Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation
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Beschreibung
This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.
In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x(Al2O3)1-x, and the atomic and magnetic ordering in liquid Invar. Among several significant results, obtained in this case from small angle neutron scattering, was the absence of a phase transition across a range of temperatures and compositions in the yttria aluminates. As these are a principal system in which liquid-liquid phase transitions have been hypothesized, this is an important contribution in a contentious area.
This thesis presents neutron scattering data that contribute to the understanding of four distinct areas of condensed matter physics, including iso-compositional liquid-liquid phase transitions and the glass formation in rare earth doped BaTi2O5.
In situ aerodynamic levitation with laser heating was combined with neutron scattering in order to study both liquid-liquid phase transitions in (Y2O3)x(Al2O3)1-x and the atomic and magnetic ordering in liquid Invar. Among several significant results, obtained in this case from small angle neutron scattering, was the absence of a phase transition across a range of temperatures and compositions in the yttria aluminates. As these are a principal system in which liquid-liquid phase transitions have been hypothesized, this is an important contribution in a contentious area.
Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by University of Bristol, UK Provides an in-depth background to the theory of super cooled liquids and glasses, including iso-composition liquid-liquid phase transitions Demonstrates demanding variants of neutron scattering experiments, including isotopic substitution, aerodynamic levitation and anomalous neutron scattering Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Thomas Farmer
Themen in »Structural Studies of Liquids and Glasses Using Aerodynamic Levitation«
Aerodynamic Levitation with Laser Heating Glass Formation in Rare Earth Doped BaTi2O5 Isocompositional Liquid-liquid Phase Transition Isotopic Substitution of Liquid Invar Liquid Indium Selenide Liquid-liquid Phase Transitions Neutron Diffraction of Amorphous Materials Structure of Doped BTO Glass