Neil Kemp

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• Neil.Kemp@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://kempnanogroup.com/

Biography

After a PhD in Physics at Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) in the field of electronic transport in conducting polymers, Neil went on to do postdoctoral work at the University of New South Wales (Australia) and Université de Strasbourg / CNRS - IPCMS (France).

In 2009 he established a research group in Nanophysics at the University of Hull with a focus on developing nanotechnology for real-world applications.

In 2021 he moved to the University of Nottingham to establish a new area of research on the topic of nanoelectronics for neuromorphic computing.

Find out more at https://kempnanogroup.com/

Expertise Summary

I lead a research group that investigates new phenomena in nanophysics and electronics for real-word device applications. Our current areas of interest are optically tuneable memristors for photonic computing and new artificial intelligence technologies, molecular spintronics and nanoscale engineering of novel device structures for plasmonics and biosensor applications.

Recent Publications

• JAAFAR, AYOUB H, GEE, ALEX and KEMP, N.T., 2023. Printed and flexible organic and inorganic memristor devices for non-volatile memory applications Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 56(50),
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., LOWE, CHRIS, GEE, ALEX and KEMP, NEIL T., 2023. Optoelectronic Switching Memory Based on ZnO Nanoparticle/Polymer Nanocomposites ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(4), 2367 – 2373
• BURTON, HARRY, BOUILLARD, JEAN-SEBASTIEN and KEMP, NEIL, 2023. Memristor-based LSTM neuromorphic circuits for offshore wind turbine blade fault detection In:
• GEE, ALEX, JAAFAR, AYOUB H. and KEMP, N.T., 2022. Optical Memristors: Review of Switching Mechanisms and New Computing Paradigms

