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Prof Sir Roy Sambles

Emeritus Professor

 J.R.Sambles@exeter.ac.uk


Overview

Roy was professor of Experimental Physics at Exeter from 1991 until 2022. A Cornishman, he undertook his undergraduate and PhD degrees at Imperial College, London and joined Exeter Physics Department as a lecturer in 1972. His early research at Exeter concerned Conduction Electron Spin resonance and spin waves in the alkali metals as well as studies of electron surface scattering in thin metal films. Since being at Exeter he has worked on the optical properties of liquid crystals; explored the interaction of light with structured metal surfaces (plasmonics); pioneered work on molecular rectification and elucidated the fascinating photonic structures in butterfly wings. Over the last two decades he has turned his attention to the exciting area of metamaterials, first at microwave frequencies and more recently acoustics both in air and under water.

Since 2000 he has held several significant positions with regard to UK science. He was Chair of the British Liquid Crystal Society, 2000-2003; Member of the Government Defence Science Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2011; and a Council member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council from 2008 to 2014. He was President of the Institute of Physics from October 2015 to September 2017 and is presently Distinguished Visitor at the National Physical Laboratory. Roy has supervised over 100 PhD students, published over 560 scientific papers in international journals and has more than 20 patents. He has also delivered many demonstration lectures on the wonders of light and colour as well as the mystery of quantum mechanical wave-particle duality to audiences from junior school through to the University of the Third Age.

Although Emeritus he still currently supervises 7 PhD students exploring metasurfaces and maintains links with collaborators at Atlas, Dstl, Leonardo, QinetiQ, Thales and TWI.

Awards:

1998 - The George William Gray medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society.

2002 - Elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society

2003 – Institute of Physics Young Medal and Prize

2012 – Institute of Physics Faraday Medal and Prize

2018 – Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics

2020 - Knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to scientific research and outreach.

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Publications

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2022

  • Moore D, Sambles J, Hibbins A, Starkey T, Chaplain G. (2022) Acoustic surface modes on metasurfaces with embedded next-nearest neighbor coupling, DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2212.06583.
  • Stanfield LD, Powell AW, Horsley SAR, Sambles JR, Hibbins AP. (2022) Microwave Demonstration of Purcell Effect Enhanced Radiation Efficiency. [PDF]
  • Damani S, Braaten E, Szoke M, Alexander WN, Devenport WJ, Balantrapu NA, Pearce BP, Starkey TA, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR. (2022) Resonator-based Pressure Sensor for Wall Pressure, 28th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics 2022 Conference, 28th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics 2022 Conference, DOI:10.2514/6.2022-2956. [PDF]
  • Powell AW, Capers JR, Horsley SAR, Sambles JR, Hibbins AP. (2022) 3D printed metaparticles based on platonic solids for isotropic, multimode microwave scattering, 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2022.
  • Ward GP, Smith JD, Hibbins A, Sambles JR, Starkey T. (2022) Gapless Dispersion of Acoustic Line Modes with Glide-Symmetry, Physical Review B, volume 105, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.105.245401. [PDF]
  • Barr LE, Ward GP, Hibbins AP, Hendry E, Sambles JR. (2022) Slow waves on long helices, Sci Rep, volume 12, no. 1, DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-05345-1. [PDF]

