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Is the anisotropic resistivity in Sr3Ru2O7 due to imbalanced antiferromagneti...
Many novel electronic ground states form in close proximity to quantum critical points (QCPs), that is, the point where a continuous phase transition occurs at zero temperature.... -
Intra-block magnetic excitations in KFe0.8Ag1.2Te2
KFe0.8Ag1.2Te2 is made of 2x2 squares of Fe atoms, upon lowering temperature the system spontaneously undergoes a transition that breaks the fourfold rotational symmetry. A... -
INS STUDY OF BIOCHAR AS SOLID ACID CATALYSTS
Pyrolysis is considered as a sustainable way to generate energy from bio-oil, however, biochar – a solid residue by-product– is inevitably produced in the production line. We... -
Magnetic structure of a new quantum magnet
SrCuTe2O6 is a quantum magnet featuring spin-1/2 magnetic ions that are coupled intoantiferromagnetic chains with frustrated interchain coupling. An ideal... -
Probing the magnetic structure of transition metal pyrovanadates M2V2O7 (M = ...
Transition metal pyrovanadate M2V2O7 (M = Ni, Co, Mn) exist with a great variety of crystal structures, which are reflected in the richness of their physical properties.... -
Neutron Diffraction Studies on Yb3(GaGe)10 compound
A new compound Yb3(GaGe)10 compound was obtained from the reactions by using indium and gallium respectively as reactive metal flux. Available laboratory Xray crystallography... -
Crystal and magnetic structure of new 2D honeycomb iridates
2D honeycomb iridates recently emerged as a possible platform for new class of spin liquid, the Kitaev spin liquid. The candidate materials A2IrO3 (A = Li, Na) in fact undergo... -
On the inhomogeneous ground state of the two-dimensional frustrated antiferro...
The layered NaMnO2 is challenging as it is an experimental realization of a two-dimensional spin-2, spatially anisotropic triangular lattice, where the interplay of temperature... -
Magnetic phase diagram of single crystal multiferroic NaFeGe2O6
Multiferroics of spin origin, for which magnetic long-range order and electric polarization occur simultaneously, have attracted considerable interest. The strong coupling... -
Proton dynamics in novel organic ferroelectric materials
The vast majority of known ferroelectrics are inorganic compounds such as barium titanate and potassium dihydrogen phosphate. Contrary to naïve expectation, ferroelectricity in... -
Probing the magnetic structure of transition metal pyrovanadate Fe2V2O7
We have synthesized and characterized a new member, namely Fe2V2O7 in the family of 3d transition metal pyrovanadate M2V2O7 (M =Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu). M2V2O7 exist with a great... -
Negative thermal expansion in the rutile phase of ZnF2
It has recently been discovered than the rutile phase of zinc fluoride shows negative thermal expansion along all three crystallographic axes. What is highly unusual about this... -
The ferroelectric phase transition in Dion-Jacobson layered perovskites
Several distinct families of layered perovskites have been shown experimentally to display ferroelectricity. The most recent of these is the Dion-Jacobson (DJ) family, typified...