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• JAAFAR, AYOUB H, GEE, ALEX and KEMP, N.T., 2023. Printed and flexible organic and inorganic memristor devices for non-volatile memory applications Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 56(50),
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., LOWE, CHRIS, GEE, ALEX and KEMP, NEIL T., 2023. Optoelectronic Switching Memory Based on ZnO Nanoparticle/Polymer Nanocomposites ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 5(4), 2367 – 2373
• BURTON, HARRY, BOUILLARD, JEAN-SEBASTIEN and KEMP, NEIL, 2023. Memristor-based LSTM neuromorphic circuits for offshore wind turbine blade fault detection In:
• GEE, ALEX, JAAFAR, AYOUB H. and KEMP, N.T., 2022. Optical Memristors: Review of Switching Mechanisms and New Computing Paradigms
• GATER, M., ADAWI, A.M. and KEMP, N.T., 2022. Capacitive effects and memristive switching in three terminal multilayered MoS2devices In: 225 – 229
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., SHAO, LI, DAI, PENG, ZHANG, TONGJUN, HAN, YISONG, BEANLAND, RICHARD, KEMP, NEIL T., BARTLETT, PHILIP N., HECTOR, ANDREW L. and HUANG, RUOMENG, 2022. 3D-structured mesoporous silica memristors for neuromorphic switching and reservoir computing Nanoscale. 14(46), 17170 – 17181
• STEGMANN, PHILIPP, GEE, ALEX, KEMP, NEIL T. and KÖNIG, JÜRGEN, 2021. Statistical analysis of spin switching in coupled spin-crossover molecules Physical Review B. 104(12),
• MARSDEN, ALISTAIR JAMES, RILEY, DAVID R. J., BARRY, ANTONIA, KHALIL, JAWAD S., GUINN, BARBARA-ANN, KEMP, NEIL T., RIVERO, FRANCISCO and BELTRAN-ALVAREZ, PEDRO, 2021. Inhibition of Arginine Methylation Impairs Platelet Function ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science. 4(5), 1567 – 1577
• KEMP, NEIL T., 2021. A Tutorial on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Nanogap Electrodes for Biosensing Applications IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(20), 22232 – 22245
• JAAFAR, A.H., AL CHAWA, M.M., CHENG, F., KELLY, S.M., PICOS, R., TETZLAFF, R. and KEMP, N.T., 2021. Polymer/TiO2Nanorod Nanocomposite Optical Memristor Device Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(27), 14965 – 14973
• CHENG, FEI, VERRELLI, EMANUELE, ALHARTHI, FAHAD A., DAS, SATYAJIT, ANTHOPOULOS, THOMAS D., LAI, KHUE T., KEMP, NEIL T., O'NEILL, MARY and KELLY, STEPHEN M., 2020. Solution-processable and photopolymerisable TiO2nanorods as dielectric layers for thin film transistors RSC Advances. 10(43), 25540 – 25546
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., GEE, ALEX and KEMP, NEIL TIMOTHY, 2020. Nanorods Versus Nanoparticles: A Comparison Study of Au/ZnO-PMMA/Au Non-Volatile Memory Devices Showing the Importance of Nanostructure Geometry on Conduction Mechanisms and Switching Properties IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology. 19, 236 – 246
• GEE, ALEX, JAAFAR, AYOUB H. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2020. Nanoscale junctions for single molecule electronics fabricated using bilayer nanoimprint lithography combined with feedback controlled electromigration Nanotechnology. 31(15),
• GEE, ALEX, JAAFAR, AYOUB H., BRACHŇAKOVÁ, BARBORA, MASSEY, JAMIE, MARROWS, CHRISTOPHER H., ŠALITROŠ, IVAN and KEMP, N.T., 2020. Multilevel Resistance Switching and Enhanced Spin Transition Temperature in Single- And Double-Molecule Spin Crossover Nanogap Devices Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(24), 13393 – 13399
