Dr David Boldrin
- Lecturer in Materials and Condensed Matter Physics (Physics & Astronomy)
telephone:
01413303022
email:
David.Boldrin@glasgow.ac.uk
Room 315, Kelvin Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3833-8341Research interests
I am a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research fellow and proleptic Lecturer in the Materials and Condensed Matter Physics (MCMP) group. For my fellowship "New Caloric Materials for Energy Efficient Refrigeration" I am developing new magnetic materials as more efficient and environmentally friendly replacements for conventional refrigerants. More broadly my fundamental interests lie in discovering, synthesising and studying materials which promise enhanced functional properties. Typically I focus on magnetic materials for sustainable energy applications, where their functionality arises from unique aspects of their magnetism. Inevitably this requires a fundamental understanding of their structure and physical properties, which is achieved by using advanced characterisation tools at international synchrotron and neutron facilities.
researcherID: AAD-4828-2022
Publications
2025
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Appel, M., Inglis, C. S., Dilshad, M., Mehta, N., Radcliffe, J., Moya, X., MacLaren, D. A. and Boldrin, D. (2025) Direct observation of thermal hysteresis in the molecular dynamics of barocaloric neopentyl glycol. ACS Applied Energy Materials, (doi: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00495) (Early Online Publication)
2024
Johnson, F., Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Esser, B. D., Hussey, A., McComb, D. W., Zemen, J., Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L. (2024) The impact of local strain fields in non‐collinear antiferromagnetic films. Advanced Materials, 36(27), 2401180. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202401180) (PMID:38618946)
Johnson, F., Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Esser, B. D., Hussey, A., McComb, D. W., Zemen, J., Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L. F. (2024) The impact of local strain fields in noncollinear antiferromagnetic films. Advanced Materials, 36(27), 2401180. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202401180) (PMID:38618946)
Connolly, E. T., Wardell, J., Boldrin, D. , Tang, C. and Wills, A. S. (2024) Structural and magnetic studies of the frustrated S = 1 kagome magnet NH4Ni2Mo2O10H3. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 36(22), 225802. (doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad2aab) (PMID:38373351)
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Boldrin, D. , Dilshad, M., Moya, X. and MacLaren, D. A. (2024) Understanding variations of thermal hysteresis in barocaloric plastic crystal neopentyl glycol using correlative microscopy and calorimetry. Journal of Physics: Energy, 6, 025020. (doi: 10.1088/2515-7655/ad3985)
2023
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Zeng, M., Lloveras, P., Tamarit, J.-L., Barrio, M., Connolly, E. T., MacLaren, D. A. , Johnson, F., Cohen, L. F. and Boldrin, D. (2023) Improving barocaloric properties by tailoring transition hysteresis in Mn3Cu1−xSnxN antiperovskites. Journal of Physics: Energy, 5(2), 024018. (doi: 10.1088/2515-7655/acc6f0)
Georgopoulou, M., Fak, B., Boldrin, D. , Stewart, J.R., Ritter, C., Suard, E., Ollivier, J. and Wills, A.S. (2023) Magnetically ordered and kagome quantum spin liquid states in the Zn-doped claringbullite series. Physical Review B, 107(2), 024416. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.024416)
Johnson, F., Zázvorka, J., Beran, L., Boldrin, D. , Cohen, L.F., Zemen, J. and Veis, M. (2023) Room-temperature weak collinear ferrimagnet with symmetry-driven large intrinsic magneto-optic signatures. Physical Review B, 107(1), 014404. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.014404)
2022
Johnson, F. et al. (2022) Identifying the octupole antiferromagnetic domain orientation in Mn3NiN by scanning anomalous Nernst effect microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 120, 232402. (doi: 10.1063/5.0091257)
2021
