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EPSRC Reference:	GR/J27059/01
Title:	ELECTRONIC,MAGNETIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISATION OF COMPLEX TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES
Principal Investigator:	Weller, Professor M
Other Investigators:	Rainford, Professor B
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Department:	Sch of Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Southampton
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 May 1994	Ends:	31 October 1997	Value (£):	170,062
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Energy Storage Materials Characterisation
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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An apparatus for the reaction of metal nitrides under high pressure nitrogen (to 3.3 kbar) at temperatures to 1000C will be constructed. The apparatus and all material handling will be sited in an oxygen and moisture free glove box. The synthesis of complex transition metal nitrides of the type ABN3, AB2N4 and ABN2 will be undertaken. The products from the synthesis program will be characterised in terms of their electronic, magnetic and spectrossopic properties. Phenomena studied will include metal-antiferromagnetic-insulator transitions, spin fluctuations, anomalous resistivity and crystal field spectroscopy. The potential of these materials as battery electrodes will be assessed.
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