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Lattice dynamics in the giant barocaloric Ammonium Sulfate
Given the challenges in providing efficient and non-harmful refrigeration, it is timely to study barocaloric systems, which offer cooling power via the application of pressure,... -
Role of acidic silanols and Brønsted acid sites in hierarchically porous SAPO...
The commercially important polymer Nylon 6 is manufactured by ring-opening polymerization of eta-caprolactam. Industrially, eta-caprolactam is conventionally made by the... -
Crystalline electric field levels in a rare-earth triangular-lattice antiferr...
Rare-earth frustrated systems can present exotic physical properties. The newly discovered TmMgGaO4 shares the same structure as the quantum spin liquid candidate YbMgGaO4 with... -
Magnetic excitation spectrum of new quantum magnet
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Crystal Field Excitations in two SrLn2O4 compounds
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Single crystal study of spin gap formation in CeT2Al10 (T=Ru and Os)
Our recent inelastic neutron scattering (INS) study using MARI clearly reveals the presence of a sharp inelastic excitation near 8 meV and 11 meV in CeT2Al10 (T=Ru and Os)... -
Understanding anaesthetics: Ethanol partitioning into lipid membranes, effect...
Ethanol plays an important role in the human metabolism. It is in particular known to act as a drug enhancer by increasing trans-membrane permeability, and as an anesthetic.... -
Phase stability and thermal conductivity in perovskite zirconates
Perovskite zirconates have been suggested as potential next generation thermal barrier materials. SrZrO3 is particularly promising as it has an extremely low thermal... -
Structure and magnetism in Sr2IrO4 - benefits of 193Ir use
We plan to investigate the use of the isotope 193Ir for studies of magnetism in iridium containing materials using Sr2IrO4 as a test case. This isotope is important for neutron... -
Suppression of thermal conductivity in nanostructured ZnO at elevated tempera...
Thermoelectricity offers solutions for the low-carbon economy through the development of energy efficient technology. Modest improvement in thermoelectric performance would... -
Determining the Hamiltonian of a New Quantum Spin Ice Material
Pr2Hf2O7 is a potential quantum spin ice compound. Compared to the classical spin ice ions Ho3+ and Dy3+, Pr3+ has weaker Ising anisotropy and significant XY terms leading to... -
Fractionalized spin excitations in a triangular-lattice quantum spin liquid c...
The recently synthesised triangular-lattice rare-earth magnet KErSe2 crystallizes in the similar strucutre as the new quantum spin liquid candidate YbMgGaO4 but with less stie... -
The application of INS to examine a Fischer-Tropsch-to-Olefin catalyst that h...
In conjunction with an industrial partner (Sasol Technology UK), the applicants have previously used INS measurements performed on the MAPS spectrometer to characterize a series... -
Dirac Point and Topological Triplon Bands in the Shastry-Sutherland Material ...
SrCu$_2$(BO$_3$)$_2$ (SCBO) is a very much studied quantum magnet that is most well known for its ground state of coupled singlets and multiple magnetization plateaux. Recently,... -
Unveiling phonons in a prototype molecular quantum bit
The two main pillars of the current research in molecular magnetism are the possibilities of exploiting molecules as classical bits in high-density magnetic memories or as... -
Exploring magnetic frustration in a square-lattice metallic system: spin fluc...
Spin liquid is a novel phenomena that can arise due to magnetic frustration. Magnetic frustration occurs if the competing interactions cannot be mutually satisfied, giving rise... -
Crystal and magnetic structure of new 2D honeycomb iridates
2D honeycomb iridates recently emerged as a possible platform for new class of spin liquid, the Kitaev spin liquid. The candidate materials A2IrO3 (A = Li, Na) in fact undergo... -
Probing possible Dirac magnons in collinear antiferromagnets
Topological state of matter remains one of the central topics in condensed matter physics since decades ago. Take graphene as an example, the electron bands are linear and... -
INS study of double perovskite at the border between two and three dimensiona...
Sr2CuWO6 is a double perovskite at the border between two and three dimensional magnetism, with a square lattice of S=1⁄2 Cu(II) ions. This proposal aims to use inelastic... -
Spin excitations in RbFe2F6 and CsFe2F6 A possible S=5/2 Kagome lattice?
Geometrically frustrated spin systems are important owing to the fact that the geometry often suppresses conventional mean field ground states in favor of more unconventional...