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muSR studies of expanded fullerides close to the Mott transition
Fulleride superconductivity is experiencing a renaissance of interest following our recent discovery of superconductivity proximate to an antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state... -
Frustration, quantum spin ices and quantum diffusion
This proposal aims to characterise the spin dynamics of three Pr-based pyrochlores that may be realisations of quantum spin ice materials. The lower moment and larger wave... -
Magnetic critical scattering in UGe2 under pressure
The proposal is to measure the low-energy spin dynamics of the ferromagnetic superconductor UGe2 at the pressure which maximizes superconducting transition temperature and at... -
Magnetic ground states in correlated alkali-metal triphenylides
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have emerged as an exciting class of materials with the report of superconductivity in alkali doped picene with Tc=18 K. However, due to poor... -
Unconventional slow spin fluctuations in Ba122 iron-based superconductors
The iron-based superconductors are at the forefront of the research on unconventional superconductivity. The Barium-122 systems, doped with electrons, reveal a non-trivial... -
Control of the electronic state in new pnictide superconductors using doping
The properties of pnictide superconductors can be controlled exquisitely by chemical doping. We have identified some key systems in which to explore this effect which should... -
Antiferromagnetism and Magnetic Frustration in Ba2MnMoO6
We propose to use muon spin relaxation to examine the anomalous magnetic phase behaviour of Ba2MnMoO6. This compound shares the frustrated geometry that leads to a valence bond... -
Probing the nature of pairing in superconducting LiFeAs
The iron-based superconductor LiFeAs exhibits a number of unique features distinguishing it from other materials in its class. As yet, these differences are unexplained. This... -
Investigating the superconducting and magnetic properties of new-structure-ty...
CaAFe4As4 (A = K, Rb, Cs) and SrAFe4As4 (A = Rb, Cs) are the brand new Fe-based superconductors, only reported in 2016 and is abbreviated as 1144 compounds. Tc values of these... -
Hydrogen impurity in solar cell materials CIGS and CZTS
In this proposal we intend to complete the characterization of the hydrogen impurity in solar cell materials Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS), by using the positive... -
Superconducting intercalates of FeSe tuned in situ with ammonia
We propose to study two phases of Na-NH3 intercalated FeSe which have distinct values of Tc, both close to 40 K, but different concentrations of NH3 and quite distinct crystal... -
Electric field control in Multiferroic PbFe(1/2)Nb(1/2)O3
Lead iron niobate, PbFe${1/2}$Nb${1/2}$O$_{3}$ (PFN), is a multiferroic material exhibiting paraelectric to ferroelectric and paramagnetic to G-type antiferromagnetic... -
QLCR Spectroscopy of Solid Nitrogen
Quadrupolar level crossing resonance (QLCR) occurs in the muSR of solids with diamagnetic muon states in close proximity to quadrupolar nuclei. This effect provides uniquely... -
Local Field fluctuations and Mu Dynamics in Vanadium Dioxide Compounds
This is an in depth study of magnetic fluctuations and local field dynamics leading into the low temperature magnetic phase of Vanadium Oxide compounds (VO2, VO2:W and VO2:Ti)... -
Muon Spectroscopy Training School
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Spin Dynamics in the Quantum Critical and Ferromagnetic Regimes of URu2-xRe
Recently, there has been a significant amount of interest in quantum phase transitions and non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior exhibited by heavy-fermion compounds. Interestingly... -
Probing superconductivity, static magnetism and light ion diffusion in molecu...
In 2012 we demonstrated that molecular spacer layers could be intercalated in between FeSe layers resulting in a dramatic enhancement of the critical temperature: FeSe is itself... -
A MuSR study of the superconductivity in ACa2Fe4As4F2 (A = K, Rb, Cs)
The iron pnictide (Fe-Pn) superconductors were the second family of high temperature superconductors to be discovered and have a number of different crystal structures. We... -
muSR studies of expanded fullerides across the superconductivity dome
FCC Cs3C60 can be driven to a bulk superconducting state without symmetry change by the application of pressure. Its Tc passes through a maximum of 35 K at 6 kbar. We have been... -
Muon spin rotation study on PrTSi3 (T = Ir, Rh and Ru)
Recently we have investigated three new ternary intermetallic compounds PrTSi3 (T = Ir, Rh and Ru) which form in BaNiSn3-type tetragonal structure. The susceptibility exhibits...
