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Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect (2023)
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Hu, Y., Weir, M. P., Pereira, H. J., Amin, O. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., …Woodward, S. (2023). Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect. Applied Physics Letters, 123(22), Article 223902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157778

In this work, we present a method to enhance the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect at platinum/yttrium iron garnet (Pt/YIG) interfaces. The introduction of a partial interlayer of bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3, 2.5% surface coverage) interfaces significant... Read More about Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect.

PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator (2023)
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Lertkiattrakul, M., Evans, M. L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator. The Journal of Open Source Software, 8(90), Article 5556. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05556

The response of crystalline materials to external stimuli: whether temperature, pressure or electrochemical potential, is critical for both our understanding of materials and their use. This information can be readily obtained through in-situ diffrac... Read More about PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator.

High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2 (2023)
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Geers, M., Jarvis, D. M., Liu, C., Saxena, S. S., Pitcairn, J., Myatt, E., …Cliffe, M. J. (2023). High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2. Physical Review B, 108(14), Article 144439. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.144439

Two-dimensional materials offer a unique range of magnetic, electronic, and mechanical properties which can be controlled by external stimuli. Pressure is a particularly important stimulus, as it can be achieved readily and can produce large response... Read More about High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2.

Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid (2023)
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Flinn, B. T., Radu, V., Fay, M. W., Tyler, A. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid. Nanoscale Advances, 2023(23), 6423-6434. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na00155e

Spin-active nanomaterials play a vital role in current and upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, data storage and computing. To advance the design and application of these materials, methods to link size, shape, structure, and chemical... Read More about Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid.

Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker (2023)
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Boyadjieva, S. S., Firth, F. C., Alizadeh Kiapi, M. R., Fairen-Jimenez, D., Ling, S., Cliffe, M. J., & Forgan, R. S. (2023). Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker. CrystEngComm, 25(14), 2119-2124. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01529c

Careful control of synthetic conditions can enhance the structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) within individual metal-linker combinations. Herein, we show that hcp topology MOFs of both Zr(iv) and Hf(iv), linked by the extended (eth... Read More about Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker.

Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3 (2023)
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Geers, M., Lee, J. Y., Ling, S., Fabelo, O., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3. Chemical Science, https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc06861c

AMX3 compounds are structurally diverse, a notable example being the post-perovskite structure which adopts a two-dimensional framework with corner- and edge-sharing octahedra. Few molecular post-perovskites are known and of these, none have reported... Read More about Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3.

One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework (2023)
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Fu, Y., Forse, A. C., Kang, Z., Cliffe, M. J., Cao, W., Yin, J., …Kong, X. (2023). One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework. Science Advances, 9(6), Article eade6975. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade6975

Crystalline materials are often considered to have rigid periodic lattices, while soft materials are associated with flexibility and nonperiodicity. The continuous evolution of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has erased the boundaries between these t... Read More about One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework.

Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase (2023)
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Pitcairn, J., Iliceto, A., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., Fabelo, O., Liu, C., Balz, C., …Cliffe, M. J. (2023). Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(3), 1783-1792. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10916

Metal-organic magnets (MOMs), modular magnetic materials where metal atoms are connected by organic linkers, are promising candidates for next-generation quantum technologies. MOMs readily form low-dimensional structures and so are ideal systems to r... Read More about Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase.