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Inelastic Neutron Scattering study on the La7Ni3 Noncentrosymmetric Supercond...
Noncentrosymmetric (NCS) superconductors are recognized as good candidates to search for superconductivity with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS). Recent observation of TRS... -
Muons for Energy Nanonics
LiFePO4 (LFP) is a commercially applied cathode material for lithium ion batteries. With its Li ion hopping predominantly occurring along one-dimensional channels, LFP is a very... -
Magnetic order in the frustrated magnet Cu5(VO4)2O2CsCl
We propose to use WISH to characterise magnetic order of a new quantum (S=1/2) geometrically frustrated material based on the mineral averievite, Cu_5(VO_4)_2O_2CsCl. This... -
An INS study of mono- and di-cationic phosphonium ionic liquids interacting w...
We propose to carry out Inelastic Neutron Scattering experiments to investigate the interaction of mono- and di-cationic phosphonium-based ionic liquids (IL's) with hydrated... -
Spin-lattice coupling and magnon decay in the hexagonal manganites.
The hexagonal manganites RMnO3 are both multiferroic and show frustrated magnetic properties due to the triangular lattice of Mn3+(S=2) spins. Below Tc, an off-centering of the... -
The structure of methane water fluid mixtures at high pressure
We have recently discovered that above 2 GPa in the liquid/fluid forms water and methane become miscible in proportions up to 33 mole% of methane. This proposal is for time to... -
Structural distortions at low temperature on the pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7
Magnetic frustration occurs when nearest-neighbor competing interactions cannot be simultaneously satisfied. Pyrochlores, whose crystalline lattices form corner-sharing... -
Emerging quantum spin liquid state in a molecular rotor system
Large quantum fluctuations might drive magnetic systems to disordered phases even at low temperatures. Recently, a few two-dimensional spin-1/2 systems have been realized in... -
Exchange interactions and spin gap in Cu2PO4OH
The mineral Libethenite, Cu2PO4OH, is an ideal system in which to study low dimensional quantum magnetism. Its magnetic behaviour is complex but is related to systems with... -
Exotic spin excitations in a quasi one-dimensional anisotropic Heisenberg magnet
Very recently, string states have been identified for the first time in antiferromagnetic Heisenberg-Ising chain SrCo2V2O8 in longitudinal magnetic fields using high-resolution... -
Magnetic interactions of the room-temperature skyrmion material Co8Zn8Mn4
We propose an investigation of the spin-waves in the recently discovered room-temperature skyrmion material Co8Zn8Mn4. The ground state of Co8Zn8Mn4 is a very long wavelength... -
Determination of the crystal electric field scheme in geometrically frustrate...
The magnetic ground state in geometrically frustrated lanthanide oxides is determined by the interplay between different magnetic interactions and crystal electric field (CEF)... -
Ferromagnetic fluctuations in Sr2-xLaxRuO4
Theoretically, it was suggested that the p wave superconductivity in Sr2RuO4(Tc=1.5 K) is mediated by the ferromagnetic fluctuations. However, there is still no convincing... -
Dynamic antiphase boundaries and exciton states in CaFe2O4
We propose to measure possible exciton states below the anisotropy gap in CaFe2O4. Recent diffraction work by ourselves has shown that this structure has two competing magnetic... -
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,... -
Spin excitations in the non-magnetic ground state of In2Ru2O7
Correlated transition-metal oxides with orbital degeneracy such as ruthenates with d4 (S = 1) configuration offer a plethora of unconventional electronic states. Combined with... -
Graphene Surface Functionalisation Effect on Hydrogen Spillover
Hydrogen spillover involves dissociation of molecular hydrogen at the surface of metals, particularly transition metals, followed by migration of the hydrogen atoms across the... -
Evolution of magnetic ordering in the layered oxide arsenide Sr2CrO3CrAs
This experiment will probe the evolution of magnetic ordering in Sr2CrO3CrAs, a compound containing Cr2+ moments in arsenide layers and Cr3+ moments in oxide layers. We will use... -
Exchange Spring Evolution in SmCo5/Fe and NdCo5/Fe
We propose to investigate the evolution of the exchange spring (ES) in NdCo5/Fe and SmCo5/Fe with temperature and magnetic fields using polarized neutron reflectometry. The... -
Structural evolution and negative thermal expansion of Sr2IrO4
Sr2IrO4 is an important material in condensed matter physics, displaying a novel Jeff=½ Mott insulating state and being a rare comparative system for understanding the high...
