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Centre for Molecular and Materials Science |
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The Centre for Molecular and Materials Science (CMMS) provides unique tools for Canadian and international scientists to better understand matter at the microscopic level. We provide intense spin-polarized beams of muons (µ+ or µ−) and lithium-8 (8Li), which are implanted into a material and characterized with novel magnetic resonance techniques known as µSR (muon spin rotation / relaxation / resonance) and βNMR (beta-detected nuclear magnetic resonance). µSR and βNMR can provide unique information about a wide range of materials (magnetic systems, superconductors, semiconductors, batteries and free radicals) that is unavailable with conventional spectroscopic methods. |
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Recent HighlightsCandidate for a quantum spin liquid ground state in the Shastry-Sutherland lattice
material Yb2Be2GeO7 μSR study of the dipole-octupole quantum spin ice candidate Ce2Zr2O7 Difluoromethylborates and muonium for the study of isonitrile insertion affording phenanthridines via imidoyl radicals Competition between magnetic interactions and structural instabilities leading to itinerant frustration in the triangular lattice antiferromagnet LiCrSe2 |
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