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Proposal to determine the origin of the effects of electric fields on the muo...
In the previous proposal we examined the ALC response of components of the complex dielectric under externally applied electric fields (EEF). We saw a shift in the asymmetry at... -
Phonon-liquid electron-crystal behaviour in copper-rich tetrahedrites
Tetrahedrites are minerals which consist largely of earth-abundant and environmentally-friendly elements (copper and sulfur), and are attracting much interest due to their... -
Local Structure of Bi6WO12 and Bi28Re2O49 Oxide Ion Conductors: Role of Varia...
Oxide ion conductors are technologically important materials with applications in solid oxide fuel cells, oxygen sensors /pumps and membranes for oxygen separation. Two types of... -
INS on methane dynamics absorption in dipeptides
The dipeptides are a class of organic molecules that form hexagonal crystalline structures (space group P61) with one-dimensional chiral channels of tunable pore diameters in... -
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 Compton scattering investigation on protonic defects in BaZr0.7Ce0.2Y...
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muSR studies of expanded fullerides close to the Mott transition
Fulleride superconductivity is experiencing a renaissance of interest following our recent discovery of superconductivity proximate to an antiferromagnetic Mott insulating state... -
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... -
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... -
Investigation of Magnetic Ground State of Hexagonal Rare-Earth Ferrites by µSR
This experiment is focused on exploring and harnessing magnetic ground state of the multiferroic materials, with particular emphasis on the hexagonal (h), rare-earth ferrites... -
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... -
Local magnetism in graphene / transition metal oxide nanocomposites
Properties of graphene that make it an important material are its exceptionally high conductivity, massless fermions and a high velocity of electrons near the Dirac points.... -
High pressure behaviour of ammonium carbonate monohydrate
A number of compounds crystallise in the NH3-H2O-CO2 ternary system, including ammonium carbonates and carbamates, these being closely related to the water-deficient compound... -
Observation of hydrogen diffusion in hydrogen storage materials with muSR
This is a continuation proposal describing an "in situ" muSR experiment on hydrogen storage materials. For the two previous beam-time allocated for RB1510262 and RB1520259, we... -
Probing lithium diffusion in olivine materials LiMPO4 using muSR
We can trace the history of electrochemical cells just over two hundred years back to Luigi Galvani and Alessandro Volta¿s inventions, and perhaps more than a millennium further... -
Investigation of magnetic defects in exfoliated and ball-milled graphite
The recent interest in carbon-based materials like graphene stimulated a deeper analysis of the magnetism in graphite defects. In a previous µSR experiment we observed an... -
Search for spin liquid ground state in the disorder free triangular lattice K...
Rare-earth delafossites were recently proposed as promising candidates for the realization of an effective S = 1/2 quantum spin liquid on the triangular lattice [1, 2]. In... -
Diffusive behavior in novel anode material, LixY2Ti2O5S2
This proposal describes a muSR experiment for studying a diffusive nature of Li ions in novel anode material for Li-ion batteries. The target compound, LixY2Ti2O5S2 (LxYTOS,... -
Detecting static magnetic order in mutiferroric Lu1-xScxFeO3 through µSR study
Multiferroic systems have been a long-lasting and productive research field of condensed matter physics in both fundamental and applied perspectives. Useful multiferroic systems...
