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Magnetic and electric properties in the distorted tetrahedral spin chain system Cu3Mo2O9
We study the multiferroic properties in the distorted tetrahedral quasi-one
dimensional spin system CuMoO, in which the effects of the low
dimensionality and the magnetic frustration are expected to appear
simultaneously. We clarify that the antiferromagnetic order is formed together
with ferroelectric properties at K under zero magnetic field
and obtain the magnetic-field-temperature phase diagram by measuring dielectric
constant and spontaneous electric polarization. It is found that the
antiferromagnetic phase possesses a spontaneous electric polarization parallel
to the c axis when the magnetic field is applied parallel to the a axis. On
the other hand, there are three different ferroelectric phases in the
antiferromagnetic phase for parallel to the c axis.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, LT26 proceedings, accepted for publication in J.
Phys.: Conf. Se
Acidification of Volcanic Ash Soils from Maui and Hawai‘i Island for Blueberry and Tea Production
This publication provides background on soil acidity in relation to plant growth, presents approaches to acidifying soils, and provides guidelines for the acidification of some volcanic soils on Maui and Hawai‘i island that are potential sites for tea and blueberry production
Electric polarization induced by Neel order without magnetic superlattice: experimental study of Cu3Mo2O9 and numerical study of a small spin cluster
We clarify that the antiferromagnetic order in the distorted tetrahedral
quasi-one dimensional spin system induces electric polarizations. In this
system, the effects of the low dimensionality and the magnetic frustration are
expected to appear simultaneously. We obtain the magnetic-field-temperature
phase diagram in Cu3Mo2O9 by studying the dielectric constant and the
spontaneous electric polarization. Around the tricritical point at 10 T and 8
K, the change of the direction in the electric polarization causes a colossal
magnetocapacitance. We calculate the charge redistribution in the small spin
cluster consisting of two magnetic tetrahedra to demonstrate the electric
polarization induced by the antiferromagnetism.Comment: 10 pages 6 figures, in press in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Liquid phase immunoassay utilizing magnetic marker and high Tc superconducting quantum interference device
We have developed a liquid phase immunoassay system utilizing a magnetic marker and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). In this system, the magnetic marker was used to detect the biological material called antigen. The magnetic marker was designed so as to generate a remanence, and the remanence field of the markers that bound to the antigens was measured with the SQUID. The measurement was performed in a solution that contained both the bound and free (or unbound) markers, i.e., without using the so-called bound/free (BF) separation process. The Brownian rotation of the free markers in the solution was used to distinguish the bound markers from the free ones. Using the system, we conducted the detection of biological material called IgE without BF separation. At present, we could detect the IgE down to 7 pg (or 39 amol
ARSENIC REMOVAL FROM GROUNDWATER USING INDIGENOUS IRON AND MANGANESE OXDIZING BACTERIA
Joint Research on Environmental Science and Technology for the Eart
Neutral B Flavor Tagging for the Measurement of Mixing-induced CP Violation at Belle
We describe a flavor tagging algorithm used in measurements of the CP
violation parameter sin2phi_1 at the Belle experiment. Efficiencies and wrong
tag fractions are evaluated using flavor-specific B meson decays into hadronic
and semileptonic modes. We achieve a total effective efficiency of $ 28.8 +-
0.6 %.Comment: 28 pages, 9 figure
Mass-Enhanced Fermi Liquid Ground State in NaCoO
Magnetic, transport, and specific heat measurements have been performed on
layered metallic oxide NaCoO as a function of temperature .
Below a characteristic temperature =3040 K, electrical resistivity
shows a metallic conductivity with a behavior and magnetic susceptibility
deviates from the Curie-Weiss behavior showing a broad peak at 14 K. The
electronic specific heat coefficient is 60 mJ/molK at 2 K.
No evidence for magnetic ordering is found. These behaviors suggest the
formation of mass-enhanced Fermi liquid ground state analogous to that in
-electron heavy fermion compound LiVO.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B 69 (2004
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