| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M90122/01 |
| Title: |
NOVEL HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO METALS, SEMI CONDUCTORS THERMOELECTRICS AND NEW MATERIALS |
| Principal Investigator: |
McMahon, Professor MI |
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Sch of Physics and Astronomy |
| Organisation: |
University of Edinburgh |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 June 2000 |
Ends: |
29 February 2004 |
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482,352
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Energy |
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Recent Edinburgh-led developments have resulted in a major breakthrough in high-pressure structural studies using powder diffraction. These studies have been made predominantly at ambient temperature. In addition, the complex behaviour revealed by such studies is such that powder methods are inadequate in an increasing number of cases. The applicant thus proposed to extend present techniques to enable high-pressure/high-temperatures (HP/HT) studies of both powders and single crystals. Novel techniques to grow and study single-crystal samples of high-pressure phases in situ will be developed. Dedicated HP/HT powder-diffraction 'beamlines' and state-of-the-art sample preparation and loading facilities will also be established. The new facilities and techniques, complemented by synchrotron studies, will be used to study lanthanide metals, new alkali-metal alloys, chalcopyrite semiconductors and thermoelectric materials. These studies will provide a definitive description of the structural systematics of the lanthanides; provide detailed structural information on a new class of pressure-induced materials; and contribute to the development of improved semiconductor and thermoelectric materials. The proposed work is designed to meet the objectives of high-quality basic and applied research, postgraduate training, knowledge advancement and dissemination, meeting the needs of users and beneficiaries and contributing to the competitiveness of the UK.
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