Johnson, F., Boldrin, D. , Zemen, J., Pesquera, D., Kim, J., Moya, X., Zhang, H., Singh, H. K., Samathrakis, I. and Cohen, L. F. (2021) Strain dependence of Berry-phase-induced anomalous Hall effect in the non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn3NiN. Applied Physics Letters, 119(22), 222401. (doi: 10.1063/5.0072783)
Boldrin, D. (2021) Fantastic barocalorics and where to find them. Applied Physics Letters, 118(17), 170502. (doi: 10.1063/5.0046416)
2020
Verrier, A., Bert, F., Parent, J.M., El-Amine, M., Orain, J.C., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S., Mendels, P. and Quilliam, J.A. (2020) Canted antiferromagnetic order in the kagome material Sr-vesignieite. Physical Review B, 101, 054425. (doi: 10.1103/physrevb.101.054425)
Guoa, L., Lovell, E., Tang, Q., Boldrin, D. C. , Tang, C. C., Day, S. J., Cohen, L. F. and Ryan, M. P. (2020) Fine control of Curie temperature of magnetocaloric alloys La(Fe,Co,Si)13 using electrolytic hydriding. Scripta Materialia, 175, pp. 33-37. (doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.08.017)
2019
Boldrin, D. et al. (2019) The biaxial strain dependence of magnetic order in spin frustrated Mn 3 NiN thin films. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(40), 1902502. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201902502)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2019) Anomalous Hall effect in noncollinear antiferromagnetic Mn3NiN thin films. Physical Review Materials, 3(9), 094409. (doi: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.094409)
2018
Boldrin, D. et al. (2018) Multisite exchange-enhanced barocaloric response in Mn3NiN. Physical Review X, 8(4), 041035. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041035)
Boldrin, D. , Fåk, B., Canévet, E., Ollivier, J., Walker, H.C., Manuel, P., Khalyavin, D.D. and Wills, A.S. (2018) Vesignieite: An S=1/2 Kagome Antiferromagnet with Dominant Third-Neighbor Exchange. Physical Review Letters, 121, 107203. (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.107203) (PMID:30240241)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2018) Giant piezomagnetism in Mn3NiN. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(22), pp. 18863-18868. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b03112)
2017
Boldrin, D. , Boldrin, P., Ruiz-Trejo, E. and Cohen, L.F. (2017) Recovery of the intrinsic thermoelectric properties of CaMn0.98Nb0.02O3 in 2-terminal geometry using Ag infiltration. Acta Materialia, 133, pp. 68-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.04.067)
Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L.F. (2017) The role of competing magnetic interactions on the abnormal expansion properties in manganese antiperovskites, Mn 3+x A 1−x N (A = Ni, Sn). Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 699, pp. 887-891. (doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.262)
2016
Boldrin, D. , Knight, K. and Wills, A. S. (2016) Orbital frustration in the S = ½ kagome magnet vesignieite, BaCu3V2O8(OH)2. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(43), pp. 10315-10322. (doi: 10.1039/c6tc02935c)
2015
Boldrin, D. , Fåk, B., Enderle, M., Bieri, S., Ollivier, J., Rols, S., Manuel, P. and Wills, A.S. (2015) Haydeeite: a spin-1/2 kagome ferromagnet. Physical Review B, 91(22), 220408(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220408)
Boldrin, D. and Wills, A. S. (2015) SrCu3V2O8(OH)2 – dynamic Jahn–Teller distortions and orbital frustration in a new S = ½ kagome antiferromagnet. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3(17), pp. 4308-4315. (doi: 10.1039/C5TC00259A)
2013
Zorko, A., Bert, F., Ozarowski, A., van Tol, J., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S. and Mendels, P. (2013) Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction in vesignieite: a route to freezing in a quantum kagome antiferromagnet. Physical Review B, 88(14), 144419. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.144419)
2012
Boldrin, D. and Wills, A.S. (2012) Anomalous Hall effect in geometrically frustrated magnets. Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2012, 615295. (doi: 10.1155/2012/615295)
2011
