| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R52213/01 |
| Title: |
Controlling the self-organised phases of manganites |
| Principal Investigator: |
Mathur, Professor ND |
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| Department: |
Materials Science & Metallurgy |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 2001 |
Ends: |
30 June 2005 |
Value (£): |
266,137
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
Materials Processing |
| Materials Synthesis & Growth |
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| Panel History: |
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23 May 2001
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Electronics, Comms & Functional Materials Panel
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Deferred
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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The crystal structure of a manganite interacts strongly with the corresponding magnetic and electronic structures. Therefore any imposed physical discontinuities in chemically homogeneous samples will likely create or destroy the surprisingly delicate balance between the surprisingly dissimilar phases (the ferromagnetic metal, charge-ordered insulator, and paramagnetic polaron liquid). We will: develop suitable thin film and device techniques in order to create conditions that will permit the controlled formation and detection of self-organised structures over mesoscopic length scales, observe and parameterise the coexisting phases using techniques that include electron microsopy, electrical transport measurements, both of these techniques simultaneously and magnetometry measurements, and understand the delicate phase balances using Landau theory and extract parameters of interest from our experiments.
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http://www.cam.ac.uk |