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Local magnetic and atomic structure of iron nanowires encapsulated in multiwa...
Fe-based multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) have been studied for more than a decade, owing to their numerous potential applications (hyperthermia cancer therapy, magnetic... -
Local structure study of non-graphitisable carbon anode for sodium batteries
Na-ion-batteries (NIB) are one of the most promising candidates for future low-cost energy-storage technologies. Due to the large size of Na ions, conventional anode materials... -
Negative thermal expansion in the rutile phase of ZnF2
It has recently been discovered than the rutile phase of zinc fluoride shows negative thermal expansion along all three crystallographic axes. What is highly unusual about this... -
Phase diagram of a switchable dielectric framework near the critical point
The family of hybrid Prussian blue analogues includes many electroactive materials, where organic cations moving within the pores of the cyanide framework cause unusual and... -
Phase transitions in Sr-doped multiferroic bismuth ferrite
Bismuth ferrite, BiFeO3, is a much-studied ceramic showing both dielectric and magnetic ordering at relatively high temperatures. In order to improve its properties there has... -
Magnetic excitations and quasi-1D to 3D crossover in the metal-organic framew...
The metal-organic framework (MOF) guanadinium copper formate is of interest in the quest towards rational design of multiferroic MOFs. It exhibits cooperative Jahn-Teller... -
Framework flexibility and host-guest hydrogen bonding across the phases of a ...
Metal-organic perovskites offer many of the advantages of their ceramic analogues, with a range of exploitable functionality including ferroelectricity. Understanding the... -
Local atomic and spin structures in the hexagonal multiferroic material YMnO3
YMnO3 undergoes both ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic ordering phase transitions, and is one of the family of manganite oxide multiferroic materials. This proposal is to... -
Local atomic and magnetic structure of multiwall carbon nanotubes continuousl...
We propose to study a novel nanostructure consisting of multi-walled carbon nanotubes continuously filled with a single crystal of Fe3C using total neutron scattering on NIMROD.... -
Lattice dynamics in the giant barocaloric Ammonium Sulfate
Given the challenges in providing efficient and non-harmful refrigeration, it is timely to study barocaloric systems, which offer cooling power via the application of pressure,... -
Atomic structure of formamidinium lead iodide perovskite
New perovskite phases containing lead and halogens with a molecular cation are providing new options for materials in solar cells, giving unusually high efficiencies in... -
Structure of zinc sulfide quantum dots from reverse Monte Carlo refinement
Zinc sulfide nanoparticles have a wide range of potential applications, in particular due to their optical properties. Research has enabled ZnS nanoparticles to be prepared with... -
Magnetic excitations in multiferroic hybrid perovskites
The novel electric, magnetic and multiferroic properties of the metal formate perovskites have resulted in substantial scientific attention over the past fifteen years. Their... -
Negative thermal expansion in ReO3: anomalous variation with temperature
ReO3 is a well-known oxide framework with unusual thermal expansion behaviour, exhibiting multiple regions of both positive and negative thermal expansion (NTE). We propose to... -
Framework flexibility and host-guest hydrogen bonding across the phases of a ...
Metal-organic perovskites offer many of the advantages of their ceramic analogues, with a range of exploitable functionality including ferroelectricity. Understanding the... -
Magnetic structure and multiferroicity in metal-formate perovskites
The family of guanadinium metal formates (M=Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu) are isostructural with the perovskites and are therefore of interest for potential applications: in particular,... -
New morphologies of functional metal oxide nanoparticles
The morphologies of metal oxide nanoparticles may be varied by imposition of an electric field during growth. These varying morphologies give improved efficiencies for gas... -
Jahn-Teller distortion and CO2 guest disorder in a Mn-formate framework
The compound "manganese(III) formate" appears crystallographically to have a cubic ReO3-type structure, but in fact magnetic and optical measurements reveal that the Mn... -
Structure of a barocaloric framework under pressure
The barocaloric effect is a promising means of achieving solid-state refrigeration. For this reason, the recent discovery that the coordination framework TPrA[Mn(dca)3] has a... -
Caesium sorption in Cu2[Fe(CN)6], a potential nuclear waste cleanup material
Caesium-137 is among the most important hazards associated with low-level nuclear waste. Among the most promising materials for scavenging Cs+ ions from waste solutions are the...
