Controlling Emergent Orders in Quantum Materials

Lead Research Organisation: University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

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Description Investigating ferroelectrics using negative muons has allowed us to develop a method of non destructively characterizing materials and devices.
Sector Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Electronics
Impact Types Economic

 
Description Neutrons for the Future Workshop hosted by NIST
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact This work will define the proposed replacement research reactor at NIST. It will form a chapter of a report that will be submitted to Congress in 2025. If this proposal is successful, it will provide the basis for a new user based facility that will serve the international materials and soft matter community for several decades.
 
Description CSEC-Based Facility for Advanced X-ray Characterisation of Materials
Amount £1,050,000 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V03605X/1 
Organisation University of Edinburgh 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2020 
End 04/2022
 
Description Towards Magnetic Graphene
Amount £5,000 (GBP)
Organisation Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2022 
End 12/2022
 
Title Electromechanical resonance for quantum materials 
Description We developed in collaboration with the University of Glasgow a setup for the measurement of electromechanical resonance in quantum materials. Initial test measurements were conducted and cryogenics optimized. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact We have made this facility open to local startup companies attached to the University of Glasgow. 
 
Title New imaging techniques for magnetism 
Description We have started to work the Scanning Tunnelling group at St. Andrews to image magnetism in low dimensional and metallic compounds. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact This collaboration has resulted in one joint paper and also a new proposal. 
 
Title Dataset for 'Magnetic surface reconstruction in the van der Waals antiferromagnet Fe1+xTe' 
Description  
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/datasets/dataset-for-magnetic-surface-reconstruction-in-th...
 
Description Electromechanical resonant devices in two dimensional magnets 
Organisation University of Glasgow
Department School of Engineering Glasgow
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We have successfully developed a vapor transport growth technique and applied it to several two dimensional van der Waals magnets. Our colleagues in Electrical Engineering at the University of Glasgow are interested in the resonant properties of these materials applied to magnetic and electric sensing. We have provided materials and structural characterization using powder x-ray diffraction and single crystal Laue x-ray diffraction.
Collaborator Contribution Our partners have supplied cryogenic equipment for the measurement of resonant properties with temperature along with high frequency probes. They have also provided time for discussion on how these can be applied to topics of interest.
Impact This collaboration has resulted in STFC-IAA/KEIA funding that has allowed us to improve growth techniques and submit new funding applications. This has also allowed us to link with biomedical start up companies.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Spin-orbit transitions and orbital driven transitions in 3d compounds 
Organisation Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Our group in Edinburgh has been developing a spin-orbit exciton formalism to understand the neutron cross section in 3d transition metal compounds where an orbital transition exists. We are currently applying this theory and computer code to data and results from chopper spectrometers, particularly those at Rutherford Labs.
Collaborator Contribution Our colleagues in China have contributed samples and also thermodynamic characterizaiton.
Impact We have been awarded neutron time for this collaboration and will begin measurements in the summer of 2021.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Graduate outreach effort at the Royal Society of Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact I gave a career talk to postgraduate students and this was held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This talk was aimed at providing my perspective of career options and also my experience as a graduate student and researcher. I estimate about 50-75 students from eastern Scotland attended.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description I2NS conference talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact I gave a talk on spin-orbit magnetism in transition metal ion compounds including new ways to understand and model the data. The purpose of this talk was to outline an excitonic approach to understanding magnetism and advertise this to the wider scattering community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International workshop on Relaxor Ferroelectrics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact I gave a talk on high resolution spectroscopic measurements of relaxor ferroelectrics. This talk was aimed at computational experts as well as engineers. I estimated about 30 scientists added the talk, about 3 engineers, and 1 representative from industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description NIST Summer School on Neutron Scattering 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact I gave a series of classes for the Summer School on Neutron Scattering at NIST (Gaithersburg). The lectures covered topics in neutron spectroscopy with a focus on magnetic materials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nuffield Trust sponsored hosting of high school students at Edinburgh 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact We hosted a high school student for the month of August to test LabView programming for a new device that we plan to incorporate into a dielectric test measurement system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Presentation at the APS March Meeting 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact I attended and gave a talk at the APS March Meeting 2023. This work connected with industrial colleagues through a discussion of the technique development and also scientific colleagues. Part of the work we did in this project involved the description of excitonic magnetism and there has been a strong interest from the DOE lab at Oak Ridge to develop this into a general software package.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Student Research Connection Event (UCL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact I gave a talk on excitonic magnetism in two dimensional materials at this event aimed at stimulating undergraduate students to explore graduate degrees using large scale facilities. This talk included highlights of recent research and also a discussion on my career path. The event also included a virtual visit to ISIS and Diamond.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/condensed-matter-material-physics/student-research-connection-condensed-matter...
 
Description Theoretical and Experimental Magnetism Meeting - Spin-Orbit transitions in 3d transition metal ion compounds 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An online talk was given for this meeting that normally occurs in Abingdon. The audience was a mixture of students and academics in the field of condensed matter physics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020