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Magnetic Diffuse Scattering of two New Rare Earth Pyrochlores
The aim of the proposed experiment is to explore the magnetic behavior of the new rare earth Pyrochlores Pr2Hf2O7 and Nd2Hf2O7 by using E2 to measure their diffuse magnetic... -
Field-induced transition to a chiral nematic state in a triangular antiferrom...
We propose to probe the transition to a chiral nematic state induced by the fields above 17 tesla in CuCrO2, a triangular antiferromagnet. The transition is predicted based on... -
Field-induced magnetic structure in U(Ru1-xRhx)2Si2, x=0.08 above 22 T
We suggest to investigate high quality U(Ru0.92Rh0.08)2Si2 single crystal in fields up to 25 T. This system does not exhibit a long-range magnetic order down to at least 0.3 K... -
Structure Investigation of La0.6Sr0.4FeO3-d treated in reducing atmospheres
Aim of this proposal is to determine the crystal structure of a series of oxygen-deficient LSF specimen to understand the role of oxygen and Fe deficiencies in their structural... -
Magnetic and Structural properties of two New Frustrated Quantum Magnets
(Sr, Pb)CuTe2O6 are quantum magnets featuring spin-1/2 ions that are coupled into a highly frustrated 3D network resulting from a combination of interactions giving equilateral... -
Temperature and field dependence of the magnetic moment of the frustrated spi...
Linarite, PbCuSO4(OH)2, is a natural mineral which has been shown to display a rich and complex phase diagram in applied fields up to 10 T for temperatures below 2.8 K. Our... -
Probing the magnetization reversal in the inverse spinel Co2VO4
Magnetization reversal (MR) under applied external magnetic field is still not fully understood. The magnetization reversal (MR) refers to a sign change of the dc-magnetization... -
Neutron diffraction study on the honeycomb lattice compound: Ba2MII(PO4)2 (MI...
Neutrons are an ideal probe of finding magnetic structures. From initial studies on these Ba2MII(PO4)2 (MII = Co, Mn) systems we found interesting magnetic properties. Neutron... -
Spin and Charge Order in the Cuprate High-Temperature Superconductor La2-xSrx...
The cuprate high temperature superconductors show several competing and coexisting phases, the most important of which are spin and charge order. Magnetic fields can be used as... -
Magnetic Structures on Kagome Spin Liquid Compound Cu4(OD)6FBr and Cu3Zn(OD)6FBr
A two-dimensional kagome antiferromagnet can achieve a spin-liquid ground state due to strong quantum uctuations and geometrical frustrations, but the topological nature of its... -
Deuterium-related phase transitions in CePdIn1-xSnxDy deuterides.
RNiInDx compounds with R = Ce-Nd exhibit very short D-D distances of 1.5 A. The project aims at determination, whether this phenomena occurs for CePdIn1-xSnxDy compounds.... -
Is the re-entrant magnetic phase transition in beta-TeVO4 associated with the...
TeVO4 is one of the compounds in which magnetic moments form a frustrated zigzag spin-1/2 chain, due to competing nearest-neighbour and second-nearest neighbour interactions. It... -
Magnetic Order and Magnetostructural Coupling in BaCrFeAs2 and BaCr2As2
We propose to study the magnetic order and temperature dependent structural properties of the ThCr2Si2-type phases BaFeCrAs2 and BaCr2As2 at instruments E9 and E2. These... -
Determination of high-field magnetic structures of magnetoelectric LiNiPO4
We propose a neutron diffraction study at HFM-EXED to determine the magnetic structures of two new high-field phases of LiNiPO4. In a recent pulsed-field experiment at SNS we... -
Direct visualization of the 2nd Breathing transition in MIL-53
Structural flexibility is a unique property of some metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that clearly distinguishes them from other inorganic porous materials, such as zeolite and... -
In situ Investigation of methane adsorption mechanism in a series of highly p...
Safe and efficient storage and transport of energy carriers will become a critical step towards the application of renewable energies. Application of porous materials in tank... -
Probing the structure-property relationship of Li-rich or Ni-rich layered oxi...
Lithium-rich or Ni-rich layered oxides cathode materials have attracted great attentions owing to their specific high capacity for lithium-ion batteries, but the poor rate... -
Magnetic phase diagram of CeCu2Ge2 above 13T
CeCu2Ge2 (CCG) is the isostructural magnetic counterpart of archetypal unconventional superconductor CeCu2Si2 (CCS). The understanding of the magnetic interactions in CCG... -
Novel amorphous and quasicrystalline Ti45-xVxZr38Ni17 alloys for hydrogen sto...
The project is aimed at unveiling structural aspects of the newly synthesised Ti45-xVxZr38Ni17 (x = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40) alloys and their deuterides. The obtained... -
Understanding High-Tc Superconductivity in Perovskite Bismuthates: the Effect...
We propose elastic neutron powder diffraction experiments on newly discovered perovkite bismuthates, (Ca,K)BiO3. Known as one of the earliest high-Tc oxide superconductors,...
