| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L38165/01 |
| Title: |
MBE GROWTH AND CHARACTERISATION OF RARE EARTH AND TRANSITION METAL SUPERLATTICES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wells, Mr R |
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| Department: |
Oxford Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Oxford |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 1997 |
Ends: |
31 January 2000 |
Value (£): |
170,222
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| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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The LaMBE project is a UK national facility and world leader in the growth and study of rare earth metal superlattices. We propose a renewal of the special rolling grant not only to maintain that position but also to open up the new field of research of epitaxial 4f-3d intermetallic compounds. The current collaborative programme on RE superlattices, which supports research of 16 UK groups in 8 institutions, will be continued with the major objective of finalising the new theory of coupling in magnetic superlattices to which this work is pointing. In addition two interesting new areas of RE research will be explore: (I) Sls containing La to study the interactive and competition between magnetism and superconductivity, (ii) the study of Ce layers and alloys in mixed valence states by growing on different seeds. Recent evidence that the 4f-3d intermetallic compounds, such as Laves phases and R2M17 compounds can be grown epitaxially on similar substrate systems to the RE metals is very exciting. There is potential to design samples with specific magnetic or magnetostrictive properties at room temperature, with possible device applications. We plan to begin a comprehensive exploration of this new field to asses properly this potential.
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