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Magnetic field-induced transitions in room temperature multiferroic BiFeO3
BiFeO3, a rare multiferroic compound that shows antiferromagnetism and ferroelectricity simultaneously above room temperature (TN~640 K), has been studied intensively. Recently,... -
Crystal and Magnetic Structure Characterization of Compounds (Ag2XO4, X: W an...
Recently, our group reported, for the first time, the in situ nucleation and growth of Ag NPs on the surface of silver compounds, Ag2WO4 and Ag2MoO4 driven by an accelerated... -
Correlations and possible long-range order in the ground state of the spin-ic...
The aim of this proposal is the investigation of the possible onset of a non-degenerate ground state of the spin-ice system Dy2Ti2O7. Theoretically, it is expected that dipolar... -
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High resolution NEXAFS of N_2^+, O_2^+ and CO^+ molecular cations
The recent progress with ion traps coupled to soft x-ray beamlines makes it possible to study K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) of small molecular cations in gas... -
Magnetic structure of multipolar ordered Ce0.7Nd0.3B6
The f-electron ordering phenomena have been intensively studied in the past decades. Of special interest are systems with an unconventional type of the order parameter:... -
Crystal structure of yttrium hydride oxide and the hydride of LaGa2
Neutron powder diffraction will be used to determine hydrogen (deuterium) positions and occupational parameters in novel metal hydrides (deuterides) at ambient conditions. Zintl... -
Optimisation of thermodynamic condition for reversible hydrogen storage in ic...
The proposed research project aims at determining proper thermodynamic conditions for reversible charging of the icosahedral Ti-Zr-Ni-(Cr,Cu) nano-alloys with... -
Analysis of the wide-angle neutron scattering (WANS) of non-graphitic carbon ...
Non-graphitic carbons (NGCs) represent an important class of materials both, in research in industrial applications. A quantitative description of the sp2-polyaromatic... -
Short-range antiferromagnetic magnetic correlations in Ba8CoNb6O24
The triangular magnetic systems are interesting due to strong frustration. It a purely two-dimensional system, a magnetic order should not be established above 0 K. Recently, we... -
Inelastic studies of Rh-doped URu2Si2
In this proposal we suggest continuation of our inelastic neutron scattering study of the 8% Rh-doped system that does not show any signature of a hidden order that is present... -
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The instrument time is needed for calibration and maintenance of E9 -
Investigation of Pn- and Om-type crystal structure of Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 ca...
Due to the low cost and abundance of sodium element layered Na0.67Ni0.33Mn0.67O2 is a very promising class of material for batteries with good electrochemical properties... -
Deuterium-related phase transitions in CePdIn1-xSnxDy deuterides.
RNiInDx compounds with R = Ce-Nd exhibit very short D-D distances of 1.5 A. The project aims at determination, whether this phenomena occurs for CePdIn1-xSnxDy compounds.... -
Magnetic order in new low dimensional Ising material (ND4)3CoCl5
Low-dimensional magnetic systems often provide a wealth of interesting and unexpected phenomena. Some systems have the distinction that they can be used to rigorously test... -
Crystal structures of ionic hydride fluorides and mixed valent ytterbium hydr...
Neutron powder diffraction will be used to determine hydrogen positions in deuteride fluorides and mixed valent ytterbium deuterides. Mixed deuteride fluorides with distorted... -
Magnetic structure of atacamite and clinoatacamite
In recent years it has been established that the natural mineral polymorphs atacamite and clinoatacamite (chemical formula Cu2Cl(OH)3) exhibit a low temperature magnetic... -
Temperature dependence of the vortex lattice of YBa2Cu3O7
SANS measurements of the vortex lattice allow information such as the penetration depth, coherence length, and the superconducting gap structure of a superconductor to be... -
Quantum spin-1/2 chains of green dioptase, Cu6[Si6O18].6H2O in magnetic field
Low-dimensional quantum magnets are interesting because of the emerging collective behavior arising from strong quantum fluctuations. The study of 1D systems in magnetic fields... -
Magnetic structure of UAu2Si2 in high magnetic fields
UAu2Si2 belongs to the most puzzling members of the UT2Si2 (T = transition metal) family of compounds. Recently we have mastered the technology of growth of high-quality UAu2Si2...