Project Info
UNDERSTANDING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FORMATE PEROVSKITES
Eve Mozur
evemozur@mines.edu
Project Goals and Description:
One method to decrease the size of devices is to incorporate multi-functional materials, reducing the number of necessary components. This is one aspect that makes magnetoelectric materials, which order both ferroelectric and magnetic ordering, attractive. For example, magnetoelectrics combine two functionalities already necessary for magnetic data storage. However, there are very few known magnetoelectics, which means we don't know that much about them as a materials class. To fill in this gap in knowledge, we will prepare several formate perovskites with varying compositions to compare their structure, vibrational density of states, and magnetism.
More Information:
Grand Challenge: Engineer the tools of scientific discovery.
https://people.mines.edu/evemozur/
Primary Contacts:
Eve Mozur evemozur@mines.edu | Jordan Sweeney jrsweeney@mines.edu
Student Preparation
Qualifications
Students will need to have taken general chemistry and preference will be given to students who have taken MTGN 211 - Structures of Materials or a similar class.
TIME COMMITMENT (HRS/WK)
4-5
SKILLS/TECHNIQUES GAINED
Students will gain skills in:
- preparation of materials
- structural characterization of materials (e.g. diffraction)
- presenting data (e.g. graphs and figures)
- magnetism
- ferroelectricity
MENTORING PLAN
The student will become a member of the Mozur Research Group, and therefore will be mentored by Dr. Mozur directly as well as graduate students working on similar projects. Mentoring activities will include meeting as a research group, meeting one-on-one with Dr. Mozur, and training in laboratory skills. We aim to have clear expectations for all members of the research group, including setting reasonable and achievable research goals that we are able to modify according to the progress of projects.
Preferred Student Status
Sophomore
Junior
Senior