Quilliam, J.A., Bert, F., Colman, R.H., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S. and Mendels, P. (2011) Ground state and intrinsic susceptibility of the kagome antiferromagnet vesignieite as seen by51V NMR. Physical Review B, 84(18), 180401(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.180401)
Colman, R.H., Bert, F., Boldrin, D. , Hillier, A.D., Manuel, P., Mendels, P. and Wills, A.S. (2011) Spin dynamics in the S = 1/2 quantum kagome compound vesignieite, Cu3Ba(VO5H)2. Physical Review B, 83(18), 180416(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.180416)
Articles
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Appel, M., Inglis, C. S., Dilshad, M., Mehta, N., Radcliffe, J., Moya, X., MacLaren, D. A. and Boldrin, D. (2025) Direct observation of thermal hysteresis in the molecular dynamics of barocaloric neopentyl glycol. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8(7), pp. 4793-4802. (doi: 10.1021/acsaem.5c00495) (PMID:40248402)
Johnson, F., Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Esser, B. D., Hussey, A., McComb, D. W., Zemen, J., Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L. (2024) The impact of local strain fields in non‐collinear antiferromagnetic films. Advanced Materials, 36(27), 2401180. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202401180) (PMID:38618946)
Johnson, F., Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Esser, B. D., Hussey, A., McComb, D. W., Zemen, J., Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L. F. (2024) The impact of local strain fields in noncollinear antiferromagnetic films. Advanced Materials, 36(27), 2401180. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202401180) (PMID:38618946)
Connolly, E. T., Wardell, J., Boldrin, D. , Tang, C. and Wills, A. S. (2024) Structural and magnetic studies of the frustrated S = 1 kagome magnet NH4Ni2Mo2O10H3. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 36(22), 225802. (doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad2aab) (PMID:38373351)
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Boldrin, D. , Dilshad, M., Moya, X. and MacLaren, D. A. (2024) Understanding variations of thermal hysteresis in barocaloric plastic crystal neopentyl glycol using correlative microscopy and calorimetry. Journal of Physics: Energy, 6, 025020. (doi: 10.1088/2515-7655/ad3985)
Rendell-Bhatti, F. , Zeng, M., Lloveras, P., Tamarit, J.-L., Barrio, M., Connolly, E. T., MacLaren, D. A. , Johnson, F., Cohen, L. F. and Boldrin, D. (2023) Improving barocaloric properties by tailoring transition hysteresis in Mn3Cu1−xSnxN antiperovskites. Journal of Physics: Energy, 5(2), 024018. (doi: 10.1088/2515-7655/acc6f0)
Georgopoulou, M., Fak, B., Boldrin, D. , Stewart, J.R., Ritter, C., Suard, E., Ollivier, J. and Wills, A.S. (2023) Magnetically ordered and kagome quantum spin liquid states in the Zn-doped claringbullite series. Physical Review B, 107(2), 024416. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.024416)
Johnson, F., Zázvorka, J., Beran, L., Boldrin, D. , Cohen, L.F., Zemen, J. and Veis, M. (2023) Room-temperature weak collinear ferrimagnet with symmetry-driven large intrinsic magneto-optic signatures. Physical Review B, 107(1), 014404. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.014404)
Johnson, F. et al. (2022) Identifying the octupole antiferromagnetic domain orientation in Mn3NiN by scanning anomalous Nernst effect microscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 120, 232402. (doi: 10.1063/5.0091257)
Johnson, F., Boldrin, D. , Zemen, J., Pesquera, D., Kim, J., Moya, X., Zhang, H., Singh, H. K., Samathrakis, I. and Cohen, L. F. (2021) Strain dependence of Berry-phase-induced anomalous Hall effect in the non-collinear antiferromagnet Mn3NiN. Applied Physics Letters, 119(22), 222401. (doi: 10.1063/5.0072783)
Boldrin, D. (2021) Fantastic barocalorics and where to find them. Applied Physics Letters, 118(17), 170502. (doi: 10.1063/5.0046416)
Verrier, A., Bert, F., Parent, J.M., El-Amine, M., Orain, J.C., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S., Mendels, P. and Quilliam, J.A. (2020) Canted antiferromagnetic order in the kagome material Sr-vesignieite. Physical Review B, 101, 054425. (doi: 10.1103/physrevb.101.054425)
