I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia. I also have affiliation with the Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute.
| Year | Degree | Institute | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ph.D. | University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC |
| 2013 | B.Sc. (Hons.) | Mount Allison University | Sackville, NB |
| Year | Position | Event/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-2020 | Student Representative | IsoSiM Program Committee |
| 2018 | Canadian Representative | IAEA Technical Meeting EVT1703385 |
| 2016-2017 | Science Ambassador | TRIUMF |
| 2015 | Member | IsoSiM Summer School Organizing Committee |
| 2014 | Member | Canadian Society for Chemistry |
| 2007-2012 | Member | MtA Chemistry & Biochemistry Society |
Here are lists of my academic works, organized into:
Publications with a free version hosted on the arXiv are tagged with a and the article identifier. Entries where the published version is open access are indicated with a .
R. M. L. McFadden, A. Chatzichristos, D. L. Cortie, D. Fujimoto, Y. S. Hor, H. Ji, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, I. McKenzie, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, M. Stachura, R. J. Cava, and W. A. MacFarlane
Local electronic and magnetic properties of the doped topological insulators Bi2Se3:Ca and Bi2Te3:Mn investigated using ion-implanted 8Li β-NMR
J. O. Ticknor, I. Umegaki, R. M. L. McFadden, A. Chatzichristos, D. Fujimoto, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, S. Kobayashi, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, K. Yoshimura, J. Sugiyama, and W. A. MacFarlane
Investigation of ionic and anomalous magnetic behavior in CrSe2 using 8Li β-NMR
RSC Adv. 10, 8190 (2020)
M. H. Dehn, J. K. Shenton, S. Holenstein, Q. N. Meier, D. J. Arseneau, D. L. Cortie, B. Hitti, A. C. Y. Fang, W. A. MacFarlane, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, Z. Salman, H. Luetkens, N. A. Spaldin, M. Fechner, and R. F. Kiefl
Observation of a charge-neutral muon-polaron complex in antiferromagnetic Cr2O3
Phys. Rev. X 10, 011036 (2020)
D. Fujimoto, R. M. L. McFadden, M. H. Dehn, Y. Petel, A. Chatzichristos, L. Hemmingsen, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, I. McKenzie, C. A. Michal, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, D. Szunyogh, J. O. Ticknor, M. Stachura, and W. A. MacFarlane
Dynamics of liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate measured with implanted-ion 8Li β-NMR
Chem. Mater. 31, 9346 (2019)
10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02864 arXiv:1907.03684 [cond-mat.soft]
V. L. Karner, A. Chatzichristos, D. L. Cortie, M. H. Dehn, O. Foyevtsov, K. Foyevtsova, D. Fujimoto, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, M. Stachura, J. O. Ticknor, G. Cristiani, G. Logvenov, F. Wrobel, B. Keimer, J. Zhang, J. F. Mitchell, and W. A. MacFarlane
Local metallic and structural properties of the strongly correlated metal LaNiO3 using 8Li β-NMR
Phys. Rev. B 100, 165109 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevB.100.165109 arXiv:1906.07878 [cond-mat.str-el]
A. Chatzichristos, R. M. L. McFadden, M. H. Dehn, S. R. Dunsiger, D. Fujimoto, V. L. Karner, I. McKenzie, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, M. Stachura, J. Sugiyama, J. O. Ticknor, W. A. MacFarlane, and R. F. Kiefl
Bi-Arrhenius diffusion and surface trapping of 8Li+ in rutile TiO2
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 095901 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.095901 arXiv:1810.12537 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
R. M. L. McFadden, A. Chatzichristos, K. H. Chow, D. L. Cortie, M. H. Dehn, D. Fujimoto, M. D. Hossain, H. Ji, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, I. McKenzie, G. D. Morris, O. Ofer, M. R. Pearson, M. Stachura, R. J. Cava, and W. A. MacFarlane
Ionic and electronic properties of the topological insulator Bi2Te2Se investigated via β-detected nuclear magnetic relaxation and resonance of 8Li
Phys. Rev. B 99, 125201 (2019)
10.1103/PhysRevB.99.125201 arXiv:1810.07879 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
