Hayward, Tom, Professor

Professor Tom Hayward

MPhys PhD

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Professor of Materials Physics

t.hayward@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5499

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Professor Tom Hayward
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
91ֱ��
S1 3JD

Profile: I completed my PhD at Sidney Sussex College, the University of Cambridge, in 2007, under the supervision of the late Professor Tony Bland. I subsequently worked in post-doctoral positions, both in Cambridge and at the University of 91ֱ��, before being awarded an EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellowship in 2012, which I used to start my own group. I became a lecturer in 2017, a senior lecturer in 2020, and Professor of Materials Physics in 2024. My groups work is/has been supported by grants from a range of funders including EPSRC, Leverhulme trust, the European Commission, the Royal Society, and the Sir Henry Royce Institute.

Research interests

My research explores the use of nano-scale magnetism and spintronics (spin-electronics) to create new, energy-efficient computing devices, as well understand fundamental physics. The majority of my group's research is currently focused on developing new neuromorphic (brain-like) computing devices that will allow us to use artificial intelligence at a fraction of its current energy cost. More broadly, my group has expertise in the growth of high-quality magnetic thin films and multilayers, the lithographic patterning of these into nanodevices, experimental characterisation via a wide range of techniques and simulation of device behaviour.

Key research interests:

Magnetism
Spintronics
Magnonics
Neuromorphic Computing
Unconventional Computing
Machine Learning
Micromagnetic Simulation.

