Sverre Magnus Selbach
Assoc. Prof.

Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.
Inorganic Materials and Ceramics Research

Office: 120, Chemistry builiding 2, Sem Sælandsvei 6
Contact: selbach[æt]ntnu.no

Funding

• Research Council of Norway, FRINATEK
  
• Research Council of Norway, SYNKNØYT
  
• NTNU, "Outstanding Academic Fellow"-programme
  

Current post docs and students

• Post doc Dr. Katherine Inzani
  
• PhD student Astrid Marthinsen
  
• PhD student Lu Xia
  
• PhD student Didrik Småbråten
  
• MSc student Frida Paulsen Danmo
  
• MSc student Frida Sveen Hempel
  

Publications

1. L. Wang, Z. Wang, P.-E. Vullum, S. M. Selbach, A. M. Svensson and F. Vullum-Bruer
   Solvent-Controlled Charge Storage Mechanisms of Spinel Oxide Electrodes in Mg Organohaloaluminate Electrolytes
   Nano Lett. (2018) DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b03978.
   
   
2. A. Marthinsen, S. M. Griffin, M. Moreau, T. Grande, T. Tybell and S. M. Selbach
   Goldstone-like phonon modes in a (111)-strained perovskite
   Phys. Rev. Mater. (2018) In Press.
   
   
3. M. Moreau, S. M. Selbach and T. Tybell
   Octahedral coupling in (111)-and (001)-oriented La_2/3Sr_1/3MnO₃/SrTiO₃ heterostructures
   arXiv cond-mat 1710.10996
   
   
4. T. S. Holstad, D. M. Evans, A. Ruff, D. R. Smaabraaten, J. Schaab, Ch. Tzschaschel, Z. Yan, E. Bourret, S. M. Selbach, S. Krohns and D. Meier
   Electronic bulk and domain wall properties in B-site doped hexagonal ErMnO₃
   arXiv cond-mat 1710.05557.
   
   
5. S. H. Skjærvø, Q. Meier, E. S. Bozin, S.J.L. Billinge, M. Feygenson, N. A. Spaldin and S. M. Selbach
   Unconventional order-disorder phase transition in improper ferroelectric hexagonal manganites
   arXiv cond-mat 1707.09649.
   
   
6. M. Moreau, A. Marthinsen, S. M. Selbach and T. Tybell
   Strain-phonon coupling in (111)-oriented perovskite oxides
   Phys. Rev. B 96 (2017) 094109.
   
   
7. I. Hallsteinsen, M. Moreau, R.V. Chopdekar, E. Christiansen, M. Nord, P.-E. Vullum, J. K. Grepstad, R. Holmestad, S. M. Selbach, A. Scholl, E. Arenholz, E. Folven and T. Tybell
   Magnetic domain configuration of (111)-oriented LaFeO₃ epitaxial thin films
   APL Materials 5 (2017) 086107.
   
   
8. G. H. Olsen, M. H. Sørby, S. M. Selbach and T. Grande
   Ferroelectric lead metaniobate: Exploring the role of lone pair cations in ferroelectric tungsten bronzes
   Chem. Mater. 29 (2017) 6414-6424.
   
   
9. M. Moreau, S. M. Selbach and T. Tybell
   Spatially Confined Spin Polarization and magnetic sublattice control in (La,Sr)MnO_3-d Thin Films by Oxygen Vacancy Ordering
   Sci. Rep. 7 (2017) 4386.
   
   
10. A. R. M. Dalod, O. G. Grendal, S. L. Skjærvø, K. Inzani, S. M. Selbach, L. Henriksen, W. van Beek, T. Grande and M.-A. Einarsrud
    Controlling Oriented Attachment and in Situ Functionalization of TiO₂ Nanoparticles During Hydrothermal Synthesis with APTES
    J. Phys. Chem. C 121 (2017) 11897-11906.
    
    
11. B. Jiang, T. Grande and S. M. Selbach
    Local structure of disordered Bi_0.5K_0.5TiO₃ investigated by pair distribution function analysis and first principles calculations
    Chem. Mater. 29 (2017) 4244-4252.
    
