Department of Physics

Department of Physics

 

Recent Submissions

  • Strydom, A. M.; Peratheepan, P.; Sarkar, R.; Baenitz, M.; Steglich, F. (Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2011)
    We report on physical properties of the two new iron aluminides YFe2Al10 and YbFe2Al10. They are members of a broader rare-earth based family of intermetallics in which unusual properties have been the subject of considerable ...
  • Strydom, A. M.; Khuntia, P.; Baenitz, M.; Peratheepan, P.; Steglich, F. (Physica Status, 2013)
    YFe2Al10 forms in a well-ordered crystal structure, with a unique site for the magnetic atom Fe. At elevated temperatures YFe2Al10 behaves electronically as a good metal. At low temperatures on the other hand, signatures ...
  • Adroja, D. T.; Hillier, A. D.; Muro, Y.; Kajino, J.; Takabatake, T.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.; Deen, P. P.; Demmel, F.; Stewart, J. R.; Taylor, J. W.; Smith, R. I.; Ramos, S.; Adams, M.A. (Physical Review, 2013)
    We have carried out muon spin relaxation (muSR), neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) investigations on polycrystalline samples of Ce(Ru1-xFex)2Al10 (x=0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8 and 1) to investigate the nature ...
  • Khuntia, P.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.; Utsumi, Y.; Tsuei, K. D.; Tjeng, L. H.; Steglich, F.; Baenitz, M. (Physical Review, 2014)
    We present magnetization, specific heat, and 27 Al NMR investigations on YbFe 2 Al 10 over a wide range in temperature and magnetic field. The magnetic susceptibility at low temperatures is strongly enhanced ...
  • Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M. (Journal of Physics, 2015)
    We report the results of a comprehensive physical and magnetic property study of the new isotypic aluminides SmT2Al10 (T = Fe, Ru). These two compounds are members of a rare-earth based system which has become an exemplary ...
  • Adroja, D. T.; Hillier, A. D.; Ritter, C; Bhattacharyya, A.; Khalyavin, D. D.; Strydom, A. M.; Peratheepan, P.; Fak, B.; Koza, M. M.; Kawabata, J.; Yamada, Y.; Okada, Y.; Muro, Y.; Takabatake, T.; Taylor, J. W. (PHYSICAL REVIEW, 2015)
    The opening of a spin gap in the orthorhombic compounds Ce T 2 Al 10 ( T = Ru and Os ) is followed by antiferromagnetic ordering at T N = 27 and 28.5 K, respectively, with a small ordered moment ...
  • Carleschi, E.; Doyle, B. P.; Snyman, J. L.; Magnano, E.; Nappini, S; Pis, I.; Bondino, F.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M. (Physical Review, 2015)
    We have investigated the contribution of Ce 4 f states to the electronic structure of the intermetallic ferromagnet CePdIn 2 by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant and nonresonant photoemission ...
  • Soundararajah, Q. Y.; Karunaratne, B. S. B.; Rajapakse, R. M. G. (University of Peradeniya, 2006)
    The montmorillonite (MMT) clay was intercalated with polyaniline (PANI) to prepare montmorillonite - polyaniline nanocomposites (MMT-PANI). The MMT clay was ion exchanged with H+ and dried at 120°C for 2 hours. The H+ ...
  • Soundararajah, Q. Y.; Karunaratne, B. S. B.; Rajapakse, R. M. G. (Mater. Chem. Phys, 2009)
    The interest in clay polymer nanocomposites (CPN) materials, initially developed by researchers at Toyota, has grown dramatically over the last decade. They have attracted great interest, both in industry and in academia, ...
  • Soundararajah, Q. Y.; Karunaratne, B. S. B.; Rajapakse, R. M. G. (J. Compos. Mater., 2010)
    The properties of polymers are greatly enhanced when they are incorporated with silicate-layered clays as they find many applications in the fields of electronics, automobile industry, packaging, and construction. In this ...
  • Soundararajah, Q. Y.; Webster, R. F. (Semicond. Sci. Technol, 2015)
    Transmission electron microscopy is used to examine the structure and composition of InxGa1−xN nanorods grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. The results confirm a core–shell structure with an In-rich core and ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis (Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2004)
    Electrical resistivity ρ(T) measurements on polycrystalline samples of the Ce (Pt1−xNix)2Si2 system exhibit dense Kondo behaviour for alloys with . The temperature at which a maximum appears in ρ(T) shifts from Tmax = 65 ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (Solid State Communications, 2007)
    The occurrence of a maximum at a temperature T-max in the resistivity of the dense Kondo compound CeNiAl4 and in (Ce1-x,Y-x)NiAl4 alloys is investigated. Tmax (proportional to T-K, the Kondo temperature) first increases, ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2007)
    Electrical resistivity results of Ce(Pt1-xNi)Ga and CePt(Ga1-yAl) alloys show features at low temperature indicating antiferromagnetic ordering and Kondo behaviour. The variation of Néel temperature with alloy composition ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2007)
    The antiferromagnetic Kondo compound CePtGa and the Ce(Pt1−xNix)Ga and CePt(Ga1−yAly) alloy systems have been studied by resistivity ρ(T), magnetoresistivity MR and susceptibility χ(T) measurements on polycrystalline samples ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2008)
    Electrical resistivity (ρ(T)) and magnetoresistivity (MR) measurements are presented for the (Ce1−xLax)Pt2Si2 alloy system. ρ(T) data at low temperatures for alloys in the concentrated Kondo lattice regime 0≤x≤0.2 conform ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (Journal of Physics, 2009)
    Measurements of electrical resistivity (ρ(T)), magnetoresistivity (MR), magnetic susceptibility (χ(T)) and heat capacity (CP(T)) are presented for the (Ce1−xLax)PtIn alloy system of which the CePtIn parent is a known dense ...
  • Ragel, F. C.; P de V du Plessis; A M Strydom (Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 2010)
    The solid solution (Ce1−xLax)PtGa has been studied through X-ray diffraction, magnetization (σ(B)), magnetic susceptibility (χ(T)), electrical resistivity (ρ(T)), magnetoresistivity (MR) and heat capacity (CP(T)) measurements. ...
  • Thirukkanesh, S.; Ragel, F. C. (Pramana-Journal of Physics, 2012)
    We study static spherically symmetric spacetime to describe compact objects with anisotropic matter distribution. We express the system of Einstein field equations as a new system of differential equations using a coordinate ...
  • Thirukkanesh, S.; Ragel, F. C. (Pramana-Journal of Physics, 2013)
    Static spherically symmetric space-time is studied to describe dense compact star with quark matter within the framework of MIT Bag Model. The system of Einstein’s field equations for anisotropic matter is expressed as ...

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