EPSRC Reference: |
GR/A11380/01 |
Title: |
AF: EFFECTS OF FRUSTRATION ON ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PROPERTIES |
Principal Investigator: |
Wills, Professor A |
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Department: |
Chemistry |
Organisation: |
UCL |
Scheme: |
Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC) |
Starts: |
01 October 2001 |
Ends: |
30 September 2006 |
Value (£): |
220,589
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Materials Characterisation |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
Much current research is focussed on understanding how magnetic and electronic properties influence each other. Superconductivity, colossal magneto-resistance and heavy fermion behaviour are all fundamentally related to these effects. One of the most pervasive influences of the magnetism of electronic transport is frustration: it hinders the formation of long ranged magnetic order and allows fluctuations to develop that would be otherwise surpressed. This project involves the synthesis of new model itinerant electron magnetic materials with which to examine the effects of magnetic frustration and orderings on electron / hole transport properties. Despite these interactions being central to our understanding of exotic electronic states and technologically important systems, little research has been made on them. Correspondingly, precise study of the magnetic and electronic properties of such materials, at various levels of hole and electron doping, is vital if we are to understand how magnetic and electronic properties are interrelated. This work involves a combination of careful chemical synthesis of a number of different crystal systems and detailed characterisation of a wide range of electronic and magnetic properties.
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