    
12. K. Inzani, M. Nematollahi, F. Vullum-Bruer, T. Grande, T. Worren Reenaas and S. M. Selbach
    Electronic Properties of Reduced Molybdenum Oxides
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19 (2017) 9232-9245.
    
    
13. B. Jiang and S. M. Selbach
    Local and average structure of Mn- and La-substituted BiFeO₃
    J. Solid State. Chem. 250 (2017) 75-82.
    
    
14. S. M. Griffin, M. Reidulff, S. M. Selbach and N. A. Spaldin
    Defect chemistry as a crystal structure design parameter: Intrinsic point defects and Ga substitution in InMnO₃
    Chem. Mater. 29 (2017) 2425-2434.
    
    
15. M. Moreau, A. Marthinsen, S. M. Selbach and T. Tybell
    A first principles study of the effect of (111)-strain on the octahedral rotations and structural phases of LaAlO₃
    Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) 064109.
    
    
16. K. Inzani, M. Nematollahi, S. M. Selbach, T. Grande and F. Vullum-Bruer
    Progression of reduction of MoO₃ observed in powders and solution processed thin films
    Thin Solid Films 626 (2017) 94-103.
    
    
17. N. Mestres, A. Hardy, T. Brezesinski and S. M. Selbach
    E-MRS spring meeting 2016 symposium AA: solution processing and properties of functional oxide thin films and nanostructures II
    J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech. 81 (2017) 311.
    
    
18. S. H. Skjærvø, E. T. Wefring, S. K. Nesdal, N. H. Gaukås, G. H. Olsen, J. Glaum, T. Tybell and S. M. Selbach
    Interstitial Oxygen as a Source of p-type Conductivity in Hexagonal Manganites
    Nature Commun. 7 (2016) 13745.
    
    
19. I. Hallsteinsen, M. Moreau, A. Grutter, M. Nord, P.-E. Vullum, D. A. Gilbert, T. Bolstad, J. K. Grepstad, R. Holmestad, S. M. Selbach, A. T. N’Diaye, B. J. Kirby, E. Arenholz, and T. Tybell
    Concurrent magnetic and structural reconstructions at the interface of (111)-oriented La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/LaFeO₃
    Phys. Rev. B 94 (2016) 201115(R).
    
    
20. A. Marthinsen, C. Faber, U. Aschauer, N. A. Spaldin and S. M. Selbach
    Coupling and competition between ferroelectricity, magnetism, strain, and oxygen vacancies in AMnO₃ perovskites
    MRS Commun. 6 (2016) 182-191.
    
    
21. A. Bergerud, S. M. Selbach and D. J. Milliron
    Oxygen Incorporation and Release in Metastable Bixbyite V₂O₃ Nanocrystals
    ACS Nano 10 (2016) 6147–6155.
    
    
22. E. L. Runnerstrom, A. Bergerud, A. Agrawal, R. W. Johns, C. J. Dahlman, A. Singh, S. M. Selbach and D. J. Milliron
    Defect Engineering in Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals
    Nano Lett. 16 (2016) 3390–3398.
    
    
23. G. H. Olsen, U. Aschauer, N. A. Spaldin, S. M. Selbach and T. Grande
    Origin of ferroelectric polarization in tetragonal tungsten-bronze-type oxides
    Phys. Rev. B 93 (2016) 180101(R).
    
    
24. K. Inzani, T. Grande, F. Vullum-Bruer and S. M. Selbach*
    A van der Waals Density Functional Study of MoO₃ and Its Oxygen Vacancies
    J. Phys. Chem. C 120 (2016) 8959–8968.
    
    
25. M. Lilienblum, T. Lottermoser, S. Mainz, S. M. Selbach, A. Cano and M. Fiebig
    Ferroelectricity in the hexagonal manganites
    Nature Phys. 11 (2015) 1070-1073.
    
    
26. G. H. Olsen, S. M. Selbach and T. Grande
    On the energetics of cation ordering in tungsten-bronze-type oxides
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17 (2015) 30343-30351.
    
    
27. A. K. E. Andersson, S. M. Selbach, T. Grande and C. S. Knee
    Thermal evolution of the crystal structure of proton conducting BaCe_0.8Y_0.2O_3-d from high-resolution neutron diffraction in dry and humid atmosphere
    Dalton Trans. 44 (2015) 10834-10846.
    