Publications

Journal articles

Swindells C, Eade DR, Silsupadol T & Hayward TJ (2024) . SPIN.
Venkat G, Allwood DA & Hayward TJ (2023) . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 57(6).
Vidamour IT, Swindells C, Venkat G, Manneschi L, Fry PW, Welbourne A, Rowan-Robinson RM, Backes D, Maccherozzi F, Dhesi SS , Vasilaki E et al (2023) . Communications Physics, 6(1).
Ellis MOA, Welbourne A, Kyle SJ, Fry PW, Allwood DA, Hayward TJ & Vasilaki E (2023) Machine learning using magnetic stochastic synapses.. Neuromorph. Comput. Eng., 3, 21001-21001.
Allwood DA, Ellis MOA, Griffin D, Hayward TJ, Manneschi L, Musameh MFKH, O'Keefe S, Stepney S, Swindells C, Trefzer MA , Vasilaki E et al (2023) . Applied Physics Letters, 122(4), 040501-040501.
Vidamour I, Ellis MOA, Griffin D, Venkat G, Swindells C, Dawidek RWS, Broomhall TJ, Steinke N-J, Cooper J, Maccherozzi F , Dhesi S et al (2022) . Nanotechnology.
Pan P & Hayward TJ (2022) . Journal of Applied Physics, 131(21).
Chen X, Hayward TJ, Liu W & Bryan MT (2021) . Journal of Applied Physics, 130(22).
Adhikari A, Gilroy ER, Hayward TJ & Adenwalla S (2021) . Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 33(31).
Ababei RV, Ellis MOA, Vidamour IT, Devadasan DS, Allwood DA, Vasilaki E & Hayward TJ (2021) . Scientific Reports, 11(1).
Baco S, Abbas QA, Hayward TJ & Morley NA (2021) . Journal of Alloys and Compounds.
Welbourne A, Levy ALR, Ellis MOA, Chen H, Thompson MJ, Vasilaki E, Allwood DA & Hayward TJ (2021) . Applied Physics Letters, 118(20).
Pan P, Moorehead RD & Hayward TJ (2020) . Journal of Applied Physics, 128(17).
Broomhall TJ, Rushforth AW, Rosamond MC, Linfield EH & Hayward TJ (2020) . Physical Review Applied, 13(2).
Abbas Q, Thomson T, Hayward T & Morley N (2019) . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
Omari KA, Broomhall TJ, Dawidek RWS, Allwood DA, Bradley RC, Wood JM, Fry PW, Rosamond MC, Linfield EH, Im MY , Fischer PJ et al (2019) . Advanced Functional Materials, 29(10).
Chang CL, Tamming RR, Broomhall TJ, Janusonis J, Fry PW, Tobey RI & Hayward TJ (2018) . Physical Review Applied, 10(3).
Omari KA & Hayward TJ (2017) . Scientific Reports, 7(1).
Broomhall TJ & Hayward TJ (2017) . Scientific Reports, 7(1).
Hayward TJ & Omari KA (2017) . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 50(8).
Omari K, Bradley RC, Broomhall TJ, Hodges MPP, Rosamond MC, Linfield EH, Im M-Y, Fischer P & Hayward TJ (2015) . Applied Physics Letters, 107(22), 222403-222403.
Dean J, Bryan MT, Cooper JD, Virbule A, Cunningham JE & Hayward TJ (2015) . Applied Physics Letters, 107(14).
Hayward TJ (2015) . Scientific Reports, 5.
Polenciuc I, Vick AJ, Allwood DA, Hayward TJ, Vallejo-Fernandez G, O'Grady K & Hirohata A (2014) . Applied Physics Letters, 105(16), 162406-162406.
Hodges MPP, Bryan MT, Fry PW, Im M-Y, Fischer P & Hayward TJ (2014) . Journal of Applied Physics, 116(12), 123914-123914.
Alqahtani H, Bryan MT, Hayward TJ, Hodges MP, Im MY, Fischer P, Grell M & Allwood DA (2014) . Organic Electronics, 15(1), 276-280.
Negotia M, Hodges MPP, Bryan MT, Fry PW, Im M-Y, Fischer P, Allwood DA & Hayward TJ (2013) . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 114(16).
Negoita M, Hayward TJ, Miller JA & Allwood DA (2013) . Journal of Applied Physics, 114(1).
Hayward TJ & Allwood DA (2013) . Nat Nanotechnol, 8(6), 391-392.
Hayward TJ & Bland JAC (2012) . ChemInform, 43(45), no-no.
West AD, Hayward TJ, Weatherill KJ, Schrefl T, Allwood DA & Hughes IG (2012) . Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45(9).
Negoita M, Hayward TJ & Allwood DA (2012) . Applied Physics Letters, 100(7).
Hayward TJ, West AD, Weatherill KJ, Schrefl T, Hughes IG & Allwood DA (2011) . Journal of Applied Physics, 110(12).
Hayward TJ, Hong B, Vyas KN, Palfreyman JJ, Cooper JFK, Jiang Z, Jeong JR, Llandro J, Mitrelias T, Bland JAC & Barnes CHW (2010) . J PHYS D APPL PHYS, 43(17).
Hayward TJ, Bryan MT, Fry PW, Fundi PM, Gibbs MRJ, Im MY, Fischer P & Allwood DA (2010) . APPL PHYS LETT, 96(5).
