| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M38711/01 |
| Title: |
STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN SILVER AND COPPER BASED SUPERIONIC CONDUCTORS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hull, Professor S |
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ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source |
| Organisation: |
STFC Laboratories (Grouped) |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
16 February 1999 |
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15 February 2002 |
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9,942
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This proposal forms part of the applicants' long running research programme into the nature of the superionic state in a wide range of crystalline systems. Specifically, neutron diffraction studies of selected ternary copper and silver compounds will be performed at elevated temperatures and pressures to probe the structural basis of the ionic disorder and identify those features (crystal structure, ionic size, ionic polarisibility, etc.) which are required for high ionic mobility. Using recently developed computer modelling techniques, we shall use neutron total scattering data to extract detailed information about the structural disorder accompanying the superionic process. In addition, interionic potentials both theoretically derived and empirically consistent with the experimental data will be used in Molecular Dynamics simulations to determine the dynamics of the diffusing ions and to explore experimentally inaccessible regions of p-T space. The combination of computer modelling and simulation will result in a self-consistent description of the behaviour of the dynamic structure of superionic materials.
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