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Suppression of thermal conductivity in nanostructured ZnO
Thermoelectricity offers solutions for the low-carbon economy through the development of energy-efficient technology. Modest improvement in thermoelectric performance would... -
Unveiling phonons in a prototype molecular quantum bit
The two main pillars of the current research in molecular magnetism are the possibilities of exploiting molecules as classical bits in high-density magnetic memories or as... -
Dirac Point and Topological Triplon Bands in the Shastry-Sutherland Material ...
SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ (SCBO) is a very much studied quantum magnet that is most well known for its ground state of coupled singlets and multiple magnetization plateaux. Recently,... -
Determining the Hamiltonian of a New Quantum Spin Ice Material
Pr2Hf2O7 is a potential quantum spin ice compound. Compared to the classical spin ice ions Ho3+ and Dy3+, Pr3+ has weaker Ising anisotropy and significant XY terms leading to... -
Suppression of thermal conductivity in nanostructured ZnO at elevated tempera...
Thermoelectricity offers solutions for the low-carbon economy through the development of energy efficient technology. Modest improvement in thermoelectric performance would... -
Phase stability and thermal conductivity in perovskite zirconates
Perovskite zirconates have been suggested as potential next generation thermal barrier materials. SrZrO3 is particularly promising as it has an extremely low thermal... -
Unveiling the exotic quantum critical point in CeCu6-xAgx
The heavy fermion system CeCu6-xAux is arguably the most important (and studied) heavy fermion series which exhibits a quantum critical point. In recent years several new... -
Spin dynamics of non-collinear honeycomb antiferromagnet Co4Ta2O9: a new magn...
Novel functionality in condensed matter physics is continuously attracting huge attention owing to the possible novel future applications including quantum computing, electronic... -
Multimagnon and intra-band excitations in the Spin-1 Haldane chain
The spin-1 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic (HAFM) chain is a canonical model system in quantum magnetism. The existence of the Haldane gap to the lowest energy excitations has been... -
Hard-Axis Ordering in Ferromagnetic CeAgSb2
We propose to study the low-energy spin fluctuations in ferromagnetic metal CeAgSb2. The ordered moment is oriented away from the direction favored by the lattice. Recent... -
Magnetic excitation spectrum of new quantum magnet
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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,... -
Study of the dynamics of a multi-component polymer blend using neutron polari...
Dynamics of multicomponent mixtures such as polymer blends are typically studied with QENS and deuterium labelling. Difficulties arise in the data analysis if the coherent... -
Cu-ion mobility and lattice dynamics in the liquid-like phase of Cu2Se
Thermoelectricity enables the conversion of waste heat into useful power, and it is becoming increasingly important for power recovery applications at high temperature, where... -
Proton diffusion in zirconate perovskites investigated by QENS
The growth in both global demand for energy and fossil-fuel related environmental issues drive research on alternative fuel sources. Solid oxide fuel cells, which can operate on... -
Phonons and disorder in Yb2Ti2O7
The pyrochlores provide an excellent model system for studying the interaction of framework vibrational modes, defects and magnetism. We propose to investigate these couplings... -
Phonons and disorder in Yb2Ti2O7
The pyrochlores provide an excellent model system for studying the interaction of framework vibrational modes, defects and magnetism. We propose to investigate these couplings... -
Modelling the lattice dynamics of the lower mantle, an INS study on CaTiO3
The travel times of seismic waves through the Earth's interior provide one of the only direct constraints of the chemistry and properties of the deep mantle. Calcium perovskite... -
Na-ion diffusion mechanisms in NaxFe1/2Mn1/2O2 cathode materials
NaxFe1/2Mn1/2O2 has been identified as a potential cathode material for Na-ion batteries since it has comparable electrochemical performance to commercially available Li-ion... -
Phonon dispersions in CDW material Na2Ti2Sb2O
Na2Ti2Sb2O has a CDW transition around 120 K . It has a tetragonal structure with alternate layers of Ti2Sb2O2- and Na+ double layer. Interestingly, the Ba1-xNaxTi2Sb2O system...