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  • Starkey T, Graham T, Hibbins A, Sambles JR. (2019) Underwater characterisation of acoustic modes supported by structured and unstructured elastic plates, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 146, no. 4, pages 3044-3044, DOI:10.1121/1.5137551.
  • Starkey TA, Ward GP, Graham TJ, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR, Smith JD. (2019) Airborne and ultrasonic characterisation of acoustic surface waves on structured plates, Proceedings of the International Congress on Acoustics, volume 2019-September, pages 5597-5599, DOI:10.18154/RWTH-CONV-239760.
  • De Pineda JD, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR. (2019) Metasurfaces for high index effective media, 2019 IEEE Radio and Antenna Days of the Indian Ocean, RADIO 2019, DOI:10.23919/RADIO46463.2019.8968939.
  • Staples B, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Coupled Scholte Modes in “Soft” Elastic Plates Underwater, UK Acoustics Network, Special Interest Group in Underwater Acoustics, Underwater Acoustics PhD Symposium, University Of Bath, 16th - 16th Dec 2019.
  • Staples B, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Coupled Scholte Modes in Plastic Plates Underwater, DEFENCE AND SECURITY DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM, Swindon, 12th - 13th Nov 2019.
  • Staples B, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Coupled Scholte modes supported by “soft” elastic plates underwater, The Rank Prize Funds Symposium on Parallels between acoustics and EM radiation in structured materials, Wordsworth Hotel, Grasmere, 28th - 31st Oct 2019.
  • Staples B, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Coupled Scholte Modes in Plastic Plates Underwater, Symposium on Acoustic Metamaterials 2019, Iscia (italy), 9th - 11th Oct 2019.
  • Staples B, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Coupled Scholte modes in soft solid plates, Elasticity Day 2019, University Of Exeter, 8th - 8th May 2019.
  • Graham TJ, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR, Starkey TA. (2019) Underwater acoustic surface waves on a periodically perforated metal plate, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 146, no. 6, pages 4569-4575, DOI:10.1121/1.5139651. [PDF]
  • De Pineda JD, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR. (2019) Exploration of microwave edge modes on a metasurface with glide symmetry, 2019 13th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, Metamaterials 2019, pages X107-X109, DOI:10.1109/MetaMaterials.2019.8900794.
  • Petrov P, Hibbins AP, Sambles JR. (2019) Superdirective Antennas of Coupled Helical Elements, 2019 Thirteenth International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials), 16th - 21st Sep 2019, 2019 Thirteenth International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials), DOI:10.1109/metamaterials.2019.8900936. [PDF]
  • Starkey T, Kyrimi V, Ward G, Sambles J, Hibbins A. (2019) Experimental characterisation of the bound acoustic surface modes supported by honeycomb and hexagonal hole arrays (dataset). [PDF]
  • Starkey TA, Kyrimi V, Ward GP, Sambles JR, Hibbins AP. (2019) Experimental characterisation of the bound acoustic surface modes supported by honeycomb and hexagonal hole arrays, Scientific Reports, volume 9, no. 1, article no. 15773, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-50446-z. [PDF]
  • Gallagher C. (2019) Microwave Characteristics of Particulate Magnetic Composites.
  • Camacho Aguilar M, Boix RR, Medina F, Hibbins A, Sambles J. (2019) Extraordinary transmission and radiation from finite by infinite arrays of slots, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, DOI:10.1109/TAP.2019.2935819.
  • Beadle J, Hooper I, Sambles JR, Hibbins A. (2019) Broadband, slow sound on a glide-symmetric meander-channel surface, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, volume 145, DOI:10.1121/1.5109549. [PDF]
  • Camacho Aguilar M. (2019) Microwave response of finite periodic metal structures (PhD thesis).
  • Graham TJ. (2019) Underwater Acoustic Waves on Structured and Unstructured Plates.

