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Department Quantum Phenomena in Novel Materials
This department investigates magnetism with special emphasis on quantum magnetism and strongly correlated electron systems. Recent work has focused on orbital order and fluctuations in transition metal oxides, exotic quantum states in spin chains and spin ladders, and the effect of quantum fluctuations in highly frustrated magnets realizing triangular and pyrochlore lattices. We place particular emphasis on performing all aspect of the research starting from powder synthesis and crystal growth, through to bulk properties measurements and characterization, then to the determination of crystal and magnetic structures and finally the investigation of magnetic excitations using primarily the technique of inelastic neutron scattering. The department hosts the x-ray and crystal growth laboratories at HZB and operates the E5 and E10 diffractometers at the BERII reactor. Besides this we are involved in teaching at Berlin Technical University and help run the annual Berlin School on Neutron Scattering.
