Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany
- Provides a didactic and practical introduction to a piezoelectric-based uniaxial pressure device in a level of detail not available in research papers
- Describes an example of using high uniaxial pressures as a clean tuning method to produce a Van Hove singularity
- Highlights the use of precise and continuous strain control as a test of symmetry breaking
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About this book
This book reports on the development and application of a new uniaxial pressure apparatus that is currently generating considerable interest in the field of materials physics. The author provides practical guidelines for performing such experiments, backed up by finite element simulations. Subsequently, the book reports on two uses of the device. In the first, high pressures are used to tune to a Van Hove singularity in Sr2RuO4, while the effects on the unconventional superconductivity and the normal state properties are investigated. In the second experiment, precise and continuous strain control is used to probe symmetry breaking and novel phase formation in the vicinity of a quantum critical point in Sr3Ru2O7.
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Book Title: Uniaxial Stress Technique and Investigations of Correlated Electron Systems
Authors: Mark Edward Barber
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93973-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93972-8Published: 25 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06760-1Published: 29 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93973-5Published: 13 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 190
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 88 illustrations in colour
Topics: Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity, Solid State Physics, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Measurement Science and Instrumentation