. B 81, 104518 (2010) Universal versus Material-Dependent Two-Gap Behaviors of the High-T_c Cuprate Superconductors: Angle-Resolved Photoemission Study of La_2-xSr_xCuO₄ T. Yoshida, M. Hashimoto, S. Ideta, A. Fujimori, K. Tanaka, N. Mannella, Z. Hussain, Z.-X. Shen, M. Kubota, K. Ono, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, H. Eisaki, and S. Uchida Physical Review Letters 103, 037004 (2009) Evidence for three-dimensional Fermi-surface topology of the layered electron-doped iron superconductor Ba(Fe_1-xCo_x)₂As₂ P. Vilmercati, A. Fedorov, I. Vobornik, U. Manju, G. Panaccione, A. Goldoni, A. S. Sefat, M. A. McGuire, B. C. Sales, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, D. J. Singh, and N. Mannella Physical Review B 79, 220503(R) (2009) Energy gaps in the failed high-Tc superconductor La_1.875Ba_0.125CuO₄ Rui-Hua He, Kiyohisa Tanaka, Sung-Kwan Mo, Takao Sasagawa, Masaki Fujita, Tadashi Adachi, Norman Mannella, Kazuyoshi Yamada, Yoji Koike, Zahid Hussain and Zhi-Xun Shen Nature Physics 5, 119 (2009) Evidence for Strong Itinerant Spin Fluctuations in the Normal State of CeFeAsO_0.89F_0.11 Iron-Oxypnictide Superconductors F. Bondino, E. Magnano, M. Malvestuto, F. Parmigiani, M. A. McGuire, A. S. Sefat, B. C. Sales, R. Jin, D. Mandrus, E. W. Plummer, D. J. Singh, and N. Mannella Physical Review Letters 101, 267001 (2008) Polaron coherence condensation as the mechanism for colossal magnetoresistance in layered manganites N. Mannella, W. Yang, K. Tanaka, X. J. Zhou, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, J. Zaanen, T. P. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen Phys. Rev. B 76, 233102 (2007) Monochromatic electron photoemission from diamondoid monolayers W.L. Yang, J.D. Fabbri, T.M Willey, J.R.I. Lee, J.E. Dahl, R.M.K. Carlson, P. R. Schreiner, A. A. Fokin, B.A. Tkachenko, N.A. Fokina, W. Meevasana, N. Mannella, K. Tanaka, X.J. Zhou, T. van Buuren, M.A. Kelly, Z. Hussain, N.A. Melosh and Z.X. Shen Science 316, 1460 (2007) Nodal Quasiparticle in Pseudogapped Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites N. Mannella, W. Yang, X. J. Zhou, H. Zheng, J. F. Mitchell, J. Zaanen, T. P. Devereaux, N. Nagaosa, Z. Hussain and Z.-X. Shen Nature 438, 474 (2005) Direct Observation of High-Temperature Polaronic Behavior in Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites N. Mannella, A. Rosenhahn, C. H. Booth, S. Marchesini, B.S. Mun, S.-H. Yang, K. Ibrahim, Y. Tomioka and C.S. Fadley, Physical Review Letters 92, 166401 (2004) Highlights in the Press A Class of Their Own - New Superconductors Defy Conventional Models Highlighted in UT Physics News, July 13 (2009) Polaron Coherence Condensation in Layered Colossal Resistive Manganites Highlighted in ALSNews vol. 289, July 30 (2008) Experiments debunk 'pseudogap' role in superconductivity, pave way to practical superconductors Highlighted in Physorg.com/news10505, Feb. 2 (2006) Experiments debunk 'pseudogap' role in superconductivity Highlighted in Stanford Report, Feb. 1 (2006) Pseudogaps Are Not The Answer Highlighted in Science @ Berkeley Lab., Jan 30 (2006) Pseudogaps, polarons, and the mystery of high-Tc superconductivity Highlighted in ALSNews, vol. 264 (2006) Condensed-matter physics: Focus on the Fermi surface Highlighted in Nature 438, 435 (2005) A Different Spin on Future Data Storage Highlighted in Science @ Berkeley Lab., March 03 (2005) Polaron Behavior in CMR Manganites Highlighted in ALSNews, vol. 249 (2005)