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The Crossover Between Giant Magnetoresistance and Superconductivity in RuSr2G...
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) is observed up to -49% in RuSr2R1.8-xY0.2CexCu2O10-d ruthenocuprates. The magnetotransport is very sensitive to lattice effects. As , the mean A... -
Neutron diffraction study of crystal structures and magnetism in PbRuO3 perov...
We have synthesised the ill characterised perovskite PbRuO3 at high pressure and temperature. Synchrotron powder x-ray diffraction shows the room temperature structure to be... -
Low energy spin-excitations in the monoclinic form of CoV2O6 brannerite
CoV2O6 can be synthesized in orthorhombic columbite type, and monoclinic and triclinic brannerite polymorphs. Recent inelastic neutron study of triclinic CoV2O6 brannerite... -
Neutron Diffraction Study of a Spin-1/2 Pyrochlore Lu2Mo2O5N2
Ammonolysis of R2Mo2O7 pyrochlores gives R2Mo2O5N2 containing S = ½ Mo5+. They are excellent candidate materials for investigation of quantum spin liquid phenomena and we have... -
Anion order in perovskite oxynitrides
Transition metal oxynitrides with perovskite type structures are an emerging class of materials with optical, photocatalytic, dielectric and magnetoresistive properties that may... -
Spin Order in NiV2O6
One-dimensional magnetic materials have been widely studied due to their often remarkable ground states and excitations. Recent study of the triclinic form of CoV2O6 brannerite... -
Spin and cation order in AMn3B4O12 perovskites
A-site-ordered perovskite oxides with formula AA'3B4O12 have a rich variety of physical and chemical properties. Most have Jahn-Teller active Cu2+ or Mn3+ at the square-planar... -
High Pressure Structural Study of BiCoO3
BiCoO3 is a perovskite type material recently prepared by high pressure-high temperature synthesis in Kyoto. It has a distorted acentric perovskite structure with order of high... -
Crystal Structures and Spin Order in CoV2O6 Polymorphs
One-dimensional magnetic materials have been widely studied due to their often remarkable ground states and excitations. Recent study of the triclinic form of CoV2O6 brannerite... -
Exploring magnetic correlations in a new S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnet
The combination of strong magnetic frustration and low spin found in the S=1/2 quantum antiferromagnet is believed to lead to non-classical magnetic behaviour, and in particular... -
Variable temperature study of frustrated magetism in Lu2Mo2O5N2
Geometrically frustrated S= 1/2 magnets are of great interest as they do not show classical long range magnetic order at low temperatures and can adopt exotic quantum spin... -
High-pressure neutron diffraction studies of valence transitions in ACu3Fe4O12
Two new A-site ordered perovskite structure oxides, CaCu3Fe4O12 and LaCu3Fe4O12, were recently synthesized under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions in Kyoto. These... -
Spin crossover and low temperature spin dynamics in In2VO5
The one dimensional material In2VO5 contains frustrated zigzag chains of corner sharing V 4+ (S = 1/2) square based pyramids interspersed with sheets of edge sharing InO6... -
Crystal and magnetic structures of new ruthenate perovskites
Ruthenate perovskites have a diverse range of electronic properties originating from electron-electron correlations within broad 4d bands. We have recently investigated the high... -
Structural study of BiNiO3 at high pressures and low temperatures
BiNiO3, synthesized at high pressure, has the unusual charge distribution Bi3+0.5Bi5+0.5Ni2+O3 with ordering of Bi3+ and Bi5+ charges on the A sites of a highly distorted... -
Crystal and magnetic structures of EuWO1+xN2-x
Eu2+ d0- transition metal perovskites are of interest as potential multiferroics when undoped, or as CMR materials. EuWO1+xN2-x is a new magnetoresistive material and exists... -
MuSR Study of Magnetically Frustrated Lu2Mo2(O,N)7 pyrochlores
The combination of magnetic frustration and low magnetic moment leads to non-classical magnetic behaviour such as spin liquid states. We have prepared polycrystalline samples of... -
Magnetic Order in Orbitally Ordered PbRuO3 (RB920270)
The electronic properties of the second and third row transition metal oxides are traditionally thought to be dominated by the width of the 4d or 5d valence band, which reduces... -
Anion correlations in Ta oxynitrides
Transition metal oxynitrides with the perovskite structure type are an emerging class of functional materials with a variety of interesting optical, photocatalytic, dielectric... -
muSR study of field-induced phases in a 1-dimensional Ising system
MV2O6 brannerites have a network structure in which chains of edge-sharing MO6 octahedra result in 1-dimensional magnetic properties. A recent study reported monoclinic CoV2O6...