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The magnetic structure of LaMn7O12
Research into the quadruple perovskite manganites has expanded, owing to recent discoveries of technologically relevant properties and entirely novel electronic states. Through... -
Investigation of the low temperature, applied field magnetic order in copper-...
We propose to fully explore the field induced magnetically ordered phase of copper-nitrate, Cu(NO3)2.2.5D2O, at temperatures below 0.13 K and in fields up to 5 T. The key aims... -
Neutron diffraction study on reentrant superconductor Eu(Fe1-xIrx)2As2
We observed reentrant superconductivity (SC) in Ir doped EuFe2As2 near 22 K in both resistivity and susceptibility. For the optimally doped sample, we witnessed two distinct... -
Inelastic neutron scattering investigations to study Ru-trimer and molecular ...
The orthorhombic compound Ba4Ru3O10 having Ru3O12 timers coupled via corner-shared oxygens in the crystal structure exhibits very interesting magnetic and transport properties.... -
Uptake of Molecular Hydrogen by High-performance Carbon Nanostructures (NIMROD)
High sorption capacities and enhanced interaction strengths are the two most fundamental prerequisites for the deployment of carbon-based materials as hydrogen-storage media. In... -
A neutron diffraction study of V1/3NbS2 : determination of the magnetic groun...
In recent years, there has been a large research interest in noncentrosymmetric systems in part due to the exotic physics these systems display. Examples of chiral magnets... -
Magnetic structure of EuTAsF (T = Zn, Mn) via neutron diffraction
The proposal deals with compounds belonging to the ZrCuSiAs structure type that received renewed attention after the discovery and development of Fe-based superconductors. In... -
The magnon density of states in NiPS3
NiPS3 is a magnetic material. Its structure has similarities to graphite in that the atoms are strongly bound in planes but the planes are only weakly bound. It is called... -
Investigation of magnetic orderings in multiferroic PbFe12O19
We propose to perform neutron diffraction experiments on a powder sample of a multiferroic hexaferrite PbFe12O19. A recent paper has reported room temperature multiferroic... -
Paramagnons in the chiral superconductor Sr2RuO4
Sr2RuO4 is a 2-D layered perovskite oxide metal which becomes superconducting below 1.5K. There is strong experimental evidence that the superconducting wavefunction is... -
Search for new hydrogen, helium and neon hydrates at high pressure
This proposal is for time to search for predicted gas hydrates at high pressure. The results will provide insight into the factors governing the stability of the H-bonded... -
High energy spin excitation in superconducting Rb0.8Fe1.68Se2
Superconductivity (SC) in unconventional superconductors is believed to be related to magnetism. However, in AyFe1.6+xSe2 (A = K, Rb, Cs) system discovered in late 2010, the SC... -
How does a catalyst promoter affect the degree of hydrogen retention of iron-...
We have recently used INS to determine how a hydrogen pre-treatment stage of an iron based Fischer-Tropsch catalyst may modify catalytic performance. That work established how... -
Pressure effect on stable and metastable structural phases in geometrically f...
Geometrically frustrated antiferromagnet LuBaCo4O7 exhibits unusual competition between two low-temperature phases with orthorhombic and monoclinic symmetry. Depending on... -
Spin orders in CaxMn2-xFeReO6 double perovskites
New manganese-based double perovskites Mn2-xCaxFeReO6 have been synthesised at high pressure. Mn2FeReO6 has spin-active cations at all sites; S = 5/2 Mn2+, S = 5/2 Fe3+ and S =... -
Further investigation of unusual inelastic spectrum of Ba2LuMoO6
Ba2LuMoO6 is a rare example of an s = ½ undistorted fcc frustrated system, which displays no magnetic order above T = 2 K, and thus is an excellent experimental realisation of a... -
Is there an incommensurate magnetic resonance in La2-xSrxCuO4?
Most optimally-doped high- Tc cuprate superconductors show a magnetic excitation (known as the 'resonance') at q=(pi,pi ) whose intensity increases sharply below Tc. This... -
High precision measurement of the spin waves in Yttrium Iron Garnet
Yttrium Iron Garnet (YIG) is a material with extremely wide ranging applications. It is a ferrimagnetic spinel with the narrowest ferromagnetic resonance linewidth of any known... -
New apparatus for neutron diffraction under uniaxial pressure.
We propose to test new apparatus for the magnetic neutron diffraction under uniaxial pressure on WISH diffractometer. The main feature of our apparatus is that the sample is not... -
Spin Configuration and Spin Reorientation Transition in Composite Rare Earth ...
Rare-earth orthoferrites (RFeO3) and orthochromates (RCrO3) exhibit canted antiferromagnetic structure with 3 different allowed spin configuration (SC)s.Temperature as well as...