D. Szunyogh, R. M. L. McFadden, V. L. Karner, A. Chatzichristos, T. Day Goodacre, M. H. Dehn, L. Formenti, D. Fujimoto, A. Gottberg, E. Kallenberg, I. Kálomista, R. F. Kiefl, F. H. Larsen, J. Lassen, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, W. A. MacFarlane, I. McKenzie, G. D. Morris, S. Pallada, M. R. Pearson, S. P. A. Sauer, P. Schaffer, P. W. Thulstrup, L. Hemmingsen, and M. Stachura
Direct observation of Mg2+ complexes in ionic liquid solutions by 31Mg β-NMR spectroscopy
Dalton Trans. 47, 14431 (2018)
I. McKenzie, Y. Chai, D. L. Cortie, J. A. Forrest, D. Fujimoto, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, W. A. MacFarlane, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, and S. Zhu
Direct measurements of the temperature, depth and processing dependence of phenyl ring dynamics in polystyrene thin films by β-detected NMR
Soft Matter 14, 7324 (2018) Inside Front Cover
M. H. Dehn, D. J. Arseneau, T. Buck, D. L. Cortie, D. G. Fleming, S. R. King, W. A. MacFarlane, A. M. McDonagh, R. M. L. McFadden, D. R. G. Mitchell, and R. F. Kiefl
Nature of magnetism in thiol-capped gold nanoparticles investigated with muon spin rotation
Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 053105 (2018)
R. M. L. McFadden, T. J. Buck, A. Chatzichristos, C.-C. Chen, K. H. Chow, D. L. Cortie, M. H. Dehn, V. L. Karner, D. Koumoulis, C. D. P. Levy, C. Li, I. McKenzie, R. Merkle, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, Z. Salman, D. Samuelis, M. Stachura, J. Xiao, J. Maier, R. F. Kiefl, and W. A. MacFarlane
Microscopic dynamics of Li+ in rutile TiO2 revealed by 8Li β-detected nuclear magnetic resonance
Chem. Mater. 29, 10187 (2017)
10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04093 arXiv:1709.06674 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
J. Sugiyama, I. Umegaki, T. Uyama, R. M. L. McFadden, S. Shiraki, T. Hitosugi, Z. Salman, H. Saadaoui, G. D. Morris, W. A. MacFarlane, and R. F. Kiefl
Lithium diffusion in spinel Li4Ti5O12 and LiTi2O4 films detected with 8Li β-NMR
Phys. Rev. B 96, 094402 (2017)
A. Chatzichristos, R. M. L. McFadden, V. L. Karner, D. L. Cortie, C. D. P. Levy, W. A. MacFarlane, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, Z. Salman, and R. F. Kiefl
Determination of the nature of fluctuations using 8Li and 9Li β-NMR and spin-lattice relaxation
Phys. Rev. B 96, 014307 (2017)
10.1103/PhysRevB.96.014307 arXiv:1703.10156 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]
I. McKenzie, D. L. Cortie, M. Harada, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, W. A. MacFarlane, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, S.-I. Ogata, M. R. Pearson, and J. Sugiyama
β-NMR measurements of molecular-scale lithium-ion dynamics in poly(ethylene oxide)-lithium-salt thin films
J. Chem. Phys. 146, 244903 (2017)
M. H. Dehn, D. J. Arseneau, P. Böni, M. D. Bridges, T. Buck, D. L. Cortie, D. G. Fleming, J. A. Kelly, W. A. MacFarlane, M. J. MacLachlan, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, P.-X. Wang, J. Xiao, V. M. Zamarion, and R. F. Kiefl
Chemisorption of muonium on gold nanoparticles: a sensitive new probe of surface magnetism and reactivity
J. Chem. Phys. 145, 181102 (2016)
D. L. Cortie, T. Buck, M. H. Dehn, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, I. McKenzie, M. R. Pearson, X. L. Wang, and W. A. MacFarlane
β-NMR investigation of the depth-dependent magnetic properties of an antiferromagnetic surface
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 106103 (2016)
D. L. Cortie, T. Buck, M. H. Dehn, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, Z. Salman, Y. Maeno, and W. A. MacFarlane
Spin fluctuations in the exotic metallic state of Sr2RuO4 studied with β-NMR
Phys. Rev. B 91, 241113(R) (2015)
P. J. Cormier, R. M. Clarke, R. M. L. McFadden, and K. Ghandi
Selective free radical reactions using supercritical carbon dioxide
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136, 2200 (2014)
K. Ghandi, R. M. L. McFadden, P. J. Cormier, P. Satija and M. Smith
Radical kinetics in sub- and supercritical carbon dioxide: thermodynamic rate tuning
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 8502 (2012)
P. Satija, R. M. L. McFadden, P. Cormier, and K. Ghandi
Selectivity of free radical reactions with vinylidene fluoride in supercritical carbon dioxide, probed by muon spin spectroscopy
Int. Rev. Chem. Eng. 3, 542 (2011)
https://www.praiseworthyprize.org/latest_issues/IRECHE-latest/IRECHE_vol_3_n_5.html
A. Chatzichristos, R. M. L. McFadden, V. L. Karner, D. L. Cortie, C. D. P. Levy, W. A. MacFarlane, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, Z. Salman, and R. F. Kiefl
Comparison of 8Li and 9Li spin relaxation in SrTiO3 and Pt: a means to distinguish magnetic and electric quadrupolar sources of relaxation
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011048 (2018)
R. M. L. McFadden, A. Chatzichristos, M. H. Dehn, D. Fujimoto, H. Funakubo, A. Gottberg, T. Hitosugi, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, M. Kurokawa, J. Lassen, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, S. Shiraki, M. Stachura, J. Sugiyama, D. M. Szunyogh, and W. A. MacFarlane
On the use of 31Mg for β-detected NMR studies of solids
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011047 (2018)
A. C. Y. Fang, M. H. Dehn, R. M. L. McFadden, V. L. Karner, J. E. Sonier, W. A. MacFarlane, G. D. Morris, C. Gomez, K. Akintola, and R. F. Kiefl
Origin of the multi-peak muon frequency spectrum in the heavy fermion compound UBe13
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011029 (2018)
V. L. Karner, R. M. L. Mcfadden, M. H. Dehn, D. Fujimoto, A. Chatzichristos, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, C. D. P. Levy, A. Reisner, L. H. Tjeng, R. F. Kiefl, and W. A. Macfarlane
Beta-detected NMR of LSAT and YSZ
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011024 (2018)
V. L. Karner, R. M. L. Mcfadden, A. Chatzichristos, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, C. D. P. Levy, Z. Salman, D. L. Cortie, R. F. Kiefl, and W. A. Macfarlane
Beta detected NMR of LaAlO3
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011023 (2018)
V. L. Karner, T. Liu, I. Mckenzie, A. Chatzichristos, D. L. Cortie, G. D. Morris, R. F. Kiefl, R. M. L. Mcfadden, Z. Fakhraai, M. Stachura, and W. A. Macfarlane
Exploring the dynamics of glasses using beta detected NMR
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011022 (2018)
J. Sugiyama, I. Umegaki, S. Shiraki, T. Hitosugi, R. M. L. McFadden, D. Wang, V. Karner, G. D. Morris, W. A. MacFarlane, and R. F. Kiefl
Challenge for detecting the interface between electrode and electrolyte with β-NMR
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011021 (2018)
W. A. MacFarlane, K. H. Chow, M. D. Hossain, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, H. Saadaoui, and Z. Salman
The spin relaxation of 8Li+ in gold at low magnetic field
JPS Conf. Proc. 21, 011020 (2018)
M. Stachura, R. M. L. McFadden, A. Chatzichristos, M. H. Dehn, A. Gottberg, L. Hemmingsen, A. Jancso, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, F. H. Larsen, J. Lassen, C. D. P. Levy, R. Li, W. A. MacFarlane, G. D. Morris, S. Pallada, M. R. Pearson, D. Szunyogh, P. W. Thulstrup, and A. Voss
Towards 31Mg-β-NMR resonance linewidths adequate for applications in magnesium chemistry
Hyperfine Interact. 238, 32 (2017)
C. D. P. Levy, M. R. Pearson, M. H. Dehn, V. L. Karner, R. F. Kiefl, J. Lassen, R. Li, W. A. MacFarlane, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, M. Stachura, A. Teigelhöfer, and A. Voss
Development of a polarized 31Mg+ beam as a spin-1/2 probe for BNMR
Hyperfine Interact. 237, 162 (2016)
W. A. MacFarlane, T. J. Parolin, D. L. Cortie, K. H. Chow, M. D. Hossain, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, R. M. L. McFadden, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, H. Saadaoui, Z. Salman, Q. Song, and D. Wang
8Li+ β-NMR in the cubic insulator MgO
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 551, 012033 (2014)
R. M. L. McFadden, D. L. Cortie, D. J. Arseneau, T. J. Buck, C.-C. Chen, M. H. Dehn, S. R. Dunsiger, R. F. Kiefl, C. D. P. Levy, C. Li, G. D. Morris, M. R. Pearson, D. Samuelis, J. Xiao, J. Maier, and W. A. MacFarlane
β-NMR of 8Li+ in rutile TiO2
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 551, 012032 (2014)
D. Cortie, T. Buck, R. M. L. McFadden, J. Xiao, C. D. P. Levy, M. Dehn, M. Pearson, G. D. Morris, S. R. Dunsiger, R. F. Kiefl, F. J. Rueß, A. Fuhrer, and W. A. MacFarlane
β-NMR study of a buried Mn δ-doped layer in a silicon host
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 551, 012023 (2014)
R. M. L. McFadden
Microscopic dynamics of isolated lithium in crystalline solids revealed by nuclear magnetic relaxation and resonance of 8Li
PhD thesis (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2020)