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  • Lawrence C, Suckling J, Sambles R. (2004) Resonant microwave transmission through individual sub-wavelength slits, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 5618, pages 15-29, DOI:10.1117/12.582000.
  • Möbus G, Vukusic P, Sambles JR. (2004) Natural grain boundaries over 3 orders of magnitude: Atomic vs. bio-photonic (poly-) crystals examined by TEM, Microscopy and Microanalysis, volume 10, no. SUPPL. 2, pages 4-5, DOI:10.1017/S1431927604883983.
  • Vukusic P, Sambles JR. (2004) Erratum: Photonic structures in biology (Nature (2003) 424 (852-855), Nature, volume 429, no. 6992, DOI:10.1038/nature02683.
  • Ruan, L.Z., Dong, Y.. (2004) The delay effect of switch-on in a supertwisted nematic cell, Applied Physics Letters, volume 85, pages 5070-5072.
  • Vukusic P, Wootton RJ, Sambles JR. (2004) Remarkable iridescence in the hindwings of the damselfly Neurobasis chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae), Proc Biol Sci, volume 271, no. 1539, pages 595-601, DOI:10.1098/rspb.2003.2595. [PDF]
  • Jewell SA, Sambles JR, Goodby JW, Hall AW, Cowling SJ. (2004) Observation of switching in tri-stable antiferroelectric cells, Ferroelectrics, volume 309-312, DOI:10.1080/00150190490510393.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2004) Observation of backflow in the switch-on dynamics of a hybrid aligned nematic, Applied Physics Letters, pages 46-48.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2004) Sensing using differential surface plasmon ellipsometry, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 96, pages 3004-3011.
  • Sambles JR, Hibbins AP, Lockyear MJ, Suckling JR. (2004) Finite Conductance Governs the Resonance Transmission of Thin Metal Slits at Microwave Frequencies, Physical Review Letters, volume 92, no. 14, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.147401.
  • Vukusic P, Sambles JR. (2004) Photonic structures in biology (vol 424, pg 852, 2003), NATURE, volume 429, no. 6992, pages 680-680, DOI:10.1038/nature02683. [PDF]
  • Ruan, L.Z.. (2004) Testing the dynamic theory of nematics using fully-leaky guided modes and a convergent beam system, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, volume 119, pages 39-49.
  • Barnes, W.L., Sambles JR. (2004) Only skin deep, Science, volume 305, pages 785-786.
  • Suckling, J.R., Sambles, J.R.. (2004) Proceedings of SPIE 5618, 'Resonant microwave transmission through individual sub-wavelength slits'.
  • Ruan, L.Z., Dong, Y.. (2004) The dynamical process of switch-off in a supertwisted nematic cell, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 96, pages 310-315.
  • Lawrence, C.J., Suckling, J.R., Sambles JR. (2004) Resonant microwave transmission through individual sub-wavelength slits, SPIE Integrated Optical Devices, Nanostructures and Displays, 2004.
  • Hooper IR, Sambles JR. (2004) Coupled surface plasmon polaritons on thin metal slabs corrugated on both surfaces, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, volume 70.
  • Vukusic P, Lawrence CR, Sambles JR. (2004) Structurally assisted blackness in butterfly scales, Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, volume 271, no. 0, pages 237-239, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0150.
  • Sambles JR, Hibbins AP, Kelly RJ, Suckling JR, Yang F. (2004) Microwaves: Thin metal slits and liquid crystals, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, volume 5618, pages 1-14, DOI:10.1117/12.580829.
  • Hibbins, A.P., Kelly, R.J.. (2004) Proceedings of SPIE 5618, 'Microwaves: thin metal slits and liquid crystals'.
  • Lawrence, C.R., Hooper, I.R.. (2004) Broad-band polarization conversion from a finite periodic structure in the microwave regime, Applied Physics Letters, volume 84, pages 849-851.
  • Hibbins AP, Lawrence CR, Lockyear MJ, Sambles JR. (2004) Surface-topography-induced enhanced transmission and directivity of microwave radiation through a sub-wavelength circular metal aperture, Applied Physics Letters, volume 84, no. 12, pages 2040-2042, DOI:10.1063/1.1688001.
  • Hibbins AP, Brown JR, Lawrence CR, Sambles JR. (2004) Squeezing millimetre waves into microns, Physical Review Letters, volume 92, no. 14, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.143904.
  • Yang,, Sambles,. (2004) Microwave liquid crystal variable phase grating, Applied Physics Letters, volume 85, pages 2041-2043.
  • Kaczmarek, M., Tatarkova, S.A., Cudney, R.S., Sambles, J.R.. (2004) AC field enhancement of diffraction from permanent gratings in dye-doped liquid crystals, Ukranian Journal of Physics, volume 49, pages 352-357.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2004) Differential ellipsometric surface plasmon resonance sensors with liquid crystal polarization modulators, Applied Physics Letters, volume 85, pages 3017-3019.
  • Sambles, J.R., Goodby, J.W.. (2004) Optical waveguide characterisation of a tri-stable antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 95, pages 2246-2249.

