Synthesis and Advanced Characterization of Quantum Materials

量子材料的合成和高级表征

• 批准号: RGPIN-2014-05818
• 负责人: Luke, Graeme
• 金额: $ 3.5万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=633511
• 关键词: Synthesis; Advanced; Characterization; Quantum; Materials

This proposal seeks support for my research program in the experimental study of Quantum Materials. These materials are important both for their future use in applications and because they are often not described by traditional theories. Such systems include high temperature superconductors including the newly discovered pnictides, low dimensional and geometrically frustrated magnets and materials with topological order.My research program is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary in nature, involving international leading scientists and both graduate and undergraduate students in all stages of the research. As a direct result of this research we will discover and characterize magnetic systems with a variety of exotic ground states including both quantum and classical quantum spin ices and liquids. We will identify possible broken time reversal symmetry superconducting states and perform detailed studies of the fundamental properties of newly discovered superconductors.Magnetic systems to be studied include pyrochlore iridates which combine strong spin-orbit coupling and topological order with geometrical frustration. We will synthesize other pyrochlores such as Tb2GeO7, Yb2GeO7, Ho2Ge2O7, Pr2Pb2O7 and Nd2Pb2O7 then perform muon spin relaxation, neutron scattering, magnetization and other studies using both in-house and international user facilities to identify a variety of novel magnetic ground states. We will synthesize other systems with geometrical frustration including the spinels BaHo2O4 and FeV2O4, searching for exotic ground states and novel emergent spin excitations.We will perform detailed muon spin relaxation/rotation studies of the doped topological insulator CuxBi2Se3 and other potential topological superconductors to search for evidence of a topological superconducting state. We will continue our study of Sr2RuO4 which has been identified as a chiral p-wave topological superconductor, using ß-NMR to search for characteristic edge currents near the sample surface.We will continue our efforts to fully understand the electronic and magnetic states of URu2Si2. We will use chemical substitutions to drive the system to a quantum critical point, using muons and neutrons with bulk techniques to study this evolution. My research program is at an exciting juncture with new experimental facilities coming online at present in the imminent future. These include new muon beamlines at TRIUMF with enhanced capabilities, greatly increased beamtime for ß-NMR due to the development of an additional driver accelerator and the development of a very low temperature (T<0.5K) spectrometer for ß-NMR. A new SQUID magnetometer with 3He capability (T<0.5K) will be installed in my laboratory during late 2013.The proposed studies will involve a wide range of experimental techniques, starting with materials synthesis using optical image and tri-arc furnaces. We will measure magnetic susceptibility down to 0.5K using our new low temperature SQUID magnetometer (a unique capability in Canada). We will perturb systems using extreme conditions of high magnetic field and hydrostatic pressure. We will use both conventional and low energy muon spin relaxation/rotation and ß-NMR to measure the local real space magnetic behavior in both bulk and thin film specimens. Finally, my students and I will collaborate with leading groups for studies using a variety of experimental techniques including scanning tunneling microscopy, neutron scattering and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.

该提案旨在支持我在量子材料实验研究方面的研究计划。这些材料对于它们未来的应用非常重要，因为它们通常无法用传统理论描述。此类系统包括高温超导体（包括新发现的磷元素化合物）、低维和几何受挫磁体以及具有拓扑有序的材料。我的研究项目本质上是高度协作和跨学科的，涉及国际领先的科学家以及研究生和本科生的各个阶段研究。作为这项研究的直接结果，我们将发现和表征各种奇异基态的磁性系统，包括量子和经典量子自旋冰和液体。我们将找出可能的时间反转对称超导态破缺，并对新发现的超导体的基本性质进行详细研究。研究的磁性系统包括结合了联合收割机强自旋轨道耦合和拓扑有序与几何挫折的烧绿石虹彩酸盐。我们将合成其他高温超导体，如Tb 2GeO 7，Yb 2GeO 7，Ho 2Ge 2 O 7，Pr 2 Pb 2 O 7和Nd 2 Pb 2 O 7，然后使用内部和国际用户设备进行μ子自旋弛豫，中子散射，磁化和其他研究，以确定各种新颖的磁基态。我们将合成其他具有几何阻挫的系统，包括尖晶石BaHo 2 O 4和FeV 2 O 4，寻找奇异基态和新的涌现自旋激发。我们将对掺杂拓扑绝缘体CuxBi 2Se 3和其他潜在的拓扑超导体进行详细的μ子自旋弛豫/旋转研究，以寻找拓扑超导态的证据。我们将继续我们的研究Sr 2 RuO 4已被确定为一个手性p波拓扑超导体，使用1H-NMR搜索样品表面附近的特征边缘电流。我们将继续我们的努力，以充分了解URu 2Si 2的电子和磁性状态。我们将使用化学替代来驱动系统到量子临界点，使用μ子和中子与散装技术来研究这种演变。我的研究计划正处于一个令人兴奋的时刻，新的实验设施即将上线，目前在不久的将来。其中包括TRIUMF的新μ子束线，其功能增强，由于开发了额外的驱动加速器和开发了用于13 H-NMR的极低温（T<0.5K）光谱仪，大大增加了13 H-NMR的束时间。2013年下半年将在我的实验室安装一台新的具有3 He能力（T<0.5K）的SQUID磁强计。拟议的研究将涉及广泛的实验技术，从使用光学图像和三弧炉的材料合成开始。我们将使用我们新的低温SQUID磁强计（加拿大的独特能力）测量低至0.5K的磁化率。我们将使用高磁场和静水压力的极端条件扰动系统。我们将使用传统的和低能的μ子自旋弛豫/旋转和核磁共振来测量块体和薄膜样品中的局部真实的空间磁行为。最后，我和我的学生将与领导小组合作，使用各种实验技术进行研究，包括扫描隧道显微镜，中子散射和角分辨光电子能谱。