Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2013
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Paul C. Canfield
Abstract
This thesis summarizes experimental work using high pressure for materials synthesis and also as a tuning parameter in the study of selected correlated electron systems at low temperatures. Details of materials growth at high pressure and high temperature are given as well as the details of the assembly and use of the high pressure modified Bridgman anvil cell (mBAC) for resistivity measurements. The mBAC was used to tune the various ground states of several correlated electron systems: the metal-to-insulator transition in V6O11, the spin density wave antiferromagnetism in V7O13 as well as members of Ba(Fe1-xRux)2As2, the superconductivity of members of Ba(Fe1-xRux)2As2, and the heavy fermion states of YbFe2Zn20.
Copyright Owner
Stella Kim
Copyright Date
2013
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
218 pages
Recommended Citation
Kim, Stella, "Pressure effects on selected correlated electron systems" (2013). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 13080.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/13080
