Superconductors is neither about basic aspects of superconductivity nor about its
applications, but its mainstay is superconducting materials. Unusual and unconventional …

We present measurements of the basic properties of Ce 2 Ge 2 Mg, Yb 2 Pt 2 Pb and Ce 2 Pt
2 Pb, which are members of a new class of geometrically frustrated magnets R 2 T 2 X (R …

We report electrical resistivity, magnetization, and specific heat measurements on the
correlated electron system Ce 1− x Sm x CoIn 5 (0≤ x≤ 1). Superconductivity (SC) in the …

We present measurements of the specific heat, magnetization, magnetocaloric effect, and
magnetic neutron diffraction carried out on single crystals of antiferromagnetic Yb 3 Pt 4 …

This thesis summarizes experimental work using process of postgrowth thermal treatment
and chemical substitution as tuning parameters in the study of physical properties of …

Large CeCu2Si2 single crystals were grown by a vertical floating zone method with optical
heating at slow zone traveling rates of 1− 3 mm/h. Elevated Ar pressure of 3 MPa in the …

The effects of internal chemical pressure on electron-doped iron arsenide superconductors
are studied in the series Ba (Fe 1− y Co y) 2 (As 1− x P x) 2. Combinations of both dopants …

The low temperature magnetic and transport properties of the heavy-fermion compound
YbIrGe which antiferromagnetically orders at 2.4 K are presented. A new magnetic phase …

We review here the results of magnetization, specific heat, and inelastic neutron scattering
measurements conducted on Yb 3 Pt 4, Yb 2 Pt 2 Pb, Yb 5 Pt 9, and YbRh 2 Pb, which …

We investigate the phase diagram of a spin-1 ferromagnetic XY model in the presence of a
longitudinal easy-axis crystal field assuming bilinear (J) and biquadratic (I) exchange …