Grant: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
University of Winnipeg
$32,000.00
Exotic ground states in new geometrically frustrated oxides
FY 2014-15
Summary
The science of frustration - the inability of a system to find a way of minimizing its energy in a unique way - has brought about a plethora of new ideas in chemistry and physics, from new routes to superconductors, to new electric devices such as multiferroics. Once only thought to be of theoretical interest, these compounds have become more than a toy-box for solid state chemists and condensed matter theorists - they have become model compounds for studying quantum magnetism. This proposal outlines a strategy to search for new compounds which will test modern ideas for describing magnetism in solids, which has applications from the everyday (ie. how to create new devices based on magnetic phenomena) to the exotic (ie. searching for magnetic monopoles in solids). An understanding of these new materials, composed of networks of magnetic spins upon triangular arrays, is essential for understanding magnetic phenomena in general, and also for designing new technologies for the future.
Program
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Recipient
Location
Manitoba, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
386268-2010
Name nom
Wiebe, Christopher
Department département
Chemistry
Organization id
21
Institution établissement
University of Winnipeg
Province en
Manitoba
Province fr
Manitoba
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2010
Award amount
32000
Program id
RGPIN
Program name en
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Program name fr
Programme de subventions à la découverte - individuelles
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
1505
Committee name en
Physics
Committee name fr
Physique
Area of application code
1200
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application fr
Avancement des connaissances
Research subject code
3604
Research subject group en
Inorganic chemistry
Research subject group fr
Chimie inorganique
Research subject en
Solid state inorganic chemistry
Research subject fr
Chimie inorganique -- état solide
Partie
5
Nb partie
5
Application title
Exotic ground states in new geometrically frustrated oxides
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The science of frustration - the inability of a system to find a way of minimizing its energy in a unique way - has brought about a plethora of new ideas in chemistry and physics, from new routes to superconductors, to new electric devices such as multiferroics. Once only thought to be of theoretical interest, these compounds have become more than a toy-box for solid state chemists and condensed matter theorists - they have become model compounds for studying quantum magnetism. This proposal outlines a strategy to search for new compounds which will test modern ideas for describing magnetism in solids, which has applications from the everyday (ie. how to create new devices based on magnetic phenomena) to the exotic (ie. searching for magnetic monopoles in solids). An understanding of these new materials, composed of networks of magnetic spins upon triangular arrays, is essential for understanding magnetic phenomena in general, and also for designing new technologies for the future.
