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In-house research: Dynamics and extreme conditions

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In-house research runs in parallel to beamline operation, helping us to develop and refine techniques while investigating diverse scientific areas. Staff within the group have research projects in several areas.

ID06 (Large Volume Press)

  • Synthesis and characterisation of new frustrated S = 1/2 kagome hydroxychlorides
  • Synthesis and characterisation of new noble metal perovskite-like materials via their hydroxide precursors
  • Deformation studies of Earth materials
  • Development of ultrasonic interferometry and application to study of mantle phases

ID09A (High Pressure)

  • Simple metals at extreme pressures
  • Structural changes at spin transitions
  • Structural studies of low-dimensional organic conductors at high pressures

ID18

  • Glass dynamics
  • Magnetic, electric, and dynamic properties of new materials and nanotechnology (mainly extreme conditions, including ultrahigh-vacuum environments)
  • Geoscience, i.e., extreme conditions (high pressure and high temperature)
  • Development of X-ray optics and fast detector systems

ID26

  • Semiconductors doped with magnetic impurities (e.g., 3d transition metals)—so-called dilute magnetic semiconductors—for spin-electronics devices
  • The electronic structure of f-electron systems, i.e., rare earths (e.g., CeO2) and actinides
  • Electronic structure of transition metal organic complexes with applications in catalysis and medicine
  • Development of advanced spectroscopies: hard X-ray magnetic circular dichroism combined with resonant inelastic X-ray scattering; ultra-fast X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy

ID27

  • Low T and HP structural studies of Fe based superconductors using X-ray diffraction (XRD)
  • Density, viscosity and structure of liquids at high pressure using XRD
  • 3-dimensionnal study of HP C60 polymorphs using XRD-tomography
  • Study of fluid-mineral interfaces at high pressure using coupled XRD and X-ray fluorescence
  • In-situ low-Z materials chemistry in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell

ID28

  • Structural and elastic properties of minerals in Earth science
  • Development of combined approaches using inelastic x-ray scattering, (thermal) diffuse scattering and ab initio methods
  • High-frequency dynamics of glasses and liquids

 
 
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