Declaration of Authorship

I, Richard Paul Boardman, declare that the thesis entitled Computer simulation studies of magnetic nanostructures and the work presented in it are my own. I confirm that:

• this work was done wholly or mainly while in candidature for a research degree at the University;
• where any part of this thesis has previously been submitted for a degree or any other qualification at this University or any other institution, this has been clearly stated;
• where I have consulted the published work of others, this is always clearly attributed;
• where I have quoted from the work of others, the source is always given. With the exception of such quotations, this thesis is entirely my own work;
• I have acknowledged all main sources of help;
• where the thesis is based on work done by myself jointly with others, I have made clear exactly what was done by others and what I have contributed myself;
• parts of this work have been published as:
  • Micromagnetic simulation of ferromagnetic part-spherical particles Journal of Applied Physics, 95(11), pp. 7037-7039, June 2004 (with H. Fangohr, A. V. Goncharov, A. A. Zhukov, P. A. J. de Groot and S. J. Cox)

  • Micromagnetic simulation studies of ferromagnetic part-spheres Journal of Applied Physics, 97(10), June 2005 (with J. Zimmermann, H. Fangohr, A. A. Zhukov and P. A. J. de Groot; also published in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, May 2005)

  • Self-assembly routes towards creating superconducting and magnetic arrays Journal of Low Temperature Physics 139(1/2), pp. 339-349, April 2005 (with A. A. Zhukov, E. T. Filby, A. V. Goncharov, M. A. Ghanem, P. N. Bartlett, H. Fangohr, V. V. Metlushko, V. Novosad, G. Karapetrov and P. A. J. de Groot)

  • Oscillatory thickness dependence of the coercive field in 3D anti-dot arrays from self-assembly Journal of Applied Physics, accepted, August 2004 (with A. A. Zhukov, A. V. Goncharov, P. A. J. de Groot, M. A. Ghanem, I. S. El-Hallag, P. N. Bartlett, H. Fangohr, V. Novosad and G. Karapetrov)

  • Oscillatory thickness dependence of the coercive field in magnetic 3D anti-dot arrays Physical Review Letters, preprint at cond-mat/0406091, submitted June 2004 (with A. A. Zhukov, M. A. Ghanem, A. V. Goncharov, V. Novosad, G. Karapetrov, H. Fangohr, P. N. Bartlett and P. A. J. de Groot)

  • Micromagnetic modelling of ferromagnetic cones Physical Review B, submitted July 2005 (with H. Fangohr, M. J. Fairman, J. Zimmermann, S. J. Cox, A. A. Zhukov and P. A. J. de Groot)

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