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Total scattering study of the orientational phase transition in para-terphenyl
There is currently a resurgence of interest in phase transitions in orientationally disordered molecular crystals. This is partly driven by the fact that new experimental and... -
Temperature Dependence Study of the Local Magnetic Behaviour in Fe3C-Filled N...
Recent research in to Carbon Nanotubes filled with magnetic materials has produced some interesting results that have the potential to bring about new computing technology. In... -
Spin dynamics in metallic-like carbon nanospheres
Exploiting spin coherence phenomena in quantum materials is both technologically and fundamentally relevant, particularly in view of recent developments in quantum computing.... -
Motion of Positevely Charged Muonium Centres in Transparent Conducting Oxides
We propose zero-field depolarization measurements to investigate the motional dynamics of diamagnetic muonium centers in hafnium oxide (HfO2), tungsten oxide (WO3) and zirconium... -
Magnetic order in the low doping regime in La(2-x)SrxCoO4
While investigating the ordering and magnetic dynamics in La2-xSrxCoO4 we found some intriguing behaviour for samples with small x, which would imply that the phase diagram is... -
Understanding the spin-Peierls Transition in KTCNQ and derivatives
Motivated by work showing that magnetic coupling between TCNQ anions in potassium TCNQ (KTCNQ) can be changed simply by changing the aromatic substituents, we seek to qunatify... -
Motion of Positevely Charged Muonium Centres in Transparent Conducting Oxides
A continued study of muonium diffusion in transparent conducting oxides (TCO) are proposed. We have ZF depolarization measurements conducted up to room temperatures for SnO2 and... -
Multistage symmetry breaking of the breathing pyrochlore compounds LiGaCr4O8 ...
At the heart of understanding collective phenomena in condensed matter physics is the search for emergent phases of matter formed by strong frustrations in geometrically... -
Silicon nanoparticles in thermoelectric material applications
In order to meet the UK's commitment to reduce 80% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it is necessary make major advances in efficient, clean and secure energy conversion and... -
Probing the ground state magnetism at the local scale of an unusual metallic ...
Common d5 pyrochlore iridates, A2Ir2O7 or A2Ir2O6O, are reported to have long range magnetic order based on muSR experiment. Only Pr2Ir2O7 has been identified as a metallic... -
Magnetic Charge Transport in Spin Ice
We have performed further measurements on Dy2Ti2O7 and confirmed the observation of magnetic charge transport. Given the time constraints of our previous experiment not all... -
Investigating Lead Halide Perovskite Solar cells using ALCs
Lead Halide perovskite solar cells is one of the most rapidly growing research areas. Since their discovery in 2009, the devices have shown great promise, with efficiencies over... -
High Field muon spin rotation studies in Ni-Mn-(Sn,In) based metamagnetic sha...
We have recently performed zero field muon spin rotation (muSR) studies of one the shape memory alloy Ni2.04Mn1.4Sn0.56 on EMU spectrometer at ISIS and the observed results are... -
Investigating the magnetic ground states in complex manganese based oxides
The geometric frustration, combined with other parameters like the net quantum spin state (1/2, 1 or 3/2) is expected to give rise the exotic magnetic ground states such as the... -
Understanding high-performance light-emitting diodes based on carbene-metal-a...
The technology of organic electronics unlocks new ways to create semiconductor devices which are impossible using more conventional materials. The organic semiconductors at... -
Possible presence of charge density wave in V3Si superconductor
The superconductivity is a very important quantum phenomenon occurring in many materials. However the microscopic origin of it is still not completely understood and is one of... -
Understanding Li-Diffusion and Resultant Magnetism Within Li Intercalated int...
This study involves attempting to understand the Li atom diffusion within Li-intercalated hexagonal boron nitride. Muons present a significant advantage as they are sensitive to... -
Stacking dependence and spin-Peierls state in layered, triangular cluster mag...
Materials containing triangular structures of magnetic moment are an important pathway to studying unconventional magnetic phenomena that arise from the geometrical frustration.... -
Magnetism in the martensitic phase of Ni2Mn1.4In0.6 and Ni1.8Co0.2Mn1.4In0.6 ...
We propose to solve the long standing controversy regarding the magnetic state of off-stoichiometric Heusler alloys Ni2Mn1.4In0.6 and Ni1.8Co0.2Mn1.4In0.6 at temperatures below... -
Obtaining Quantum Critical Signatures of the Spin Liquid Phases in 1T-TaS2
The system 1T-TaS2 is a charge density wave (CDW) insulator below 180 K that has one residual spin 1/2 for every 13 Ta atoms in the modulated CDW structure. These spins and...