Hayward TJ, Bryan MT, Fry PW, Fundi PM, Gibbs MRJ, Allwood DA, Im MY & Fischer P (2010) . PHYS REV B, 81(2).
De Los Santos VL, Llandro J, Lee D, Mitrelias T, Palfreyman JJ, Hayward TJ, Cooper J, Bland JAC, Barnes CHW, Arroyo JL & Lees M (2009) . J MAGN MAGN MATER, 321(14), 2129-2134.
Hong B, Hayward TJ, Jeong JR, Cooper JFK, Palfreyman JJ, Mitrelias T, Ionescu A, Bland JAC & Barnes CHW (2009) . J APPL PHYS, 105(3).
Weatherill KJ, Hayward TJ, West A, Schrefl T, Fry PW, Adams CS, Allwood DA & Hughes IG (2009) Interactions of ultracold atoms with magnetic fields from domain walls in nanowires. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
Lee JH, Holmes SN, Hong B, Roy PE, Mascaro MD, Hayward TJ, Anderson D, Cooper K, Jones GAC, Vickers ME , Ross CA et al (2009) . Applied Physics Letters, 95(17).
Weatherill KJ, Hayward TJ, West A, Schrefl T, Fry PW, Adams CS, Allwood DA & Hughes IG (2009) . CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference.
Jeong J-R, Llandro J, Hong B, Hayward TJ, Mitrelias T, Kopper KP, Trypiniotis T, Steinmuller SJ, Simpson GK & Bland JAC (2008) . Lab Chip, 8(11), 1883-1887.
Laloe JB, Lonescu A, Easton S, Steinke NJ, Hayward TJ, Kurebayashi H, Bland JAC, Charlton TR, Dalgliesh RM & Langridge S (2008) . APPL PHYS LETT, 93(1).
Laloe JB, Ionescu A, Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Bland JAC & Vickers ME (2008) . APPL PHYS LETT, 92(8).
Vaz CAF, Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Schackert F, Morecroft D, Bland JAC, Klaui M, Laufenberg M, Backes D, Rudiger U & et al. EA (2007) . ChemInform, 38(48).
van Belle F, Hayward TJ, Blanda JAC & Lew WS (2007) . J APPL PHYS, 102(10).
Llandro J, Hayward TJ, Morecroft D, Bland JAC, Castano FJ, Colin IA & Ross CA (2007) . APPL PHYS LETT, 91(20).
Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Balsod RB, Bland JAC, Morecroft D, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2006) . PHYS REV B, 74(13).
Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Balsod RB, Bland JAC, Castano FJ, Morecroft D & Ross CA (2006) . APPL PHYS LETT, 89(11).
Ross CA, Castano FJ, Morecroft D, Jung W, Smith HI, Moore TA, Hayward TJ, Bland JAC, Bromwich TJ & Petford-Long AK (2006) . J APPL PHYS, 99(8).
Hayward TJ, Van Belle F & Bland J (2006) . INTERMAG 2006 - IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 940.
Hayward TJ, Van Belle F, Bland J, Castano FJ, Jung W, Morecroft D & Ross CA (2006) . INTERMAG 2006 - IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 939.
Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Jiang Z, Van Belle F, Mitrelias T, Bland J, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2006) . INTERMAG 2006 - IEEE International Magnetics Conference, 544.
Hayward TJ, Moore TA, Tse DHY, Bland JAC, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2005) . PHYS REV B, 72(18).
Moore TA, Hayward TJ, Tse DHY, Bland JAC, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2005) . J APPL PHYS, 97(6).
Venkat G, Vidamour I, Swindells C, Fry PW, Rosamond M, Foerster M, Niño MA, Griffin D, Stepney S, Allwood DA & Hayward TJ () . Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering.
Dawidek RW, Hayward TJ, Vidamour IT, Broomhall TJ, Venkat G, Mamoori MA, Mullen A, Kyle SJ, Fry PW, Steinke N , Cooper JFK et al () . Advanced Functional Materials, 2008389-2008389.
West AD, Weatherill KJ, Hayward TJ, Fry PW, Schrefl T, Gibbs MRJ, Adams CS, Allwood DA & Hughes IG () . Nano Lett., 12, 4065.
Hayward TJ, West AD, Weatherill KJ, Curran PJ, Fry PW, Fundi PM, Gibbs MRJ, Schrefl T, Adams CS, Hughes IG , Bending SJ et al () . J. Appl. Phys., 108, 043906.
Omari KA & Hayward TJ () . Physical Review Applied, 2(4).
Vidamour IT, Ellis MOA, Griffin D, Venkat G, Swindells C, Dawidek RWS, Broomhall TJ, Steinke N-J, Cooper JFK, Maccherozzi F , Dhesi SS et al () Quantifying the Computational Capability of a Nanomagnetic Reservoir Computing Platform with Emergent Magnetization Dynamics.

