| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/D031087/1 |
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Two experiments at Spring8: the Fermi surface in sodium cobaltate oxides and the spin density of nickel oxide confined in a nanoporous matrix |
| Principal Investigator: |
Duffy, Dr J |
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Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Warwick |
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Overseas Travel Grants Pre-FEC |
| Starts: |
29 July 2005 |
Ends: |
28 January 2006 |
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6,050
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| Materials Characterisation |
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Superconductivity and magnetism are two fascinating phenomena which can occur in materials. Our understanding of the mechanisms responsible is based on a quantum mechanical description of how the electrons in the material are behaving. It is possible to study these electrons by scattering of x-rays off them, much in the same way as snooker balls are scattered by each other. However, we need a very intense source of x-rays, known as a synchrotron.We have been awarded experimental time at a synchrotron in Japan for two separate studies of the electronic properties of two different materials. In the first study on a superconductor, we will investigate a particular aspect of the electronic behaviour, looking for a characteristic surface known as the Fermi surface, which may be crucial to explaining why these particular materials superconduct. The second study is of a magnetic material that has been made within a porous glass. This confined sample exhibits different magnetic properties from the normal material.The grant request is for travel and subsistence to allow 3 people to run each experiment around the clock for a week.
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