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Creep deformation behaviour in single phase $\gamma$-TiAl alloy has been an extensively studied topic since the late 1970s. A lot of literatures have reported creep behaviour of $\gamma$-TiAl alloys, manufactured using different processing…

Highly-perfect platelet single crystals of Tl_2Ba_2CuO_{6+d} (Tl-2201) were grown by a self-flux technique. A novel encapsulation scheme allowed the precursors to react prior to the sealing required to contain volatile thallium oxides, and…

Results solving the long standing puzzle regarding the phase diagram and the pressure evolution of the melting temperature Tm(P) of gallium nitride (GaN), the most promising semiconducting material for innovative modern electronic…

Gallium metallic photonic crystals with 100% filling factor have been fabricated via infiltration of liquid gallium into opals of 300-nm silica spheres using a novel high pressure-high temperature technique. The electrical resistance of the…

We have performed in situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction at ~100 GPa on laser-shocked CaSiO3 glass to investigate the glass-to-crystal transition. At this extreme pressure, we observe the ultrafast crystallization of the CaSiO3 perovskite…

The alkali-trihalogeno-germanates AGeX$_3$ with A a large single positive ion such as Rb, Cs, or organic radicals such as methyl ammonium (MA), and X a halogen (I, Br, Cl, F) along with the corresponding stannates (ASnX$_3$) and plumbates…

We demonstrated the lattice structures and the superconducting phases of metallic double-chain based cuprate Pr2Ba4Cu7O15-delta exhibiting higher Tc. After the oxygen heat treatment on citrate pyrolysis precursors, their reduction treatment…

The aging behavior of 3-mol%-yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (3Y-TZP) ceramics sintered in air and in reducing conditions was investigated at 140{\deg}C in water vapor. It was observed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) that 3Y-TZP samples…

The layered van der Waals material, TaS$_{2}$ features a meta-stable mosaic phase on the verge of a nearly commensurate to commensurate charge density wave transition. This meta-stable or 'hidden' phase can be reached by laser pumping the…

Two single crystal phases of tantalum nitride were stabilized on c-plane sapphire using molecular beam epitaxy. The phases were identified to be $\delta$-TaN with a rocksalt cubic structure and $\gamma$-Ta$_2$N with a hexagonal structure.…

Bismuthate superconductor Ba(1-x)K(x)BiO3 (x=0.27-0.49, Tc=25-32K) grown by an electrolysis technique was studied by electron diffraction and high-resolution electron microscopy. The crystalline structure thereof has been found to be…

Large single crystals of the double-perovskite Ba$_2$ScNbO$_6$ were grown from the melt for the first time. With a lattice parameter at room temperature of 4.11672(1) \r{A}, this cubic double-perovskite has an excellent lattice match to…

Single crystals of the three-dimensional frustrated magnet and spin liquid candidate compound PbCuTe$_2$O$_6$ were grown using both the Travelling Solvent Floating Zone (TSFZ) and the Top-Seeded Solution Growth (TSSG) techniques. The growth…

We have studied the terahertz response of a bulk single crystal of La$_{0.875}$Sr$_{0.125}$MnO$_3$ at around its Curie temperature, observing large changes in the real and imaginary parts of the optical conductivity as a function of…

We explore the response of the insensitive high explosive (IHE) 1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6- trinitrobenzene (TATB) under detonation-induced shock conditions using in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction in the 100 ns time scale using either a…

As structural and functional materials, topologically close-packed (TCP) phases of transition metal compounds offer a wide range of attractive properties. Due to their complex crystal structure and the resulting brittleness, the knowledge…

Increasing attention is being paid to $\alpha$$_2$ Ti$_3$(Al,Sn) precipitation from the $\alpha$ phase of titanium alloys owing to its effect on slip band formation, localisation and the implications for fatigue performance in jet engine…

We investigate the thermodynamic and transport properties of silver-substituted BaFe2As2 (122) crystals, up to ~4.5%. Similar to other transition-metal substitutions in 122, Ag diminishes the antiferromagnetic (TN) and structural (TS)…

The paper reports on the Raman/fluorescence study of melt-grown Al2O3/GdAlO3 eutectic composites. Raman bands from the -alumina and gadolinium perovskite phases identified by X-ray diffraction were systematically observed together…

Structural, vibrational and dielectric properties of (Pb1-xBix)(Ti1-xMnx)O3 (PBTM) (0 x 0.50) polycrystalline ceramics have been examined as a function of temperature. Synchrotron-based powder x-ray diffraction was employed to confirm phase…