Prof. Ross’s group research is directed towards the following areas:

- Fabrication of magnetic films, multilayers and small magnetic structures, with applications in magnetic logic, magnetic random access memory, hard disks, and bit-patterned media.

- Magnetooptical oxides including perovskites and other oxides for use in integrated optical components such as magnetooptical isolators.

- Self-assembly of block copolymers, with particular application to nanolithography, and in other self-assembling systems such as dewetting of thin metal films and porous alumina formation.

We maintain a Thin Film Laboratory which includes a pulsed laser deposition system and an ultra-high vacuum sputter system, in addition to a range of magnetic, magnetooptical and magnetoelectronic characterization equipment. For an introduction to self-assembly, see the movies in our Outreach section.