Guoa, L., Lovell, E., Tang, Q., Boldrin, D. C. , Tang, C. C., Day, S. J., Cohen, L. F. and Ryan, M. P. (2020) Fine control of Curie temperature of magnetocaloric alloys La(Fe,Co,Si)13 using electrolytic hydriding. Scripta Materialia, 175, pp. 33-37. (doi: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2019.08.017)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2019) The biaxial strain dependence of magnetic order in spin frustrated Mn 3 NiN thin films. Advanced Functional Materials, 29(40), 1902502. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.201902502)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2019) Anomalous Hall effect in noncollinear antiferromagnetic Mn3NiN thin films. Physical Review Materials, 3(9), 094409. (doi: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.3.094409)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2018) Multisite exchange-enhanced barocaloric response in Mn3NiN. Physical Review X, 8(4), 041035. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.8.041035)
Boldrin, D. , Fåk, B., Canévet, E., Ollivier, J., Walker, H.C., Manuel, P., Khalyavin, D.D. and Wills, A.S. (2018) Vesignieite: An S=1/2 Kagome Antiferromagnet with Dominant Third-Neighbor Exchange. Physical Review Letters, 121, 107203. (doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.107203) (PMID:30240241)
Boldrin, D. et al. (2018) Giant piezomagnetism in Mn3NiN. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(22), pp. 18863-18868. (doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b03112)
Boldrin, D. , Boldrin, P., Ruiz-Trejo, E. and Cohen, L.F. (2017) Recovery of the intrinsic thermoelectric properties of CaMn0.98Nb0.02O3 in 2-terminal geometry using Ag infiltration. Acta Materialia, 133, pp. 68-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.04.067)
Boldrin, D. and Cohen, L.F. (2017) The role of competing magnetic interactions on the abnormal expansion properties in manganese antiperovskites, Mn 3+x A 1−x N (A = Ni, Sn). Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 699, pp. 887-891. (doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.12.262)
Boldrin, D. , Knight, K. and Wills, A. S. (2016) Orbital frustration in the S = ½ kagome magnet vesignieite, BaCu3V2O8(OH)2. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(43), pp. 10315-10322. (doi: 10.1039/c6tc02935c)
Boldrin, D. , Fåk, B., Enderle, M., Bieri, S., Ollivier, J., Rols, S., Manuel, P. and Wills, A.S. (2015) Haydeeite: a spin-1/2 kagome ferromagnet. Physical Review B, 91(22), 220408(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.220408)
Boldrin, D. and Wills, A. S. (2015) SrCu3V2O8(OH)2 – dynamic Jahn–Teller distortions and orbital frustration in a new S = ½ kagome antiferromagnet. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3(17), pp. 4308-4315. (doi: 10.1039/C5TC00259A)
Zorko, A., Bert, F., Ozarowski, A., van Tol, J., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S. and Mendels, P. (2013) Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction in vesignieite: a route to freezing in a quantum kagome antiferromagnet. Physical Review B, 88(14), 144419. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.144419)
Boldrin, D. and Wills, A.S. (2012) Anomalous Hall effect in geometrically frustrated magnets. Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, 2012, 615295. (doi: 10.1155/2012/615295)
Quilliam, J.A., Bert, F., Colman, R.H., Boldrin, D. , Wills, A.S. and Mendels, P. (2011) Ground state and intrinsic susceptibility of the kagome antiferromagnet vesignieite as seen by51V NMR. Physical Review B, 84(18), 180401(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.180401)
Colman, R.H., Bert, F., Boldrin, D. , Hillier, A.D., Manuel, P., Mendels, P. and Wills, A.S. (2011) Spin dynamics in the S = 1/2 quantum kagome compound vesignieite, Cu3Ba(VO5H)2. Physical Review B, 83(18), 180416(R). (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.180416)
Research datasets
2023
Rendell-Bhatti, f., Zeng, M., MacLaren, D. and Boldrin, D. (2023) Improving barocaloric properties by tailoring transition hysteresis in Mn3Cu1−xSnxN Antiperovskites. [Data Collection]