Conference proceedings papers

Hayward TJ, Vidamour IT, Ellis MO, Welbourne A, Dawidek RW, Broomhall TJ, Chambard M, Drouhin M, Keogh AM, Mullen A , Kyle SJ et al (2021) . Spintronics XIV, 1 August 2021 - 5 August 2021.
Polenciuc I, Vick AJ, Allwood DA, Hayward TJ, Vallejo-Fernandez G, Hirohata A & O'Grady K (2015) . 2015 IEEE Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2015.
Mitrelias T, Cooper JFK, Vyas KN, Palfreyman JJ, Hong B, Hayward TJ & Barnes CHW (2010) . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 107(9)
Jepson MAE, Khan K, Hayward TJ, Inkson BJ & Rodenburg C (2010) . ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AND ANALYSIS GROUP CONFERENCE 2009 (EMAG 2009), Vol. 241
Hong B, Hayward TJ, Barnes CHW & Jeong JR (2009) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 45(6) (pp 2511-2514)
Hong B, Llandro J, Hayward TJ, Mitrelias T, Kopper KP, Trypiniotis T, Steinmuller SJ, Barnes CHW, Van Phong L, Kim C & Jeong JR (2009) . IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS, Vol. 45(6) (pp 2878-2881)
Palfreyman JJ, Cooper JFK, van Belle F, Hong B, Hayward TJ, Lopalco M, Bradley M, Mitrealias T & Bland JAC (2009) . JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, Vol. 321(10) (pp 1662-1666)
Lee JH, Hayward TJ, Holmes SN, Hong B, Llandro J, Cooper K, Anderson D, Jones GAC & Barnes CHW (2009) . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 105(7)
Mitrelias T, Trypiniotis T, Palfreyman JJ, Hong B, Vyas K, Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Kopper KP, Bland JAC, Robertson PA & Barnes CHW (2009) . JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 105(7)
Hong B, Jeong JR, Llandro J, Hayward TJ, Ionescu A, Trypiniotis T, Mitrehas T, Kopper KP, Steinmuller SJ & Bland JAC (2008) High throughput biological analysis using multi-bit magnetic digital planar tags. BIOMAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC BIOSYSTEMS BASED ON MOLECULAR RECOGNITION PROCESSES, Vol. 1025 (pp 74-81)
Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Kopper KP, Trypiniotis T, Mitrelias T, Bland JAC & Barnes CHW (2008) Towards magnetic suspension assay technology. BIOMAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC BIOSYSTEMS BASED ON MOLECULAR RECOGNITION PROCESSES, Vol. 1025 (pp 111-124)
Llandro J, Hayward TJ, Bland JAC, Morecroft D, Castano FJ, Colin IA & Ross CA (2008) Moment selective digital detection of single magnetic beads for multiplexed Bioassays. BIOMAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC BIOSYSTEMS BASED ON MOLECULAR RECOGNITION PROCESSES, Vol. 1025 (pp 176-185)
Vaz CAF, Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Schackert F, Morecroft D, Bland JAC, Klaui M, Laufenberg M, Backes D, Rudiger U , Castano FJ et al (2007) . JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, Vol. 19(25)
Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Schackert FDO, Morecroft D, Balsod RB, Bland JAC, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2007) . JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 40(5) (pp 1273-1279)
Moore TA, Hayward TJ, Tse DHY, Bland JAC, Castano FJ & Ross CA (2006) . PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER, Vol. 372(1-2) (pp 164-167)

Preprints

Vidamour IT, Venkat G, Swindells C, Griffin D, Fry PW, Rowan-Robinson RM, Welbourne A, Maccherozzi F, Dhesi SS, Stepney S , Allwood DA et al (2024) RingSim- An Agent-based Approach for Modelling Mesoscopic Magnetic Nanowire Networks, arXiv.
Manneschi L, Vidamour IT, Stenning KD, Gartside JC, Swindells C, Venkat G, Griffin D, Stepney S, Branford WR, Hayward T , Ellis MO et al (2024) Optimising network interactions through device agnostic models, arXiv.
Venkat G, Allwood DA & Hayward TJ (2023) Magnetic domain walls : Types, processes and applications.
Ellis MOA, Welbourne A, Kyle SJ, Fry PW, Allwood DA, Hayward TJ & Vasilaki E (2023) Machine learning using magnetic stochastic synapses, arXiv.
Allwood DA, Ellis MOA, Griffin D, Hayward TJ, Manneschi L, Musameh MFK, O'Keefe S, Stepney S, Swindells C, Trefzer MA , Vasilaki E et al (2022) , arXiv.
Vidamour I, Swindells C, Venkat G, Manneschi L, Fry P, Welbourne A, Rowan-Robinson R, Backes D, Maccherozzi F, Dhesi S , Vasilaki E et al (2022) , Research Square Platform LLC.
Vidamour I, Swindells C, Venkat G, Fry P, Welbourne A, Rowan-Robinson R, Backes D, Maccherozzi F, Dhesi S, Vasilaki E , Allwood D et al (2022) , arXiv.
West AD, Weatherill KJ, Hayward TJ, Fry PW, Schrefl T, Gibbs MRJ, Adams CS, Allwood DA & Hughes IG (2011) , arXiv.
Hayward TJ, West AD, Weatherill KJ, Schrefl T, Hughes IG & Allwood DA (2011) , arXiv.
Hayward TJ, West AD, Weatherill KJ, Curran PJ, Fry PW, Fundi PM, Gibbs MRJ, Schrefl T, Adams CS, Hughes IG , Bending SJ et al (2010) , arXiv.
Ababei RV, Ellis MOA, Vidamour IT, Devadasan DS, Allwood DA, Vasilaki E & Hayward TJ () .

Teaching activities

MAT1220 (Introduction to Materials Properties).
MAT2220 (Functional Materials)
MAT3821 (Introduction to Finite Element Modelling).
MAT4111 (Functional and Structural Ceramics)
MAT6390 (Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Devices)
MAT2390-214 (Perspectives in Materials Research)

Professional activities and memberships

Member of the Institute of Physics
Member of EPSRC Peer Review College

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Professor Tom Hayward

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