    
28. Zh. Wang, A. P. Ratvik, T. Grande and S. M. Selbach
    Diffusion of Alkali Metals in the First Stage Graphite Intercalation Compounds by vdW-DFT Calculations
    RSC Adv. 5 (2015) 15985-15992.
    
    
29. M. Nord, P.E. Vullum, M. Moreau, J.E. Boschker, S.M. Selbach, R. Holmestad and T. Tybell
    Structural phases driven by oxygen vacancies at the La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/SrTiO₃ hetero-interface
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 106 (2015) 041604.
    
    
30. Y.-M. Kim, A. Morozovska, E. Eliseev, M. P. Oxley, R. Mishra, S. M. Selbach, T. Grande, S. T. Pantelides, S. V. Kalinin and A. Y. Borisevich
    Direct observation of ferroelectric field effect and vacancy-controlled screening at the BiFeO₃/La_xSr_1-xMnO₃ interface
    Nature Mater. 13 (2014) 1019-1025.
    
    
31. G. H. Olsen, M. H. Sørby, B. C. Hauback, S. M. Selbach and T. Grande
    Revisiting the crystal structure of rhombohedral lead metaniobate
    Inorg. Chem. 53 (2014) 9715-9721.
    
    
32. A. K. E. Andersson, S. M. Selbach, Christopher S. Knee and Tor Grande
    Chemical expansion due to hydration of proton-conducting perovskite oxide ceramics
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 97 (2014) 2654-2661.
    
    
33. Zh. Wang, S. M. Selbach and T. Grande
    Van der Waals density functional study of the energetics of alkali metal intercalation in graphite
    RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 4069-4079.
    
    
34. U. Aschauer, R. Pfenninger, S. M. Selbach, T. Grande and N. A. Spaldin
    Strain-controlled oxygen vacancy formation and ordering in CaMnO₃
    Phys. Rev. B 88 (2013) 054111.
    
    
35. I. MacLaren, L. Q. Wang, B. Schaffer, Q. M. Ramasse, A. J. Craven, S. M. Selbach, N. A. Spaldin, S. Miao, K. Kalantari and I. M. Reaney
    Novel Nanorod Precipitate Formation in Neodymium and Titanium Codoped Bismuth Ferrite
    Adv. Funct. Mater. 23 (2013) 683-689.
    
    
36. S. M. Selbach, A. N. Løvik, K. Bergum, J. R. Tolchard, M.-A. Einarsrud and T. Grande
    Crystal structure, chemical expansion and phase stability of HoMnO₃ at high temperature
    J. Solid State Chem. 196 (2012) 528-535.
    
    
37. S. M. Selbach, J. R. Tolchard, A. Fossdal and T. Grande
    Non-linear thermal evolution of the crystal structure and phase transitions of LaFeO₃ investigated by high temperature X-ray diffraction
    J. Solid State Chem. 196 (2012) 249-254.
    
    
38. S. Tripathi, V. Petkov, S. M. Selbach, K. Bergum, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande, and Y. Ren
    Structural coherence and ferroelectric order in nano-sized multiferroic YMnO₃
    Phys. Rev. B 86 (2012) 094101.
    
    
39. T. Grande, J. R. Tolchard and S. M. Selbach
    Anisotropic Thermal and Chemical Expansion in Sr-Substituted LaMnO_3+d: Implications for Chemical Strain Relaxation
    Chem. Mater. 24 (2012) 338-345.
    
    
40. K. Bergum, H. Okamoto, H. Fjellvåg, T. Grande, M.-A. Einarsrud and S. M. Selbach
    Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline YMnO₃
    Dalton Trans. 40 (2011) 7583.
     
41. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud and T. Grande
    PbO-deficient PbTiO₃: mass transport, structural effects and possibility for intrinsic screening of the ferroelectric polarization
    Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2011) 091912.
     
42. V. Petkov, S. M. Selbach, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande and S. D. Shastri
    Melting of Bi sublattice in nanosized BiFeO₃ perovskite by resonant x-ray diffraction
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) 185501.
     
