Muon spin spectroscopy

AD Hillier, SJ Blundell, I McKenzie, I Umegaki… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Muons are particles with a spin of ½ that can be implanted into a wide range of condensed
matter materials to act as a local probe of the surrounding atomic environment …

[HTML][HTML] DFT+ μ: density functional theory for muon site determination

SJ Blundell, T Lancaster - Applied Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The technique of muon spin rotation (μSR) has emerged in the last few decades as one of
the most powerful methods of obtaining local magnetic information. To make the technique …

Quantifying diffusion through interfaces of lithium-ion battery active materials

P Benedek, OK Forslund, E Nocerino… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Detailed understanding of charge diffusion processes in a lithium-ion battery is crucial to
enable its systematic improvement. Experimental investigation of diffusion at the interface …

[HTML][HTML] MuFinder: A program to determine and analyse muon stopping sites

BM Huddart, A Hernández-Melián, TJ Hicken… - Computer Physics …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Asymmetric phase diagram and dimensional crossover in a system of spin- dimers under applied hydrostatic pressure

MJ Coak, SPM Curley, Z Hawkhead, JP Tidey, D Graf… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present the magnetic and structural properties of [Cu (pyrazine) 0.5 (glycine)] ClO 4
under applied pressure. As previously reported, at ambient pressure this material consists of …

From magnetic order to quantum disorder in the Zn-barlowite series of S = 1/2 kagomé antiferromagnets

K Tustain, B Ward-O'Brien, F Bert, T Han… - npj Quantum …, 2020 - nature.com
We report a comprehensive muon spectroscopy study of the Zn-barlowite series of S= 1 2
kagomé antiferromagnets, Zn x Cu4− x (OH) 6FBr, for x= 0.00 to 0.99 (1). By combining …

Magnetic order and ballistic spin transport in a sine-Gordon spin chain

BM Huddart, M Gomilšek, TJ Hicken, FL Pratt… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We report the results of muon-spin spectroscopy (μ+ SR) measurements on the staggered
molecular spin chain [pym-Cu (NO 3) 2 (H 2 O) 2](pym= pyrimidine), a material previously …

Near-ideal molecule-based Haldane spin chain

RC Williams, WJA Blackmore, SPM Curley… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
The molecular coordination complex NiI 2 (3, 5-lut) 4 [where (3, 5-lut)=(3, 5-lutidine)=(C 7 H
9 N)] has been synthesized and characterized by several techniques including synchrotron x …

Local magnetism, magnetic order and spin freezing in the 'nonmetallic metal'FeCrAs

BM Huddart, MT Birch, FL Pratt… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of x-ray scattering and muon-spin relaxation (SR) measurements on
the iron-pnictide compound FeCrAs. Polarized non-resonant magnetic x-ray scattering …

investigation of magnetism in : Antiferromagnetism

BM Huddart, T Lancaster, SJ Blundell, Z Guguchia… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We study magnetism in the κ-(ET) 2 X family of charge-transfer salts using implanted muon
spectroscopy in conjunction with detailed ab initio electronic structure calculations using …