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  • Yang F, Sambles JR. (2003) Chapter 15 Guided mode studies of liquid crystal layers, Nanotechnology and Nano-Interface Controlled Electronic Devices, Elsevier, 271-312, DOI:10.1016/b978-044451091-4/50016-9.
  • Barbero G, Evangelista LR, Mazzulla A, Ciuchi F, Sambles JR. (2003) Comment on "Optical determination of flexoelectric coefficients and surface polarization in a hybrid aligned nematic cell" (multiple letters), Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, volume 68, no. 2 1.
  • Jewell SA, Sambles JR. (2003) Fully-leaky guided mode measurement of the flexoelectric constant (e 11 e33) of a nematic liquid crystal, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, volume 401, DOI:10.1080/744815187.
  • Sambles, J.R., Ruan, L.. (2003) Theory of nematic-smectic phase separation in thin twisted liquid crystal cells, Liquid Crystals, volume 30, pages 823-830.
  • Hooper IR, Sambles JR. (2003) Surface plasmon polaritons on thin-slab metal gratings, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, volume 67.
  • Perkins, E.A., Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Light Emission from Whispering Gallery Modes in Microscopic Spheres, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, volume 20, pages 1785-1791.
  • Ruan LZ, Sambles JR, Stewart IW. (2003) Self-organized periodic photonic structure in a nonchiral liquid crystal, Phys Rev Lett, volume 91, no. 3, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.033901. [PDF]
  • Yang, F., Sambles JR. (2003) Guided mode studies of liquid crystal layers, Nanotechnology and Nanointerface Controlled Electronic Devices, 271-312.
  • Perkins, E.A., Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Light Scattering by Microscopic Spheres Behind a Glass/air Interface, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, volume 20, pages 1589-1594.
  • Perkins, E.A., Cann, P.S.. (2003) Surface-Plasmon-Enhanced Light Scattering from Microscopic Spheres, Applied Physics Letters, volume 83, pages 3006-3008.
  • Ciuchi, F., Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Reply to Comment on Optical determination of flexoelectric coefficients and surface polarization in a hybrid aligned nematic cell, Physical Review E, volume 68.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Photonic structures in biology, Nature, volume 424, pages 852-855.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Determining the permittivity of nematic liquid crystals in the microwave region, Liquid Crystals, volume 30, pages 599-602.
  • Ruan LZ, Sambles JR. (2003) Flow-induced twist-compression in a twisted nematic cell, Phys Rev Lett, volume 90, no. 16, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.168701. [PDF]
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Surface plasmon polaritons on narrow-ridged short-pitch metal gratings in the conical mount, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, volume 20, pages 836-843.
  • Hibbins, A.P., Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Low angular-dispersion microwave absorption of a dual-pitch non-diffracting metal bi-grating, Applied Physics Letters, volume 83, pages 806-808.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Backflow in the Relaxation of a Hybrid Aligned Nematic Cell, Applied Physics Letters, volume 82, pages 3156-3158.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2003) Guided mode studies of liquid crystal layers, Reflective Practice in Arts Education, 271-312.
  • Jewell SA, Sambles JR. (2003) Fully-leaky guided mode measurement of the flexoelectric constant (e11+e33) of a nematic liquid crystal, MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS, volume 401, pages 181-187, DOI:10.1080/15421400390243183. [PDF]

