This thesis summarizes experimental work using process of postgrowth thermal treatment and chemical substitution as tuning parameters in the study of physical properties of CaFe2As2. Details of sample preparation and characterization are given as well as various phase diagrams
The plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms in single-crystalline CaFe2As2 has been studied usin...
Single crystals of (Bal - xKx)Fe2As2 were prepared using the Sn flux method. Two heating methods we...
The competition between phase formation of BaF2 and Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 on CaF2 single crystals has bee...
We report thermal expansion measurements on Ca(Fe1−xCox)2As2 single crystals with different thermal ...
We present a detailed study of the combined effects of Sr substitution and hydrostatic pressure on t...
The static and the dynamic spin correlations in the low-temperature collapsed tetragonal and the hig...
Chemical substitution into iron-pnictide parent compounds (e.g. AFe2As2 where A=Ba, Sr, or Ca) has p...
CaFe2As2 has been found to be exceptionally sensitive to the application of hydrostatic pressure and...
We report the synthesis and structural and physical properties of CaFe 4As3 single crystals. Needle-...
Recent studies reveal a pressure induced transition from a paramagnetic tetragonal phase (T) to a co...
The thesis work presented here emphasizes important aspects of crystal growth and the influence of c...
We have investigated the charge dynamics and the nature of many-body interactions in La- and Pr-dope...
The ab plane resistivity of Ba(Fe1−xRux)2As2 (x=0.00, 0.09, 0.16, 0.21, and 0.28) was studied under ...
Three intermetallic compounds, AuX2 (X = Al, Ga, In), were synthesized by arc-melting proper stoichi...
We present detailed heat capacity measurements for Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 and Ba(Fe1−xNix)2As2 single crys...
The plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms in single-crystalline CaFe2As2 has been studied usin...
Single crystals of (Bal - xKx)Fe2As2 were prepared using the Sn flux method. Two heating methods we...
The competition between phase formation of BaF2 and Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 on CaF2 single crystals has bee...
We report thermal expansion measurements on Ca(Fe1−xCox)2As2 single crystals with different thermal ...
We present a detailed study of the combined effects of Sr substitution and hydrostatic pressure on t...
The static and the dynamic spin correlations in the low-temperature collapsed tetragonal and the hig...
Chemical substitution into iron-pnictide parent compounds (e.g. AFe2As2 where A=Ba, Sr, or Ca) has p...
CaFe2As2 has been found to be exceptionally sensitive to the application of hydrostatic pressure and...
We report the synthesis and structural and physical properties of CaFe 4As3 single crystals. Needle-...
Recent studies reveal a pressure induced transition from a paramagnetic tetragonal phase (T) to a co...
The thesis work presented here emphasizes important aspects of crystal growth and the influence of c...
We have investigated the charge dynamics and the nature of many-body interactions in La- and Pr-dope...
The ab plane resistivity of Ba(Fe1−xRux)2As2 (x=0.00, 0.09, 0.16, 0.21, and 0.28) was studied under ...
Three intermetallic compounds, AuX2 (X = Al, Ga, In), were synthesized by arc-melting proper stoichi...
We present detailed heat capacity measurements for Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 and Ba(Fe1−xNix)2As2 single crys...
The plastic deformation and fracture mechanisms in single-crystalline CaFe2As2 has been studied usin...
Single crystals of (Bal - xKx)Fe2As2 were prepared using the Sn flux method. Two heating methods we...
The competition between phase formation of BaF2 and Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 on CaF2 single crystals has bee...