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., GEE, ALEX, HAMZA, ABDULLAH O., ELING, CHARLOTTE J., BOUILLARD, JEAN-SEBASTIEN G., ADAWI, ALI M. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2020. Evidence of Nanoparticle Migration in Polymeric Hybrid Memristor Devices In:
• CHENG, FEI, YOUNG, ADAM J., BOUILLARD, JEAN-SEBASTIEN G., KEMP, NEIL T., GUILLET-NICOLAS, RÉMY, HALL, CONNOR H., ROBERTS, DAVID, JAAFAR, AYOUB H., ADAWI, ALI M., KLEITZ, FREDDY, IMHOF, ARNOUT, REITHOFER, MICHAEL R. and CHIN, JIA MIN, 2019. Dynamic Electric Field Alignment of Metal-Organic Framework Microrods Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(33), 12989 – 12993
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., O'NEILL, MARY, KELLY, STEPHEN M., VERRELLI, EMANUELE and KEMP, NEIL T., 2019. Percolation Threshold Enables Optical Resistive-Memory Switching and Light-Tuneable Synaptic Learning in Segregated Nanocomposites Advanced Electronic Materials. 5(7),
• CHENG, FEI, VERRELLI, EMANUELE, ALHARTHI, FAHAD A., KELLY, STEPHEN M., O'NEILL, MARY, KEMP, NEIL T., KITNEY, STUART P., LAI, KHUE T., MEHL, GEORG H. and ANTHOPOULOS, THOMAS, 2019. Lyotropic 'hairy' TiO2 nanorods Nanoscale Advances. 1(1), 254 – 264
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H. and KEMP, N.T., 2019. Wavelength dependent light tunable resistive switching graphene oxide nonvolatile memory devices Carbon. 153, 81 – 88
• GHOBAEI NAMHIL, ZAHRA, KEMP, CORDULA, VERRELLI, EMANUELE, ILES, ALEX, PAMME, NICOLE, ADAWI, ALI M. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2019. A label-free aptamer-based nanogap capacitive biosensor with greatly diminished electrode polarization effects Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(2), 681 – 691
• GEORGIOU, J., KOSSIFOS, K.M., ANTONIADES, M.A., JAAFAR, A.H. and KEMP, N.T., 2018. Chua Mem-Components for Adaptive RF Metamaterials In:
• MOHAMMED, A.F., AL-JARWANY, Q.A., CLARKE, A.J., AMARAL, T.M., LAWRENCE, J., KEMP, N.T. and WALTON, C.D., 2018. Ablation threshold measurements and surface modifications of 193 nm laser irradiated 4H-SiC Chemical Physics Letters. 713, 194 – 202
• GRAY, R.J., JAAFAR, AYOUB H., VERRELLI, E. and KEMP, N.T., 2018. Method to reduce the formation of crystallites in ZnO nanorod thin-films grown via ultra-fast microwave heating Thin Solid Films. 662, 116 – 122
• KOSSIFOS, K.M., ANTONIADES, M.A., GEORGIOU, J., JAAFAR, A.H. and KEMP, N.T., 2018. An Optically-Programmable Absorbing Metasurface In:
• ŠUCH, O., KLIMO, M., KEMP, N.T. and ŠKVAREK, O., 2018. Passive memristor synaptic circuits with multiple timing dependent plasticity mechanisms AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 96, 252 – 259
• ALHARTHI, F.A., CHENG, F., VERRELLI, E., KEMP, N.T., LEE, A.F., ISAACS, M.A., O'NEILL, M. and KELLY, S.M., 2018. Solution-processable, niobium-doped titanium oxide nanorods for application in low-voltage, large-area electronic devices Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(5), 1038 – 1047
• JABARULLAH, NOOR H., MAULDIN, CLAYTON, NAVARRO, LUIS A., GOLDEN, JOSH, MADIANOS, LEONIDAS and KEMP, NEIL T., 2017. Modelling and simulation analysis for the prediction of the performance of intrinsic conducting polymer current limiting device Advanced Science Letters. 23(6), 5117 – 5120
• JAAFAR, AYOUB H., GRAY, ROBERT J., VERRELLI, EMANUELE, O'NEILL, MARY, KELLY, STEPHEN M. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2017. Reversible optical switching memristors with tunable STDP synaptic plasticity: A route to hierarchical control in artificial intelligent systems Nanoscale. 9(43), 17091 – 17098
