Banchachit Saensunon
MSc Student
Telephone: +61 2 6268
Fax: +61 2 6268
Email: b.saensunon@student.adfa.edu.au
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Field of Study - Advanced Materials
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Glen Stewart
Co-Supervisor: Dr Wayne Hutchison
Research Topic - A study of the crystal field interaction for two rare earth intermetallic series
The interplay between the crystal and magnetic exchange interaction in rare earth intermetallic is responsible for a range of subtle magnetic structure and bulk behaviour. In this project the RT2Si2 (R=rare earth, T=Transition metal) and RNiAl4 series are investigated using 169 Tm M?ssbauer spectroscopy and inelastic neutron scattering (INS). The INS measurements were conducted at the Berlin Neutron Scattering Centre, Germany. All of the specimens are prepared at UNSW@ADFA using an argon arc furnace and they are first characterized using x-ray powder diffraction, specific heat, and magnetization measurements.