Advance Materials for specific applications
Title : | Multicomponent magnetic materials: Tuning the functionality and understanding the magnetic ground-state |
Area of research : | Advance Materials for specific applications |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Nirmala R, Indian Institute Of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Timeline Start Year : | 2023 |
Timeline End Year : | 2026 |
Contact info : | nirmala@iitm.ac.in |
Equipments : | AC magnetization option to PPMS. |
Details
Executive Summary : | Multicomponent alloys made of more than two metals are of immense importance in the context of design and development of novel functional materials. Multicomponent materials are expected to display more than one functionality and these could be tuned by controlling parameters such as composition, microstructure and external fields. Magnetic materials made of multiple magnetic metals can help improve efficiency of technologically important energy devices as their basic physical properties could be tailored to suit the application. In the proposed project, we plan to study multicomponent rare earth intermetallic compounds such as Laves phases, RAl₂ and RNi₂ (R = Rare earth) where the rare earth site is occupied by three or more lanthanides. Studying their magnetic properties may help one understand the complex magnetism exhibited by high entropy alloys. |
Total Budget (INR): | 37,40,000 |
Organizations involved