Robert C Pullar
Principal Researcher
University of Aveiro
Portugal
Biography
Robert C Pullar completed his PhD at the University of Warwick (he was the first person to ever produce hexaferrite ceramic fibers), and after working as a post-doc in London at South Bank University and Imperial College, is now a Principal Investigator in the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has published >120 papers (h-index =28), with 33 and 2 book chapters being on ferrites, including a major review [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2012.04.001] which is now the most cited hexaferrites paper of the last 50 years (>570 citations). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
Research Interest
Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Ceramics and Composites; Dielectric and Ferroelectric Ceramics, particularly Niobates and Titanates; Ferromagnetic and Ferrimagnetic Ceramics, especially Hexagonal and Spinel Ferrites; Microwave / Millimetre wave / GHz / THz Dielectric and Magnetic Ceramics; Combinatorial High-Throughput Synthesis, Processing and Measurement of Bulk Ceramic and Composite Libraries; LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) for Intergrated Chips and Devices; Synthesis and Self-Assembly of Magnetic and Multiferroic Nanocrystals, Colloidal Nanoclusters, and Hybrid / Core-Shell Nanoparticles; Sol-Gel Synthesis and Processing of Fibres, Nanopowders, Thick Films and Composites; Waste valorisation for use as biomaterials, and magnetic and electronic ceramics; Wood-based composites and ecoceramics; Biomaterials and bioceramics for use as bone replacements and scaffolds.