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Nuclear Structures of Lithium Substituted Layered Transition Metal Oxide Cath...
Novel cathode materials for rechargeable batteries have been under intense investigation since high cost and toxicity of current Li-ion batteries. We propose to study the... -
The high temperature phases of multiferroic YMnO3
Hexagonal YMnO3 is a well-studied, but poorly understood, multiferroic material, which adopts the 'geometric' mechanism of ferroelectric distortion, rather than the more normal... -
Multiferroic (Ferroelastic/Magnetic) Phase Transitions in KMnF3
KMnF3 perovskite undergoes 3 structural, and two magnetic phase transitions on cooling from 300 K to 2 K. Above 185 K the compound is in the aristotype structure, on cooling... -
Structural Studies of BiFeO3-KNbO3 Solid Solution
Both BiFeO3 and KNbO3 are technologically important materials. BiFeO3 exhibs room temperature magnetic and ferroelectric ordering whilst KNbO3 is a lead free ferroelectric.... -
Thermal expansion and simultaneous Raman spectroscopy of methanol ammoniates,...
We have recently determined the structures of methanol-monoammoniate, and Me-hemiammoniate from neutron powder data. These are found to have different degrees of C-H...O... -
Neutron analysis of the structure of SrAl2O4 from 300 to 1273 K.
SrAl2O4 is a stuffed tridymite that has attracted a good deal of interest, since doping with Eu2+ leads to a material with elastic-luminescent response. The structure and phase... -
Structural studies of the KSbO3-type osmates Sr6Os6O19 and Bi3Os3O11
Osmium-based oxides show a wide range of interesting properties due to the variety of oxidation states osmium can adopt combined with 5d electrons displaying strong spin-orbit... -
Investigating the presence of an order-disorder transition in La6Y4Ge6O27
Apatite-type phases have been attracting interest as a new class of oxide ion conductors, and in these systems, the key defects are oxide ion interstitials. We have recently... -
The nature of the Ferroelectric Phase in CdTiO3
The aim of the present proposal is to establish the structure of the ferroelectric phase of CdTiO3 and to determine the nature of the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase... -
Correlation of structure and magnetic ordering with composition in layered co...
We propose to use HRPD to determine the detailed structures of a series of cobalt oxysulfides containing Co in square planar coordination. Two compositions Sr2CoO2Cu2-deltaS2... -
In Situ Structural Studies of Low Temperature Synthesised TiP2O7 and V-Doped ...
The AX2O7 series has garnered much recent attention due to its ability to host a wide range of 4+ cations. The members of this series have been shown to exhibit complex... -
Investigation of the low temperature phases of SrSnO3
The present proposal is to examine the low temperature structural properties of SrSnO3 using the HRPD. This work aims to examine the structural basis for the unusual low... -
Determination of the Low Temperature Crystal Structure of Cobalt Adipate
This experiment will use high resolution neutron diffraction to investigate the crystal and magnetic structure of the cobalt adipate framework, Co(CO2(CH2)4CO2), at lower... -
Structure, thermal expansion and vibrational properties of ammonium bicarbona...
Ammonium carbonates, sensu lato, have relevance to carbon capture schemes and as potential hydrogen storage materials. These compounds occur on Earth as minerals and, since... -
Phase Separation in NaTaO3. Can it be controlled by pressure?
The present proposal seeks to establish the pressure dependence of the Pbnm-Cmcm transition in NaTaO3 and some doped variants thereof. It aims to understand the understand the... -
High resolution studies of Na(Ni,Mg,Mn,Ti)O2 battery cathode materials
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Neutron diffraction study on La0.4Sr0.4GaxTi1-xO3-x/2-δ materials with p...
The successful integration of high temperature electrochemical devices in the future energy economy based on renewable sources strongly depends on the development of new... -
Investigating the role of Oxygen in the delafossite-spinel transformations in...
CuFe1-xCrO2 has potential applications as an SOFC cathode material. It exhibits and interesting transformation on oxidation. This is a follow on from our recent HRPD experiment... -
High resolution structures of the simple halogen bonded complexes.
We propose a high-resolution powder neutron diffraction study of the archetypal donor-acceptor complexes (CD3)3N...I2; (CD3)3N...ICl; C5D5N¿ICl; and C5D5N¿IBr. These are the... -
Structural change investigation of CeNbO4 while dissociating H2O at high temp...
One potential solution to reduce the greenhouse gas emission is the generation of fuels through thermochemical dissociation of CO2 and H2O. Previous studies have shown that...
