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Fluctuations in the properties of materials at low temperatures give rise to unusual and exotic effects. These fluctuations, quantum mechanical in origin and allowed by the...

Lanthanide coordination frameworks containing polyatomic anions are attracting increasing attention for low dimensional magnetism, which appears to be linked to improved...

Quantum phase transitions have recently received a lot of interest in various different fields of physics and the emergent universal properties have been studied in very...

This proposal is part of our research programme to explore the spin dynamics of strongly-frustrated quantum magnets. A canonical model is the spin-1/2 triangular antiferromagnet...

We recently synthesised a new compound, K2Ni2(SO4)3, that allows the existence of non-trivial topologicalphases such as skyrmions. Specific heat measurements show the existence...

Magnetic cooling is a reliable technique for refrigeration, however, understanding of fundamental science and materials is essential for utilizing the technique fully. Fe2P is...

In order to realise the technological potential of skyrmion-based spintronics, thin film materials with high ordering temperatures and controlled skyrmion size are needed. The...

This study involves attempting to understand the Li atom diffusion within Li-intercalated hexagonal boron nitride. Muons present a significant advantage as they are sensitive to...

Over the past few years, extensive developments have been made in the use of neutron diffraction for structural studies of liquids and amorphous materials at high pressure....

This proposal aims at better understanding the role of the disordered NH4+ ions in driving the ferroelectric transition in [NH4][Zn(HCOO)3] and that of hydrogen bonding in...

We propose a series of measurements to complete the previous direct spectroscopic measurements of the Muonium defect energy levels in Silicon Carbide (SiC; RB110134). We will...

Our recent express measurments on protonated and deuterated 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) have highlighted some interesting differences between the two. We seek to...

Alcohol-water mixtures are well known to possess a number of thermodynamic and transport properties that deviate from those of an ideal binary mixture. While the structure of...

Ca3Ru2O7 plays host to a complex interplay between equivalent spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and electron correlation energies that foster exotic physics and an extreme sensitivity...

Inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites are formed by incorporating inorganic nanoparticles in soft organic polymer matrices. The dynamics of the polymer can be affected due to...

Carbonate liquids are characterised by low temperature and low viscosity and play an important role in molten carbonate fuel cells, battery electrolytes and, surprisingly, in...

Proteins are the workhorses of the cell, performing a huge array of functions from providing mechanical strength to molecular recognition & binding. They perform these...

Superconductivity in systems which lack inversion symmetry is expected to give rise to a host of unconventional effects, including mixed parity ground-states, and the formation...

The excitations of an Ising antiferromagnetic chain have been studied in the past and are known to form either continuous spectrum or Zeeman ladders. Such a system can be...

Materials with a layered structure have been the subject of great interest as potential candidates for high-temperature superconductors. The ACa2Fe4As4F2 family of materials...