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Strain analysis of commensurate charge order/zener polaron ordering transitio...
High resolution powder diffraction data will be used to obtain lattice parameter and atomic coordinate variations as a function of temperature for Pr0.6Ca0.4MnO3, which has a... -
A Self-consistent Description of the Thermoelastic Properties of Dielectric P...
20 years ago, Anderson proposed that the thermoelastic properties of the dominant (mantle) phase within the Earth, MgSiO3 perovskite, could be described as a simple Debye solid.... -
On the non-proportional loading of high strength steels during biaxial forming
By forming sheet metal using a non-proportional biaxial strain path, an improvement to the overall ductility by a factor of 2 is possible against conventional, proportional... -
Me-ND311BD4: a temperature dependent study of its crystal structure and decom...
We request 4 days on HRPD with the IGAn apparatus to follow the structural changes of Me-ND4 11BD4 as a function of temperature. The high resolution of HRPD will allow us to... -
Variable Temperature Study of thallium and caesium azides
This proposal seeks to investigate the effect of temperature on the structures of thallium and caesium azide. High-resolution neutron powder diffraction data are necessary to... -
Neutron diffraction study on the lattice structure of rare-earth chalcogenide...
The frustrated quantum magnets have attracted a lot of attention with the ability of hosting the exotic quantum spin states. It has been believed that the degenerate ground... -
High temperature phases of SrNdNiRuO6 - Is this unique?
This proposal seeks to determine the structures of the high temperature phases of SrNdNiRuO6 and to investigate the nature of the transitions between them. Iturbe-Zabalo et al.... -
H+/Li+ exchange and Al/In substitutions in garnet-type Li ion conductors
In this work, we will examine the dopant site location, and Li distribution in cubic and In/Al doped La3Zr2Li7O12, which have been shown to display high Li ion conductivities... -
Structure and Stability of Copper Hydroxy Halides, Products of Anion Exchange...
We have successfully synthesised materials based on naturally occurring minerals and structurally related phases with the formula, Cu2(OH)3X where X is an anion. Phases with the... -
Crystal Lattice Distortions associated with a Frustrated Spin System in Trian...
In this proposal, we propose the high-resolution neutron diffraction experiments for AFeO2 (A=Cu and Ag) using HRPD. Although CuFeO2 is well known as one of magneto-electric... -
Low-Temperature Structural Phase Transitions in GeV4S8
The defect thiospinel, GeV4S8 adopts a cubic structure at room temperature (space group F-43m). We have identified a new monoclinic phase of this material at 2K, which may be... -
In-situ Specific Heat Measurements and Order Disorder Phase Transition Studie...
We request 4 days on HRPD to perform combined specific heat and neutron powder diffraction measurements of C60 and the molecular hydrogen storage materials, ammonia borane and... -
Study of structural phase transition in the spin-dimer YbAl3C3 using high res...
YbAl3C3 undergoes a structural phase transition at 80 K and a spin-dimer formation below 10K. To gain more information on the nature of the spin-dimer state and the phase... -
Structure and Phase Transitions of XNbOP2O7, with X = ND4 and Rb
In this proposal we request 3 days of beam time on HRPD to study the structure and phase transitions of XNbOP2O7 (X = Rb and ND4). These materials have been shown to undergo... -
Structure and phase transitions of Sr3Ru2O7
Sr3Ru2O7 is a layered Ruddlesden-Popper perovskite which displays intriguing behaviour at low temperatures and high magnetic field. It can be tuned close to a quantum critical... -
The origin of the ferromagnetic behavior in room temperature multiferroics Bi...
The long period cycloid in multiferroic BiFeO3 influences the potential applications of this material and it has been shown that doping (with La and Mn) enlarges the cycloid... -
High-resolution neutron diffraction studies of novel calcium niobate-based py...
This proposal is to determine high quality structural models using Rietveld analysis for the pyrochlore phases CaLnTr0.5Nb1.5O7 (Ln = La, Nd, Ho, Yb and Tr = Al, Sc, Cr, Mn, Fe,... -
Structural phase transitions in proton conducting BaCe0.8Y0.2O3-d as function...
The structure dependence of BaCe0.8Y0.2O3-d (BCY-20), a leading proton conducting material, will be studied as a function of temperature and, critically, controlled atmosphere... -
The crystal structure and thermal expansion of orthorhombic NiSi
NiSi is a technologically important material that is also of interest to Earth Scientists because of the possible role of Ni and Si in the Earth¿s core. It crystallises in the... -
In-situ Variable Temperature Studies of Dy Doped BiFeO3
Multiferroics and in particular BiFeO3 have recieved alot of interest. The potential of multiferroic materials to be incorporated into many devices such as sensors and memory...