• JABARULLAH, NOOR H., VERRELLI, EMANUELE, GEE, ALEX, MAULDIN, CLAYTON, NAVARRO, LUIS A., GOLDEN, JOSH H. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2016. Large dopant dependence of the current limiting properties of intrinsic conducting polymer surge protection devices RSC Advances. 6(89), 85710 – 85717
• DOUDIN, BERNARD and KEMP, N.T., 2016. Ballistic Spin Transport
• VERRELLI, E., GRAY, R.J., O'NEILL, M., KELLY, S.M. and KEMP, N.T., 2015. Microwave oven fabricated hybrid memristor devices for non-volatile memory storage Materials Research Express. 1(4),
• JABARULLAH, NOOR H., VERRELLI, EMANUELE, MAULDIN, CLAYTON, NAVARRO, LUIS A., GOLDEN, JOSH H., MADIANOS, LEONIDAS M. and KEMP, NEIL T., 2015. Superhydrophobic SAM Modified Electrodes for Enhanced Current Limiting Properties in Intrinsic Conducting Polymer Surge Protection Devices Langmuir. 31(22), 6253 – 6264
• POPA, PETRU LUNCA, KEMP, NEIL T., MAJJAD, HICHAM, DALMAS, GUILLAUME, FARAMARZI, VINA, ANDREAS, CHRISTIAN, HERTEL, RICCARDO and DOUDIN, BERNARD, 2014. The magnetoelectrochemical switch Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111(29), 10433 – 10437
• JABARULLAH, NOOR H., VERRELLI, EMANUELE, MAULDIN, CLAYTON, NAVARRO, LUIS A., GOLDEN, JOSH, MADIANOS, LEONIDAS, TSOUKALAS, DIMITRIS and KEMP, NEIL T., 2014. Novel conducting polymer current limiting devices for low cost surge protection applications Journal of Applied Physics. 116(16),
• VERRELLI, E., KEMP, N., O’NEILL, M., CHENG, F., ALHARTI, F.A. and KELLY, S.M., 2013. Paper no P32: Synthesis and characterization of a solution-processable hybrid organic-inorganic high-k dielectric for low-voltage OFET applications In: 108 – 111
• LUNCA POPA, P., DALMAS, G., FARAMARZI, V., DAYEN, J.F., MAJJAD, H., KEMP, N.T. and DOUDIN, B., 2011. Heteronanojunctions with atomic size control using a lab-on-chip electrochemical approach with integrated microfluidics Nanotechnology. 22(21),
• BEAUFRAND, J.-B., DAYEN, J.-F., KEMP, N.T., SOKOLOV, A. and DOUDIN, B., 2011. Magnetoresistance signature of resonant states in electromigrated Ni nanocontacts Applied Physics Letters. 98(14),
• KEMP, N.T., NEWBURY, R., COCHRANE, J.W. and DUJARDIN, E., 2011. Electronic transport in conducting polymer nanowire array devices Nanotechnology. 22(10),
• DAYEN, J.-F., FARAMARZI, V., PAULY, M., KEMP, N.T., BARBERO, M., PICHON, B.P., MAJJAD, H., BEGIN-COLIN, S. and DOUDIN, B., 2010. Nanotrench for nano and microparticle electrical interconnects Nanotechnology. 21(33),
• KEMP, N.T., MAJJAD, H., POPA, P. LUNCA, DALMAS, G. and DOUDIN, B., 2009. Lab-on-chip fabrication of atomic scale magnetic junctions In: 3 – 10
• KEMP, N.T., COCHRANE, J.W. and NEWBURY, R., 2009. Characteristics of the nucleation and growth of template-free polyaniline nanowires and fibrils Synthetic Metals. 159(5-6), 435 – 444
• SHI, S., SCHMERBER, G., ARABSKI, J., BEAUFRAND, J.-B., KIM, D.J., BOUKARI, S., BOWEN, M., KEMP, N.T., VIART, N., ROGEZ, G., BEAUREPAIRE, E., AUBRIET, H., PETERSEN, J., BECKER, C. and RUCH, D., 2009. Study of molecular spin-crossover complex Fe (phen) 2 (NCS) 2 thin films Applied Physics Letters. 95(4),
• LEE, J.-K., CHO, J.M., SHIN, W.S., MOON, S.J., KEMP, N.T., ZHANG, H. and LAMB, R., 2008. The stability of PEDOT:PSS films monitored by electron spin resonance Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 52(3), 621 – 626
• KEMP, NEIL T., MCGROUTHER, DAMIEN, COCHRANE, JACK W. and NEWBURY, RICHARD, 2007. Bridging the gap: Polymer nanowire devices Advanced Materials. 19(18), 2634 – 2638
