New Quantum Materials from High Pressure

该项目涉及高压材料合成、量子磁学、低温中子散射等领域，适用于化学、物理、材料科学或相关专业的本科学生。你将发现具有有趣和潜在有用的电子和磁性的新材料，如奇异的自旋有序或量子自旋液体(QSL)基态。该项目由ISIS中子设施的保罗·阿特菲尔德教授和帕斯卡尔·曼纽尔博士共同监督。你将在爱丁堡极端条件中心(CSEC)和ISIS之间工作。CSEC的研究将集中在利用大体积压力机(LVP)高压合成新的过渡金属氧化物材料。我们是世界上少数几个常规使用高达22 Gpa的压力进行LVP新材料合成的集团之一，因此您将可以使用尖端材料制备设施。ISIS的WISH和其他最先进的仪器上的中子散射实验将被用来探索低温磁性。您还将在ISIS花费更长的时间来帮助开发用于中子散射实验的超低温(ULT)能力。

This project is in the fields of high pressure materials synthesis, quantum magnetism, and low temperature neutron scattering, and is suitable for a student with a first degree in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science or an allied subject. You will discover new materials with interesting and potentially useful electronic and magnetic properties such as exotic spin orders or a quantum spin liquid (QSL) ground state. The project is co-supervised by Prof. Paul Attfield and Dr. Pascal Manuel at the ISIS neutron facility. You will work between the Centre for Extreme Conditions (CSEC) at Edinburgh and ISIS. CSEC research will be focussed on high pressure synthesis of new transition metal oxide materials using a large volume press (LVP). We are one of very few groups worldwide routinely using pressures up to 22 GPa for LVP new materials synthesis, so you will have access to a cutting-edge materials preparation facility. Neutron scattering experiments on WISH and other state-of-the-art instruments at ISIS will be used to explore low temperature magnetic properties. You will also spend longer periods at ISIS to help develop Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) capabilities for neutron scattering experiments.