Prof Andrew Mackenzie

Professor

Email: apm9@st-andrews.ac.uk

Research areas

The physics of correlated electrons, magnetism and superconductivity .

My research interests concern the behaviour of solids in which the independent electron approximation breaks down, and the motion of any one charge carrier is said to be strongly correlated with that of all the others. A huge range of subtle many-body quantum states result from such a situation, the understanding of which represents one of the major challenges of modern physics. My favoured approach is through study of the low temperature properties of extremely pure oxide metals, magnets and superconductors. From late 2013 my main research job will be as Director, Physics of Quantum Materials, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany, but I will retain a partial Chair and active research interests in St Andrews, supervising PhD students who will do joint St Andrews / Max Planck PhDs.

PhD supervision

Zuzanna Filipiak
Zhenhai Hu
Jaime Leon
Ayanesh Maiti
Caitlin O'Neil
Parasar Thulasiram
Maria Visscher

Selected publications

Open access
Adsorbate-induced formation of a surface-polarity-driven nonperiodic superstructure
Yim, C. M., Zheng, Y., Armitage, O. R., Chakraborti, D., Wells, C. J., Khim, S., Mackenzie, A. P. & Wahl, P., 1 Jul 2025, In: Communications Materials. 6, p. 1-8 8 p., 128.
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Dichotomy of electron-phonon interactions in the delafossite PdCoO₂: from weak bulk to polaronic surface coupling
Siemann, G.-R., Murgatroyd, P. A. E., Antonelli, T., Morales, E. A., Khim, S., Rosner, H., Watson, M. D., Mackenzie, A. P. & King, P. D. C., 15 Aug 2025, In: Physical Review B. 112, 8, 11 p., 085113.
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A perspective on non-local electronic transport in metals: viscous, ballistic, and beyond
Baker, G., Moravec, M. & Mackenzie, A. P., 7 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annalen der Physik. Early View, 16 p., 2400087.
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Avoided metallicity in a hole-doped Mott insulator on a triangular lattice
Yim, C. M., Siemann, G.-R., Stavrić, S., Khim, S., Benedičič, I., Murgatroyd, P. A. E., Antonelli, T., Watson, M. D., Mackenzie, A. P., Picozzi, S., King, P. D. C. & Wahl, P., 16 Sept 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 8 p., 8098 .
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Controllable suppression of the unconventional superconductivity in bulk and thin-film Sr₂RuO₄ via high-energy electron irradiation
Ruf, J. P., Noad, H. M. L., Grasset, R., Miao, L., Zhakina, E., McGuinness, P. H., Nair, H. P., Schreiber, N. J., Kikugawa, N., Sokolov, D., Konczykowski, M., Schlom, D. G., Shen, K. M. & Mackenzie, A. P., 16 Aug 2024, In: Physical Review Research. 6, 3, 17 p., 033178.
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Determination of the dynamic Young’s modulus of quantum materials in piezoactuator-driven uniaxial pressure cells using a low-frequency AC method
O’Neil, C. I., Hu, Z., Kikugawa, N., Sokolov, D. A., Mackenzie, A. P., Noad, H. M. L. & Gati, E., Jul 2024, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 95, 7, 12 p., 073909 .
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Evidence for vertical line nodes in Sr₂RuO₄ from nonlocal electrodynamics
Landaeta, J. F., Semeniuk, K., Aretz, J., Shirer, K. R., Sokolov, D. A., Kikugawa, N., Maeno, Y., Bonalde, I., Schmalian, J., Mackenzie, A. P. & Hassinger, E., 17 Sept 2024, In: Physical Review B. 110, 10, 7 p., L100503 .
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The Lorenz ratio as a guide to scattering contributions to transport in strongly correlated metals
Sun, F., Mishra, S., Stockert, U., Daou, R., Kikugawa, N., Perry, R. S., Hassinger, E., Hartnoll, S. A., Mackenzie, A. P. & Sunko, V., 27 Aug 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 35, 6 p., e2318159121.
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T_c and the elastocaloric effect of Sr₂ RuO₄ under ⟨110⟩ uniaxial stress: no indications of transition splitting
Jerzembeck, F., Li, Y.-S., Palle, G., Hu, Z., Biderang, M., Kikugawa, N., Sokolov, D. A., Ghosh, S., Ramshaw, B. J., Scaffidi, T., Nicklas, M., Schmalian, J., Mackenzie, A. P. & Hicks, C. W., 26 Aug 2024, In: Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics. 110, 6, 16 p., 064514.
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A spatially resolved optical method to measure thermal diffusivity
Sun, F., Mishra, S., McGuinness, P. H., Filipiak, Z. H., Marković, I., Sokolov, D. A., Kikugawa, N., Orenstein, J. W., Hartnoll, S. A., Mackenzie, A. P. & Sunko, V., 10 Apr 2023, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 94, 4, 12 p., 043003.
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