• SUMMERS, KEVIN, KEMP, NEIL T., PARIS, NATHAN J. and SINGH, NAGINDAR K., 2007. Surface reactions of 2-iodopropane on GaAs(1 0 0) Surface Science. 601(6), 1443 – 1455
• KEMP, NEIL T., COCHRANE, JACK W. and NEWBURY, RICHARD, 2007. Patterning of conducting polymer nanowires on gold/platinum electrodes Nanotechnology. 18(14),
• KEMP, NEIL T., PARIS, NATHAN J., GIVEEN, DEBORAH and SINGH, NAGINDAR K., 2006. Coupling versus surface-etching reactions of alkyl halides on GaAs(100): I. CF3CH2I reactions Langmuir. 22(23), 9554 – 9565
• KEMP, N.T., KAISER, A.B., TRODAHL, H.J., CHAPMAN, B., BUCKLEY, R.G., PARTRIDGE, A.C. and FOOT, P.J.S., 2006. Effect of ammonia on the temperature-dependent conductivity and thermopower of polypyrrole Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. 44(9), 1331 – 1338
• KEMP, NEIL T. and SINGH, NAGINDAR K., 2006. Coupling vs surface-etching reactions of alkyl halides on GaAs(100). 2. CH2I2 reactions Langmuir. 22(14), 6222 – 6233
• KEMP, NEIL T. and SINGH, NAGINDAR K., 2005. Evidence of carbon-carbon bond formation on GaAs(100) via Fischer-Tropsch methylene insertion reaction mechanism Chemical Communications. 4348 – 4350
• KAHOL, P.K., KEMP, N.T. and KAISER, A.B., 2005. An electron paramagnetic resonance study of morphological disorder in polypyrrole through oxygen effects Solid State Communications. 135(11-12), 775 – 779
• SINGH, N.K., KEMP, N.T., PARIS, N. and BALAN, V., 2004. Coupling reactions of trifluoroethyl iodide on GaAs(100) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 22(4), 1659 – 1666
• NEWBURY, R., WIRTZ, R., COCHRANE, J., KEMP, N.T., NICHOLLS, J.T., TRIBE, W.R., SIMMONS, M.Y. and PEPPER, M., 2002. One-dimensional ballistic conductors under high pressure In: 299 – 302
• KAHOL, P.K., KEMP, N.T. and KAISER, A.B., 2001. EPR investigations of mesoscopic disorder in polypyrrole Synthetic Metals. 119(1-3), 201 – 202
• BITTAR, A., TRODAHL, H.J., KEMP, N.T. and MARKWITZ, A., 2001. Ion-assisted deposition of amorphous GaN: Raman and optical properties Applied Physics Letters. 78(5), 619 – 621
• CHAPMAN, B., BUCKLEY, R.G., KEMP, N.T., KAISER, A.B., BEAGLEHOLE, D. and TRODAHL, H.J., 1999. Low-energy conductivity of PF6-doped polypyrrole Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 60(19), 13479 – 13483
• KEMP, N.T., KAISER, A.B., LIU, C.-J., CHAPMAN, B., MERCIER, O., CARR, A.M., TRODAHL, H.J., BUCKLEY, R.G., PARTRIDGE, A.C., LEE, J.Y., KIM, C.Y., BARTL, A., DUNSCH, L., SMITH, W.T. and SHAPIRO, J.S., 1999. Thermoelectric power and conductivity of different types of polypyrrole Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics. 37(9), 953 – 960
• KEMP, N.T., FLANAGAN, G.U., KAISER, A.B., TRODAHL, H.J., CHAPMAN, B., PARTRIDGE, A.C. and BUCKLEY, R.G., 1999. Temperature-dependent conductivity of conducting polymers exposed to gases Synthetic Metals. 101(1), 434 – 435
• KEMP, N.T., STEWART, A.M., DOWNES, J.E. and KAISER, A.B., 1998. Thermoelectric power of the Fe85 - x(Cr, Ni)xB15 series of glassy metals Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 177-181(PART 1), 129 – 131
• KAISER, A.B., LIU, C.-J., GILBERD, P.W., CHAPMAN, B., KEMP, N.T., WESSLING, B., PARTRIDGE, A.C., SMITH, W.T. and SHAPIRO, J.S., 1997. Comparison of electronic transport in polyaniline blends, polyaniline and polypyrrole Synthetic Metals. 84(1-3), 699 – 702
• LIU, C.-J., GAO, J., KAISER, A.B., KEMP, N.T., DOWNES, J.E. and STAINES, M.P., 1997. YBa2Cu3O7 - δ oriented thin films and magnetically aligned ceramic: Measurement of anisotropic thermopower Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications. 278(3-4), 143 – 148