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The complex electric modulus and the ac conductivity of carbon nanoonion/polyaniline composites were studied from 1 mHz to 1 MHz at isothermal conditions ranging from 15 K to room temperature. The temperature dependence of the electric…
Type I superconductivity has recently been reported for the Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$ (Tc approximately 1.6K) with, remarkably, multiple critical fields and a complex phase diagram. Here, measurements of the specific heat utilizing a thermal…
We have measured the specific heat of the coupled spin-dimer antiferromagnet Ba$_3$Mn$_2$O$_8$ to 50 mK in temperature and to 29 T in the magnetic field. The experiment extends to the midpoint of the field region (25.9 T $\leq H \leq$ 32.3…
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