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  • Smith NJ, Tillin MD, Sambles JR. (2002) Direct optical quantification of backflow in a 90° twisted nematic cell, Physical Review Letters, volume 88, no. 8.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Determination of the microwave permittivities of nematic liquid crystals using a single metallic slit technique, Applied Physics Letters, volume 81, pages 2047-2049.
  • Sambles, J.R., Lawrence, C.R.. (2002) The excitation of remarkably non-dispersive surface plasmons on a non-diffracting, dual-pitch metal grating, Applied Physics Letters, volume 80, pages 2410-2412.
  • Scalia G, Rudquist P, Hermann DS, D'havé K, Lagerwall ST, Sambles JR. (2002) Fully leaky guided mode study of an orthoconic antiferroelectric liquid crystal cell deviating from perfect horizontal surface stabilization, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, volume 91, no. 12, pages 9667-9675, DOI:10.1063/1.1473228. [PDF]
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Determination of Microwave Permittivities using a Metallic Slit, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, volume 35, pages 3049-3051.
  • Yang, F., Sambles JR. (2002) A liquid crystal wavelength selector, Liquid crystals today, volume 11, pages 1-2.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Dispersion of surface plasmons on short pitch metal gratings, Physical Review E, volume 65.
  • Mittler, S., Knoll, W.. (2002) Surface plasmon-related resonances on deep and asymmetric metal gratings, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, volume 65.
  • Jewell SA, Sambles JR. (2002) Fully leaky guided mode study of the flexoelectric effect and surface polarization in hybrid aligned nematic cells, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 92, no. 1, pages 19-24, DOI:10.1063/1.1483392.
  • Hooper IR, Sambles JR. (2002) Broadband Polarization-converting Mirror for the Visible Region of the Spectrum, Optics Letters, volume 27, pages 2152-2154.
  • Sambles JR, Yang F. (2002) Resonant transmission of microwaves through a narrow metallic slit, Physical Review Letters, volume 89, no. 6, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.063901.
  • Sambles JR, Ashwell GJ, Jory MJ, Okazaki N. (2002) Molecular rectification at 8 K in an Au/C16H33Q-3CNQ LB film/ Au structure, Applied Physics Letters, volume 81, no. 12, pages 2300-2302, DOI:10.1063/1.1508815.
  • Sambles, J.R., Lawrence, C.R.. (2002) Gratingless enhanced microwave transmission through a subwavelength aperture in a thick metal plate, Applied Physics Letters, volume 81, no. 24, pages 4661-4663.
  • Lawrence CJ, Hibbins, A.P., Sambles JR, Robinson DM. (2002) Remarkable transmission of radiation through a wall of long metallic bricks, SPIE Photonics West, San Jose, Usa, SPIE, volume 4655, pages 181-191.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Dynamic director profiles and viscosities of a twisted nematic liquid crystal using a fully leaky guided mode convergent beam system, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 92, pages 4857-4862.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) A liquid crystal microwave wavelength selector, Liquid Crystals Today, volume 11, pages 1-2.
  • Gao, H.J., Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Relations between the critical angles and the optical tensor of a biaxial material, Applied Optics, volume 41, pages 7264-7274.
  • Smith NJ, Tillin MD, Sambles JR. (2002) Direct optical quantification of backflow in a 90 degrees twisted nematic cell, Phys Rev Lett, volume 88, no. 8, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.088301. [PDF]
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Fully-leaky guided mode measurement of the flexoelectric effect and surface polarisation in HAN cells, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 92, pages 19-24.
  • Gao, H.J., Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Fully-leaky guided wave determination of the original alignment direction for the directors at the walls in a twisted nematic liquid crystal cell, Journal of Applied Physics, volume 92, pages 1744-1751.
  • Vukusic, P.S., Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Grazing-incidence iridescence in the Troides megellanus butterfly a possible signalling mechanism, Applied Optics, volume 41, pages 437-441.
  • Sambles, J.R., Lawrence, C.R.. (2002) Limited-view iridescence in the butterfly Ancyluris meliboeus, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, volume 269, no. 7, pages 7-14.
  • Hooper IR, Sambles JR. (2002) Dispersion of surface plasmon polaritons on short-pitch metal gratings, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, volume 65, no. 16, pages 1654321-1654329.
  • Hooper IR, Sambles JR. (2002) Surface plasmon polaritons on narrow-ridged short-pitch metal gratings, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, volume 66.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2002) Proceedings of SPIE 4438, 'Shedding light on butterfly wings'.
  • Ruan LZ, Sambles JR. (2002) Dynamics of a twisted nematic cell using a convergent beam system, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, volume 92, no. 9, pages 4857-4862, DOI:10.1063/1.1509847. [PDF]

