Exploring quantum materials using extreme conditions of magnetic field and applied pressure

该项目旨在探索量子材料的新例子，包括低维和量子磁铁、奇异导电材料、非传统超导体和其他强关联电子系统。超强磁场将被用来作为电和磁相互作用的探针和控制参数。此外，施加的压力将通过相图中的临界点来调整材料。将测量晶体结构、磁化强度、电阻率、比热和自旋动力学等关键参数，并用它们来揭示这些材料显示出的理论和技术上重要性能背后的机制。将与下列人员进行协作：华威大学、牛津大学和国际伙伴的样品生长专家：新加坡国立大学和剑桥大学的理论家；达勒姆大学、ISIS Muon和中子源、美国国家高磁场实验室和欧洲磁场实验室的实验者。作为该项目的一部分，所做的工作解决了EPSRC的2022-25年战略交付计划中的目标，特别是通过物理和数学科学动力中心的优先事项。这项研究是在EPSRC的物理科学主题先进材料对研究领域做出贡献的范围内进行的，如能量应用材料、超导和凝聚态：磁性和磁性材料以及电子结构。

This project aims to explore new examples of quantum materials, including low-dimensional and quantum magnets, exotic conducting materials, unconventional superconductors and other strongly correlated electron systems. Ultra-high magnetic fields will be used as a probe and a control parameter of the electronic and magnetic interactions. In addition, applied pressure will be employed to tune the materials through critical points in their phase diagram. Key quantities such as crystal structure, magnetization, resistivity, specific heat and spin dynamics will be measured and used to shed light on the mechanisms behind the theoretically and technologically significant properties these materials display. Collaborations will take place with: sample-growth experts in Warwick, University of Oxford and with international partners: theoreticians from NTU Singapore and University of Cambridge; and experimentalists at Durham University, ISIS Muon and Neutron Source, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA and the European Magnetic Field Laboratory. The work done as part of this project addresses objectives in EPSRC's 2022-25 Strategic Delivery Plan, especially via the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Powerhouse Priority. The research lies within the EPSRC's Physical Sciences theme Advanced Materials contributing to Research Areas such as Materials for Energy Applications, Superconductivity, and Condensed Matter: Magnetism & Magnetic Materials and Electronic Structure.