43. R. Saeterli, S. M. Selbach, P. Ravindran, T. Grande and R. Holmestad
    Electronic structure of multiferroic BiFeO₃ and related compounds: Electron energy loss spectroscopy and density functional study.
    Phys. Rev. B 82 (2010) 064102.
    
    
44. M. Lie, M. Ø. Olderøy, J.-P. Andreassen, S. M. Selbach, B. L. Strand, P. Sikorski
    Alginate-controlled formation of nanoscale calcium carbonate and hydroxyapatite mineral phase within hydrogel networks.
    Acta Biomater. 6 (2010) 3665-3675. 
    
    
45. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    Phase transitions, electrical conductivity and chemical stability of BiFeO₃ at high temperatures.
    J. Solid State Chem. 183 (2010) 1205-1208.
    
    
46. Sverre Magnus Selbach
    Structure, stability and phase transitions of multiferroic BiFeO₃
    PhD thesis, NTNU, November 2009.
    
    
47. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    Structure and properties of multiferroic oxygen hyperstoichiometric BiFe_1-xMn_xO_3+d.
    Chem. Mater. 21 (2009) 5176–5186.
    
    
48. G. Wang, S. M. Selbach, Y. Yu, X. Zhang, T. Grande, M.-A. Einarsrud
    Synthesis and characterization of KNbO₃ nanorods.
    Cryst. Eng. Comm. 11 (2009) 1958-1963.
    
    
49. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    High-temperature semiconducting cubic phase of BiFe_0.7Mn_0.3O_3+d.
    Phys. Rev. B 79 (2009) 214113.
    
    
50. S. M. Selbach, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    On the thermodynamic stability of BiFeO₃.
    Chem. Mater. 21 (2009) 169-173.
    
    
51. F. Vullum, F. Nitsche, S. M. Selbach, T. Grande
    Solid solubility and phase transitions in the system LaNb_1–xTa_xO₄.
    J. Solid State Chem. 181 (2008) 2580-2585.
    
    
52. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    The ferroic phase transitions of BiFeO₃.
    Adv. Mater. 20 (2008) 3692-3696.
    
    
53. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    Size-dependent properties of multiferroic BiFeO₃ nanoparticles.
    Chem. Mater. 19 (2007) 6478-6484.
    
    
54. S. M. Selbach, T. Tybell, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    Synthesis of BiFeO₃ by wet chemical methods.
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 90 (2007) 3430-3434.
    
    
55. S. M. Selbach, G. Wang, M.-A. Einarsrud, T. Grande
    Decomposition and crystallization of a sol-gel-derived PbTiO₃.precursor
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 90 (2007) 2649-2652.
    
    

Alumni

• Sandra Helen Skjærvø (PhD 2017)
  
• Bo Jiang (Post doc 2014-2017)
  
• Mohammaed Mostafa Adnan (Siv.ing./MSc 2017)
  
• Ingeborg Treu Røe (Siv.ing./MSc 2017)
  
• Nikolai Helth Gaukås (Siv.ing./MSc 2016)
  
• Stine Marie Hoggen (Siv.ing./MSc 2016)
  
• Kristian Fredrik Thorbjørnsen (Siv.ing./MSc 2016)
  
• Rasmus Vester Thøgersen (Siv.ing/MSc 2016)
  
• Elise Ramleth Østli (Siv.ing./MSc 2015)
  
• Mari Reidulff (Siv.ing./MSc 2014)
  
• Astrid Marthinsen (Siv.ing./MSc 2014)
  
• Madelen Mørk Frydenlund (Siv.ing/MSc 2014)
  
• Christine Blom (Siv.ing./MSc 2014)
  
• Tormod Østmoe (Siv.ing./MSc 2014)
  
• Stine Lund Walø (Siv.ing./MSc 2013)
  
• Silje Kathrin Nesdal (Siv.ing./MSc 2013)
  
• Torbjørn Cederløv (Siv.ing./MSc 2010)
  
• Amund Nordli Løvik (Siv.ing./MSc 2010)
  

Awards

• The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters’ (DKNVS) Science Award for 2012:
  http://www.dknvs.no/omtaler-medalje-og-prisvinnere/
  
  
• Prize for best PhD thesis at the Faculty of Natural Science and Technology at NTNU in the academic year 2009/2010: