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Tel: +44 (0)161 247 3559
Fax: +44 (0)161 247 6318
Email: s.hoon@mmu.ac.uk 

Stephen Hoon

Dr Stephen Hoon is a reader n the Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University.

His research interests include:

• Carbon sequestration, respiration and water cycling in dryland  environments, remote sensing of dryland environments, environmental instrumentation, environmental modelling and prediction
• ESR/FMR & high sensitivity susceptibility studies applied to rock magnetism and diagenic environmental processes, climatic reconstruction, environmental magnetism, air quality and atmospheric particulates.
  High Frequency (FMR) properties, Magnetic Force Microscopy. GMR
  Soft Magnetic Materials, Fine Particle Magnetism, Magnetic Colloids, Magnetic Fluids, Particulates, Nanostructures, Thin Film / Multilayers and Magnetic Recording Media.
• Instrumentation for magnetic measurements (design and theory):
  Vibrating Sample, Torque, Scanning Column, AGFM and Squid Magnetometry. AC Susceptibility, RF and FMR travelling wave absorption spectroscopy, Magnetic Force Microscopy, A.C. Susceptibility, Micro-Resonant Torque Magnetometry
  Environmental Magnetism, Rock Magnetism,
  Materials preparation by sputtering, evaporation and electrodeposition.

Selected Publications

AD Thomas and  SR Hoon, “Carbon dioxide fluxes from biologically-crusted Kalahari Sands after simulated wetting”, J Arid Environments, 2009, (in press)

SR Hoon, AD Thomas, PE Linton, “The design and development of a closed chamber for the in-situ quantification of dryland soil carbon dioxide fluxes”, Geographical Research, 2009, 47(1), 71-82

AD Thomas, SR Hoon, PE Linton, “Carbon dioxide fluxes from cyanobacteria crusted soils in the Kalahari”, Applied Soil Ecology, 2008, 39, 254-263

S R Hoon & D B Lambrick, “Parametric Modelling of Magnetic Fine Particle Systems: The Role Of Single Domain Particle Size Distributions and Magnetic Anisotropy,” J Phys. Conf. Ser. 17, 2004, pp1-6

D J Robertson, K G Taylor and S R Hoon (2003) Geochemical & Magnetic Mineral characterisation of urban sediment particulates, Manchester UK. Applied Geochemistry, 18, 2003, 269-282

D B Lambrick, Z Blazina and S R Hoon (2002) On magnetic properties of DyNi5-xAlx (x=0,1,1.5,2,2.5,3) intermetallics, J. Materials Sci. Letts., 21, 2002, 807-809

N P Crook, S R Hoon, K G Taylor & C T Perry, (2002) Electron Spin Resonance as a high sensitivity technique for environmental magnetism: determination of contamination in carbonate sediments, Geophysical J. International, 149, 2002, 328-337

J M Pena, N S Allen, M Edge, C M Liauw, S R Hoon, B Valange, R I Cherry (2001) Analysis of radical content on carbon black pigments by electron spin resonance: influence of functionality, thermal treatment and adsorption of acidic and basic probes, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 71, 2001, 153-170.