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  • Lawrence C, Vukusic P, Sambles JR. (2001) Tailored iridescence from butterfly wings: constrained diffraction gratings, Optical Interference Coatings, DOI:10.1364/oic.2001.tue7.
  • Jory MJ, Swatton SN, Perkins E, Geddes NJ, Sambles JR. (2001) Measurement of light scattering from a dielectric sphere behind a glass/air interface, Journal of Modern Optics, volume 48, no. 4, pages 565-572, DOI:10.1080/09500340108230932.
  • Vukusic P, Sambles JR, Lawrence CR, Wootton RJ. (2001) Now you see it - Now you don't, Nature, volume 410, no. 6824, DOI:10.1038/35065161.
  • Vukusic P, Lawrence CR, Sambles JR, Wootton RJ. (2001) Structural colour: Now you see it - now you don't, Nature, volume 410, no. 6824, DOI:10.1038/35065161.
  • Neuman, T., Mittler, S.. (2001) Fluorescent dyes as a probe for the localised field of coupled surface plasmon-related resonances, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.
  • Vukusic, P.S., Sambles JR. (2001) Shedding light on butterfly wings, SPIE 2001.
  • Sambles, J.R., Lawrence, C.R.. (2001) Sculpted-multilayer optical effects in two species of Papilio butterfly, Applied Optics, volume 40, pages 1116-1125.
  • Mazzulla A, Ciuchi F, Sambles JR. (2001) Optical determination of flexoelectric coefficients and surface polarization in a hybrid aligned nematic cell, Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys, volume 64, no. 2 Pt 1, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.64.021708. [PDF]
  • Went H E, Sambles, J.R.. (2001) Resonantly coupled surface plasmon polaritons in the grooves of very deep highly blazed zero order metallic gratings at microwave frequencies, Applied Physics Letters, volume 79, pages 575-577.
  • Yang, F, Sambles, J.R.. (2001) A technique for characterizing azimuthal anchoring of twisted nematic liquid crystals using half-leaky guided modes, volume 18, pages 994-1002.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2001) Armed for light sensing, volume 412.
  • Sambles, J.R.. (2001) Microwave liquid crystal wavelength selector, Applied Physics Letters, volume 79, pages 3717-3719.
  • Ruan, L.Z., Osipov, M.A., Sambles, J.R.. (2001) Coexisting nematic and smectic A phases in a high twist liquid crystal cell, Physical Review Letters, volume 86, pages 4548-4551.
  • Swatton, S.N., Perkins, E.. (2001) Measurement of Light Scattering from a Dielectric Sphere behind a glass/air interface, Journal of Modern Optics, volume 48, pages 565-572.
  • Hodder B, Yang F, Sambles JR. (2001) Optical characterization of the director profile in a ferroelectric liquid crystal cell with homeotropic alignment, JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, volume 89, no. 1, pages 5-9, DOI:10.1063/1.1330549. [PDF]
  • Cheng, H.F., Gao, H.J.. (2001) Determination of the Torsional Anchoring of a Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Using the Half-Leaky Guided Mode Technique, volume 28, pages 51-57.
  • Hibbins, A.P., Sambles, J.R., Lawrence, C.R., Robinson, D.M.. (2001) Remarkable transmission of microwaves through a wall of long metallic bricks, Applied Physics Letters, volume 79, no. 17, pages 2844-2846.
  • Vukusic P, Sambles R. (2001) Shedding light on butterfly wings, PHYSICS, THEORY, AND APPLICATIONS OF PERIODIC STRUCTURES IN OPTICS, volume 4438, pages 85-95, DOI:10.1117/12.451481. [PDF]
  • Brady, A.C., Sambles JR. (2001) Rectifiers, Electron Transfer in Chemistry, 137-155.
  • Sambles, J.R., Preist, T.W., Tan, N.P., Wanstall, N.P.. (2001) Proc IUTAM Symposium, 'Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves in Structured Media'. Surface plasmons and zero-order gratings.
  • Hooper, I.R., Sambles, J.R.. (2001) A novel half-leaky guided mode technique study of the director profile in a ferroelectric liquid crystal cell with homeotropic alignment, volume 89.
  • Sambles JR, Preist TW, Tan WC, Wanstall NP. (2001) Surface plasmons and zero order metal gratings, IUTAM SYMPOSIUM ON MECHANICAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN STRUCTURED MEDIA, volume 91, pages 285-296. [PDF]

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  • PEPPIATT SJ, SAMBLES JR. (1975) MELTING OF SMALL PARTICLES .1. LEAD, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, volume 345, no. 1642, pages 387-&, DOI:10.1098/rspa.1975.0144. [PDF]

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  • BLACKMAN M, SAMBLES JR, PEPPIATT SJ. (1972) SUPERHEATING OF BISMUTH, NATURE-PHYSICAL SCIENCE, volume 239, no. 91, pages 61-&, DOI:10.1038/physci239061a0. [PDF]
  • Skinner, L.M., Sambles JR. (1972) The Kelvin equation-a review, Journal of Aerosol Science, volume 3, pages 199-210.

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Patents

  • Hibbins AP, Lawrence CR, Hobson PA, Lockyear MJ, Sambles JR. Radiation absorption.
  • Lawrence, C.J., Sambles JR, Vukusic, P.S.. Multilayer surface (specialised surface), Patent Number: 9912081.8, UK, 1999.
  • Lawrence, C.J., Sambles JR, Vukusic, P.S.. Multilayer surface (specialised surface), Patent Number: 6753952, USA, 2004.
  • Hibbins, A.P., Lawrence, C.J., Sambles JR. Low frequency electromagentic absorption surfaces, Patent Number: 6642881, USA, 2003.
  • Hibbins, A.P., Lawrence, C.J., Sambles JR. Low frequency electromagentic absorption surfaces, Patent Number: GB00/03181, World, 2000.
  • Bryan-Brown, G.P., Sambles JR. Surface plasmon optical sensor, Patent Number: 5598267, USA, 1997.
  • Lawrence, C.J., Sambles JR. A signature recognition system for credit and security cards, Patent Number: 9703822.8, UK, 1997.
  • Geddes, N.J., Sambles JR. M-I-M device and fabrication method, Patent Number: 5152805, USA, 1992.
  • . Textured surfaces, Patent Number: GB/00/04323, World, 2000.
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