Tools that we use

For preparation of polycrystalline samples we use various high temperature furnaces, in various atmospheres/vacuum, and pressures up to 200 atm. We also use hydrothermal routes for some systems.

Structural characterisation is done using a Panalytical XPert Pro diffractometer as also a Rigaku high resolution diffractometer. Variable temperature measurements (down to 77 K) can be done with the Panalytical machine.

Magnetisation is measured as a function of temperature and magnetic field using Quantum Design VSM and SQUID VSM. Heat capacity is measured with the heat capacity attachment to the PPMS.

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is performed in a fixed field of 9.4 Tesla (400 MHz proton NMR) using a room-temperature bore superconducting magnet. The temperature is varied from liquid helium to room temperature using an Oxford continuous flow cryostat.

We colloborate with other groups for neutron diffraction and scattering, muSR, theoretical calculations, etc.