Professor Peter McClintock
Emeritus Professor, Research ProfessorProfile
Biographical Sketch:
- Born: Omagh, co. Tyrone, 17 October 1940
- Educated: Queen's University, Belfast (BSc 1962), University of Oxford (DPhil 1966)
- Employment: Junior Demonstrator, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford 1963-1966; Research Associate, Duke University, 1966 - 1968; Research Associate 1968, Lecturer 1970, Senior Lecturer 1979, Reader 1983, Professor 1991, all a Lancaster University
- Miscellaneous: DSc, Queen's University, Belfast 1983; FInstP 1983; SERC/EPSRC Senior Fellowship 1990 - 1995; Chair, Standing Conference of Professors of Physics (UK and Ireland) 2003 - 2005.
- Head of Department of Physics, Lancaster University 1997 - 2003.
Research Interests
Research has included work on: (a) magnetism including, especially, studies of spin-phonon interactions in rare-earth ethylsulphate crystals; (b) quantum fluids and liquid helium-4 in particular; (c) nonlinear dynamics and fluctuational phenomena including applications to physiology.
Current research centres on low temperature physics and nonlinear dynamics and biomedical physics.
External Collaborations:
Active collaborations include links with:
- Institute for Semiconductor Physics, Kiev
- University of Manchester
- University of Ljubljana
- Redeemer's University
- Charles University
Conferences
ESGCO-2016 International Conference on Biological Oscillations
Workshop on Fluctuations and Coherence 2011
Editorial:
Editor in Chief of Fluctuation and Noise Letters. Currently serving on the Editorial Board of Contemporary Physics,
Research Overview
My research interests centre on nonlinearity in physical and biomedical systems. Work with colleagues and international collaborators focuses on the superfluidity of liquid He-4 and its breakdown through production of rotons or quantized vortices above critical velocities – requiring the preparation and use of isotopically pure He-4. Research on the stochastic dynamics of nonlinear oscillators and large fluctuations illuminates: classical turbulence; wave turbulence and quantum turbulence in superfluids; neutron dynamics in fluid helium; origins of rogue waves; selective passage of ions through biological ion channels; and the nonlinear dynamics of ageing, anaesthesia, autism, brain function and cardiovascular diseases.
Selected Publications
Role of viscoelasticity in the appearance of low-Reynolds turbulence: Considerations for modelling
Pajic-Lijakovic, I., Milivojevic, M., McClintock, P.V.E. 8/04/2024
Review article
Aging affects the phase coherence between spontaneous oscillations in brain oxygenation and neural activity
Bjerkan, J., Lancaster, G., Meglič, B., Kobal, J., Crawford, T.J., McClintock, P.V.E., Stefanovska, A. 30/09/2023 In: Brain Research Bulletin. 201
Journal article
Effect of a modulated acoustic field on the dynamics of a vibrating charged bubble
Kolebaje, O.T., Vincent, U., Benyeogor, B.E., McClintock, P.V.E. 31/12/2023 In: Ultrasonics. 135, p. 107110. 1 p.
Journal article
Erwin Schrodinger: Scientist, Dubliner... and more
Hopkins, J.B., McClintock, P.V.E. 07/2023 In: History Ireland. 31, 4, p. 40-43. 4 p.
Journal article
A low-frequency, high-amplitude, torsional oscillator for studies of quantum fluids and solids
Guénault, A.M., McClintock, P.V.E., Poole, M., Schanen, R., Tsepelin, V., Zmeev, D.E., Schmoranzer, D., Vinen, W.F., Garg, D., Devi, K. 30/04/2023 In: Physics of Fluids. 35
Journal article
Visualization of oscillatory electron dynamics on the surface of liquid helium
Siddiq, H., Nasyedkin, K., Kono, K., Zmeev, D.E., McClintock, P.V.E., Pashkin, Y.A., Stefanovska, A. 1/03/2023 In: Physical review B. 107, 10, 16 p.
Journal article
Physics of Biological Oscillators: New Insights into Non-Equilibrium and Non-Autonomous Systems
Stefanovska, A., McClintock, P.V.E. 6/05/2021 Cham : Springer. ISBN: 9783030598044. Electronic ISBN: 9783030598051.
Book
Physics of selective conduction and point mutation in biological ion channels
Gibby, W.A.T., Barabash, M.L., Guardiani, C., Luchinsky, D.G., McClintock, P.V.E. 28/05/2021 In: Physical review letters. 126, 21, 7 p.
Journal article
Origin and control of ionic hydration patterns in nanopores
Barabash, M.L., Gibby, W.A.T., Guardiani, C., Smolyanitsky, A., Luchinsky, D.G., McClintock, P.V.E. 18/06/2021 In: Communications Materials. 2
Journal article
All Publications
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Creation and evolution of quantum turbulence in novel geometries
23/01/2023 → 22/01/2027
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Workshop on non-autonomous oscillatory systems and their applications in the life sciences
01/06/2018 → 30/11/2019
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Conduction and selectivity between monovalent ions within the potassium channel
01/11/2017 → 30/10/2021
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Microscopic dynamics of quantized vortices in turbulent superfluid in the T=0 limit
01/04/2017 → 13/07/2022
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A device to detect and measure the progression of dementia by quantifying the interactions between neuronal and cardiovascular oscillations
01/05/2015 → 31/10/2018
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Ionic Coulomb blockade oscillations and the physical origins of permeation, selectivity, and their mutation transformations in biological ion channels
01/04/2015 → 30/09/2018
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H2020: COSMOS
01/01/2015 → 31/08/2019
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Superfluid 3He at UltraLow Temperatures
01/07/2013 → 31/03/2018
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Quasiparticle imaging and superfluid flow experiments at ultralow temperatures
01/10/2011 → 30/09/2015
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Physics of non-autonomous systems in the life sciences
01/05/2011 → 31/03/2015
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Transition to turbulence in spatially inhomgeneous systems
01/05/2011 → 30/09/2011
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Interdiciplinary workshop on fluctuations and coherence: from superfluids to living systems
01/04/2011 → 31/03/2012
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Materials World Network: Collaborative research on simple forms of Quantum Turbulence
01/10/2010 → 30/09/2014
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Supersolidity of crystalline helium
01/10/2010 → 31/03/2014
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Dynamics of cardiovascular ageing
01/10/2009 → 31/03/2012
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FEC code for PYA7886: Dynamics of cardiovascular ageing
01/10/2009 → …
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Nonlinear dynamics of selectivity, conductivity, and gating in biological ion channels
01/08/2009 → 30/06/2013
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Development of turbulence in submerged jets
01/04/2009 → 28/06/2009
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Synchronization and transport control in ensemble of globally coupled ratchets (Dr Uchechukwu Vincent)
30/03/2009 → 16/04/2011
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Critical and surface phenomena of quantum fluids
01/10/2008 → 31/10/2012
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Stochastic Webs: Fundamentals and applications
01/10/2008 → 30/09/2011
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Wave Turbulence in and on quantum fluids
01/04/2008 → 31/03/2011
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FP6 BRACCIA; Brain, respiration and cardiac causalities in anaesthesia
01/01/2005 → 01/09/2009
Other
Dynamics of quasiparticles: from molecular dynamics to ionic current
Oral presentation
- DSI - Health
- Low Temperature Physics
- Nonlinear and Biomedical Physics