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Hydrogen bonds as synthons in novel molecular magnets
Many strategies have emerged in recent years in the quest to design and synthesize functional materials which show cooperative properties. A particularly successful route to new... -
Spin fluctuations in heavy fermion system
A study of the ground state of the Ce5Rh4Sn10 is proposed. Compound belongs to the heavy fermion system with two magnetic phase transitions at 1.4 K and 4.3 K. While the... -
Searching for magnetic ordering and spin-gapped behavior in the first S = 1 ¿...
We propose to explore the spin dynamics in LiNiVO4, a system which we believe is a previously unobserved realization of a random distribution of 1D antiferromagnetic Heisenberg... -
Possible muon diffusion in frustrated magnets
Recent investigations into spin ice suggest excitations that behave like magnetic monopoles, this has included a transverse field muon experiment. When zero field muon... -
Understanding the role of spin orbit coupling on superconductivity in ScMX (M...
It is a great interest of research to explore the superconductivity in 111-family superconductor with strong spin orbit-interaction. In this proposal we wish to investigate role... -
Searching for unconventional superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric ternary...
The noncentrosymmetric half-Heusler semimetals RTBi (R=rare earth, T=Pt, Pd) have recently been proposed, according to electronic structure calculations, as plausible 3D... -
Completing the phase diagram of a 2D molecular antiferromagnet
We propose to complete an investigation of the phase diagram of a series of molecular 2D quantum Heisenberg antiferromagnets (2DQHAFs) with random exchange strengths. This is a... -
Probing the superconducting ground state of the centrosymmetric superconducto...
This proposal plans to investigate the superconducting ground state of LaNiGa2 which is a centrosymmetric superconductor with a superconducting transition of ~2K. Heat capacity... -
Investigation of superconducting ground state of the first Fe-based silicide ...
HTSC in the iron-based superconductors (Fe-SC) is one of the most active and challenging topics. Very recently some of us (F. Bernardini et al.) have reported SC in novel... -
Studies of the Strongly Correlated Metal Yb4LiGe4
The intermetallic family R5T4 (R = rare earth, T = Si or Ge) exhibit a wide range of magnetic phenomena (eg., magnetic order, GMR, and enhanced magnetocaloric effect) which are... -
MuSR study to investigate a small moment magnetic ordering in Ce(Os1-xIrx)2Al...
Our muSR study on Ce(Os1-xFex)2Al10 with x=0.4, which reveals long range magnetic ordering below 24K from the heat capacity, shows unexpected behaviour. The muSR spectra only... -
Quantum spin ice physics in Pr-based pyrochlores
In order to explore quantum spin ice physics, we wish to focus on the non-Kramers Pr-based pyrochlores with general formula Pr2M2O7 (M =Sn, Zr, Hf). There is a recent... -
Search for time-reversal symmetry breaking in Re-based compound ReAl6
A unique characteristic of the specific complex order parameters in noncentrosymmetric (NCS) superconductors (SCs) is time-reversal symmetry breaking (TRSB). The intermetallic... -
Probing glassy magnetic transitions in structurally disordered (defect fluori...
Cubic A2B2O7 oxides with A standing for a rare-earth element and B for a transition or main block metal have been systematically studied for their frequently exotic... -
Superconductivity in tetragonal FeS
The possibility of superconductivity in tetragonal FeS has attracted considerable interest because of its similarities to the FeSe superconductor. However, for a long time all... -
Unconventional superconducting properties in topological superconductor candi...
Research on two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDS) type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2, is of particular interest because of their extreme magnetoresistance and... -
Muon spin relaxation study of CDW and superconducting states in LaPt2Si2
Coexistence of charge density wave (CDW) and superconductivity (SC) is a long standing puzzle in condensed matter physics. LaPt2Si2 exhibits CDW transition at 112 K followed by... -
Muon spin relaxation study on magnetic properties in the single crystal of Ba...
In condensed matter physics, a little frustration can make materials interesting. This is because that the presence of competing forces, which cannot be simultaneously... -
Investigating time-reversal and pairing symmetry in topological superconducto...
NbxBi2Se3 is a potential topological superconductor candidate as it preserve Dirac surface dispersion and also superconducting at the same time. It belongs to the Eu... -
Muon-spin-rotation study of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor ThPtSi
Our recent research on Th-bearing intermetallics revealed bulk superconductivity in ThPtSi. The critical temperature determined from the resistivity and magnetization data is Tc...
