Controlling Emergent Orders in Quantum Materials
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Edinburgh
Department Name: Sch of Physics and Astronomy
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| Chris Stock (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Chan E
(2023)
Neutron scattering sum rules, symmetric exchanges, and helicoidal magnetism in MnSb 2 O 6
in Physical Review B
Chan E
(2022)
Neutron diffraction in MnSb 2 O 6 : Magnetic and structural domains in a helicoidal polar magnet with coupled chiralities
in Physical Review B
Ding L
(2023)
Lattice dynamics and spin excitations in the metal-organic framework [ CH 3 NH 3 ] [ Co ( HCOO ) 3 ]
in Physical Review Materials
Edwards L
(2020)
Metastable and localized Ising magnetism in a - CoV 2 O 6 magnetization plateaus
in Physical Review B
Giles-Donovan N
(2020)
Imitation of spin density wave order in Cu 3 Nb 2 O 8
in Physical Review B
Gomez S
(2021)
Absence of moment fragmentation in the mixed B -site pyrochlore Nd 2 GaSbO 7
in Physical Review B
Guratinder K
(2023)
Acoustic lattice instabilities at the magnetostructural transition in Fe 1.057 ( 7 ) Te
in Physical Review B
Lane H
(2023)
Spin-orbital correlations from complex orbital order in MgV 2 O 4
in Physical Review Research
Lane H
(2021)
Metastable antiphase boundary ordering in Ca Fe 2 O 4
in Physical Review B
Lane H
(2022)
Excitonic transverse and amplitude fluctuations in noncollinear and charge-ordered RbFe 2 + Fe 3 + F 6
in Physical Review B
| 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 |