Significant progress has recently been made in calculating muon stopping sites using
density functional theory. The technique aims to address two of the most common criticisms …

Despite the vast knowledge accumulated on silicon, germanium, and their alloys, these
materials still demand research, eminently in view of the improvement of knowledge on …

Thin films and pn junctions for solar cells based on the absorber materials Cu (In, G a) Se 2
and Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 were investigated as a function of depth using implanted low energy …

The use of implanted muons to probe the spin dynamics and electronic excitations in
organic materials is reviewed. At first, a brief introduction to the historical context and …

We present a systematic study of isolated hydrogen in diverse forms of ZrO 2 (zirconia), both
undoped and stabilized in the cubic phase by additions of transition-metal oxides (Y 2 O 3 …

Muonium, a positive muon and an electron, is often used as an experimentally accessible
substitute for hydrogen in materials research. In semiconductors and insulators, a large …

The electronic structure of hydrogen impurity in Lu 2 O 3 was studied by first-principles
calculations and muonium spectroscopy. The computational scheme was based on two …

In muon-spin-rotation experiments, positive muons are implanted in the material and come
to rest in the unrelaxed host lattice. The formation of the final configuration requires a lattice …

First-principles calculations were performed jointly with muon-spin (μ SR) spectroscopy
experiments in order to examine the electrical activity of hydrogen in mixed-cation …

Cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) ceramics are one of the most promising candidates for
structural materials in future fusion reactors. In a fusion environment, irradiation of high …