Uniaxial Stress Technique and Investigations of Correlated Electron Systems

• Main Author: Barber, Mark Edward (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Solid state physics.; Materials science.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Solid State Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
• Physical Description: XII, 190 p. 119 illus., 88 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319939735
• ISSN: 2190-5053
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93973-5

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 related 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. .