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13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
Queen Mary University of London : B - Materials
Coexistence of static magnetism and superconductivity in SmFeAsO(1-x)F(x) as revealed by muon spin rotation.
Whilst there are a few cases where superconductivity appears suddenly after magnetic order disappears, it is more common that magnetic order coexists in some fashion with superconductivity over a finite range of doping. This was the first demonstration of co-existence reported for this class of materials. Similarities with the cuprates suggest that proximity to magnetic order and associated magnetic fluctuations may be the key ingredients of high-T-c superconductivity. The work resulted in an invited talk to NGSCES 2010 (Lanzarote, Spain) and numerous invited colloquia, and has been regularly presented at conferences (e.g. Swiss Physical Society Annual Meeting, 2009).