Neutron and X-ray scattering studies of disorder in quantum materials
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Quantum materials generally refer to condensed matter systems whose properties are dictated by strongly interacting quantum mechanical effects. This includes many classes of materials at the forefront of condensed matter research, for example high temperature superconductors, quantum spin liquids, and many others. In addition to hosting their eponymous phases, frequently these materials also exhibit competing ground states, where minute parameter changes lead to qualitatively different phases. The existence of atomic scale disorder is often sufficient to alter the ground state of many such systems. Experimentally, disorder is an inherent component of real (and in particular, bulk) materials, commonly due to imperfections in synthesis and intentional introduction of substitution/dopant atoms. It is therefore important to characterize and model the disorder in such materials to fully understand their physics. The nature and time/length scales of disorder varies significantly between different materials, requiring specifically tailored techniques. This thesis details innovative neutron and x-ray scattering studies on several quantum materials of current interest with distinct types of disorder relevant to high temperature superconductivity and quantum spin liquids.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2022; ©2022 |
| Publication date | 2022; 2022 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Jiang, Mingde |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Lee, Young Sang, 1971- |
| Thesis advisor | Lee, Young Sang, 1971- |
| Thesis advisor | Fisher, Ian R. (Ian Randal) |
| Thesis advisor | Kivelson, Steven |
| Degree committee member | Fisher, Ian R. (Ian Randal) |
| Degree committee member | Kivelson, Steven |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | (Jack) Mingde Jiang. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Applied Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2022. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/pw607zh5469 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2022 by Mingde Jiang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-SA).
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