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Magnetic frustration effects in cubic HoInCu4
The ternary rare-earth compounds REInCu4 show strong indications of frustration resulting in a very low AF ordering temperature of the rare earth moments. The crystal structure... -
Effect of La-substitution on Structural and Magnetic Properties in Frustrated...
We propose to study the structural and magnetic properties of three double perovskites Ca2-xLaxFeRuO6. Room temperature PXRD has revealed that all these compounds are... -
Tracing disorder in ZnGeN2
We propose to study the defect behaviour of ZnGeN2 as a representative material for the emerging class of Zn-IV-N2 solar absorber materials. As earth-abundant alternatives to... -
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... -
Field induced exotic ordered magnetic states of coupled Tomonaga-Luttinger li...
We propose to investigate field-induced exotic ordered magnetic states of coupled Tomonaga-Luttinger liquids (TLL) by single crystal neutron diffraction on the quasi-1D S=1/2... -
Change of magnetic order by non-magnetic dilution in the quasicrystal approxi...
Our group has recently discovered i-R-Cd quasicrystals showing spin-glass like behavior and the related cubic approximants RCd6 with long-range magnetic order at low... -
Concentration- and temperature- driven transformation of crystal and magnetic...
The compounds Bi1-xSmxFeO3 exhibit concentration- driven transition from the polar rhombohedral phase to the anti-polar orthorhombic one and temperature- driven transition into... -
Study of Jahn-Teller activity, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Ordering of Fe,...
In this proposal we would like to investigate the Jahn-Teller activity and its role on the global magnetic ordering and crystal structure of Fe and Ti co-doped ferrimagnetic... -
Spin-Exciton in SmB6 in high magnetic field
SmB6, a long-known mixed-valence material, has been proposed as the first topological Kondo insulator. Early neutron scattering experiments revealed a 14 meV resonant mode at... -
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,... -
Magnetic structure of atacamite and clinoatacamite
In recent years it has been established that the natural mineral polymorphs atacamite and clinoatacamite (chemical formula Cu2Cl(OH)3) exhibit a low temperature magnetic... -
Magnetic ordering in the multiple rare–earth sublattices in R5Pd2In4 compound...
This proposal is a continuation of our long-term project aiming to understand magnetism of rare earth intermetallics. Five R5Pd2In4 (R = Tb – Tm) indides are intended to be... -
Crystal structure of Cu2Zn(Sn1-xGex)Se4 solid solution.
Cu2ZnGeSe4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 are quaternary semiconductors belonging to the adamantine compound family, contain only abundant elements, which makes these materials promising... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
