The Metal-Nonmetal Transition in Magnetic Local Moment Systems

小行星9802126 这是一个合作的重点研究小组的建议，涉及三个主要研究人员与互补的实验技能。 本研究探讨了表面电子和结构 锰氧化物和稀土的性质 稀土氮氧化物（氮化物）。这些材料的相当大的兴趣，因为他们有一个铁磁过渡，似乎伴随着非金属到金属的过渡。 然而，在这方面， 的关系 磁行为和电输运性质之间的关系现在已经很好地理解了。该计划的目标是了解铁磁转变附近的非金属到金属转变的性质，并研究表面铁磁特性和金属特性如何与这些材料的本体特性不同。该计划将 解决了诸如表面磁性是否精确地遵循块体材料的磁性的重要问题。 该计划采用了大量的光谱技术和表征 解释工具 的 电子 氧化物和氮化物材料的能带结构、体输运性质和磁性。虽然这是一个基础研究项目，但该项目的结果将与磁性和超导性的一般领域有关。 例如，氧化物材料的表面磁性和输运性质是信息存储技术领域的基本问题。 这是一个合作的重点研究小组的建议，涉及三个主要研究人员与互补的实验技能。 研究了锰氧化物和稀土氮化物材料的表面性质与体相性质之间的关系。在这些材料中，可以观察到磁特性的快速变化与电导率的大变化同时发生。 然而，这两种现象之间的关系还没有得到很好的理解。此外，材料的表面性质与本体性质之间的关系也是一个悬而未决的问题。 这项努力将联合收割机 一 表面光谱范围， 结构技术，以获得有关这些材料的磁性和输运性质的新信息。与内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校、内布拉斯加大学林肯分校、南达科他州矿业学院和凯斯西储大学的理论家密切合作，将有助于解释测量结果。虽然这是一个基础研究项目，但该项目的结果将与磁性和超导性的一般领域有关。 例如，氧化物材料的表面磁性和输运性质是信息存储技术领域的基本问题。 ***

9802126 Dowben This is a collaborative focused research group proposal involving three principal investigators with complementary experimental skills. The research investigates the surface electronic and structural properties of manganese oxides and rare earth pnictnides (nitrides). These materials of considerable interest because they have a ferromagnetic transition that appears to accompany the non-metal to metal transition. However, the relation between the magnetic behavior and the electrical transport properties is now well understood. The goals of the program are to understand the nature of the non-metal to metal transition near the ferromagnetic transition, and to investigate how the surface ferromagnetic properties and metallically may differ from the bulk properties in these materials. The program will address important issues such a whether the surface magnetism precisely follows that of the bulk material. The program employs a large number of spectroscopic techniques and characterization tools to elucidate the electronic band structure, bulk transport properties and magnetic properties of the oxide and nitride materials. While this is fundamental research program the results of the project will be relevant to the general fields of magnetism and superconductivity. For example, surface magnetism and transport properties of oxide materials are fundamental issues in the field of information storage technology. %%% This is a collaborative focused research group proposal involving three principal investigators with complementary experimental skills. The research deals with the relationship between the surface and bulk properties of manganese oxide and rare earth nitride materials. In these materials, rapid changes in magnetic properties can occur simultaneously with large changes in the electrical conductivity are ob served. However, the relation between these two phenomena is not well understood. Further, the relation between the surface properties of the materials and the bulk properties is also an open question. This effort will combine a range of surface spectroscopic and structural techniques to obtain new information about magnetic and transport properties of these materials. Close collaboration with theorists at U Nebraska - Omaha, U Nebraska - Lincoln, and South Dakota School of Mines, and Case Western Reserve U will facilitate interpretation of the measurements. While this is fundamental research program the results of the project will be relevant to the general fields of magnetism and superconductivity. For example, surface magnetism and transport properties of oxide materials are fundamental issues in the field of information storage technology. ***