Seeing the Unseen: The Structural Influence of the Lone Pair Electrons in PbWO4

BG Mullens, FP Marlton, MK Nicholas… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis of the scheelite-type material PbWO4 reveals
previously unidentified short-range structural distortions in the PbO8 polyhedra and WO4 …

: A quasi-two-dimensional frustrated magnet possessing spin orbit entangled Kramers doublet ground state

J Kumar, R Roy, D Ranaut, JG Nakamura, S Kanungo… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The frustration-induced interplay of competing degrees of freedom and quantum fluctuations
can evade long-range magnetic ordering and result in novel quantum states with exotic …

Variable Temperature In Situ Neutron Powder Diffraction and Conductivity Studies of Undoped HoNbO4 and HoTaO4

BG Mullens, M Saura-Múzquiz, G Cordaro… - Chemistry of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Neutron powder diffraction data has been used to quantify the monoclinic (space group I
2/a) to tetragonal (I 41/a) phase transition that occurs at 775° C in HoNbO4 and 1300° C in …

Long-range A-site cation disorder in NaA (MO4) 2 (M= Mo, W) double scheelite oxides

BG Mullens, MK Nicholas, FP Marlton… - Journal of Solid State …, 2023 - Elsevier
Synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction methods have been used to obtain
accurate long-range average structures of some double scheelite compounds of the type Na …

Toxic, radioactive, and disordered: a total scattering study of TlTcO 4

BG Mullens, FP Marlton, M Saura-Múzquiz… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A detailed variable temperature neutron total scattering study of the potential nuclear waste
matrix TlTcO4 was conducted. The long-range average structure of TlTcO4 undergoes an …

Enhanced cryogenic magnetocaloric performance and the existence of short-range magnetic correlations in frustrated diamond geometries

J Kumar, K Mukherjee - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The magnetocaloric effect in the cryogenic temperature regime has gained enormous
attention due to its application in the field of cryogenic refrigeration technology, which is …

Effect of lithium doping on the structural, conduction mechanism and dielectric property of MnNbO 4

S Aydi, S Chkoundali, A Oueslati, A Aydi - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of multifunctional materials is an exceptional research area, which is
aimed at enhancing the versatility of materials according to their wide fields of application …

Long-Range A-Site Cation Disorder in Naa (Bo4) 2 Double Scheelite Oxides

B Kennedy, BG Mullens, MK Nicholas… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
Synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction methods have been used to obtain
accurate long-range average structures of some double scheelite compounds of the type …