127 datasets found

We propose to investigate the interplay of magnetic and structural properties in the multiferroic PbFe1/2Nb1/2O3 (PFN). PFN is the magnetic analogue of the archetypal lead based...

CeRhIn5 is an antiferromagnetic itinerant magnet which illustrates a temperature and pressure interplay between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity. Recently, it has been...

We propose to directly measure the spin-orbit splitting of V3+ in dilute MgAl2O4 (with ~5% Vanadium). Spin orbit coupling is believed to play a major role in the physics and...

Ba3NdRu2O9 is an intriguing material exhibiting a structural phase transition at 110 K, an independent ordering of the Nd (25 K, FM,T1 ) and Ru (18, AFM,T2 ) magnetic...

The proposal is to perform the first detailed neutron powder diffraction study of UAu2 in order to understand the nature of the magnetic order observed in this heavy fermion...

The proposal requests time to obtain a full mapping of the low-energy acoustic phonons. We have measured an acoustic phonon anomaly associated with the structural transition and...

We propose to investigate the high-energy (above 10 meV) excitations using either the MERLIN or MAPS chopper instruments. CaFe2O4 is interesting for several reasons. First, it...

Like the well known perovskites, the double perovskites A2BB'O6 form an enormous family of compounds exhibiting a wealth of phenomena ranging from magnetic long range order,...

YbNiSn is an Ising ferromagnet with non-colinear spins that undergoes a first order magnetic transition in low magnetic field (0.9 T). The transition is associated with strong...

Magnetic hybrid organic-inorganic Perovskites have attracted much attention lately as they potentially show a magneto-electric coupling, thanks to the strong interaction between...

The proposal requests time to nondestructively analyse the composition of two relaxor ferroelectrics as a function of depth. Both PMN and PFN are disordered lead based...

We plan to study the temperature dependence of magnetic excitations in the optimally doped high-Tc superconductor Bi$2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O${8+\delta}$ (BSCCO). We have previously...

We propose to investigate the low energy spin and orbital fluctuations in Bi1.7V8O16 which displays a metal to insulator transition. This work will be performed in conjunction...

We propose to measure the powdered average inelastic response on a candidate honeycomb lattice BaNi2V2O8. We have currently been able to synthesize small single crystals and...

The proposal aims to measure the powder averaged magnetic excitations in KFe2Se3. The compound is related to the recently discovered Fe-Se,As superconductors and is based upon...

Organic-inorganic perovskites have recently been shown to be potentially efficient and inexpensive photovoltaics. These materials undergo a series of structural transitions and...

CoV2O6 can be synthesized in orthorhombic columbite type, and monoclinic and triclinic brannerite polymorphs. Recent inelastic neutron study of triclinic CoV2O6 brannerite...

The organic-inorganic perovskites with chemical formula CH3NH3PbB(Br,Cl,I)3 have been implicated as being efficient photovoltaic materials. Theoretical calculations and...

Magnetic hybrid organic-inorganic Perovskites have attracted much attention lately as they potentially show a magneto-electric coupling, thanks to the strong interaction between...

We propose to the measure the spin and orbital fluctuations associated with Vanadium in MgV2O4 using the MAPS direct geometry chopper spectrometer. This proposal will use the...