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Local Structural Insights into Exotic Electronic States in 𝓭- and 𝑓-Electron Oxides with Joint Neutron and X-ray Pair Distribution Function Analysis
Quantum materials have strong electron correlation effects. According to the “structure-property” relationship, it is crucial to study the structure of quantum materials to better understand and manipulate the physical properties. The quantum effects are significant at the atomic microscopic length scale, which is not feasible to be studied by the average long-range structure measurement from conventional diffraction methods. Instead the local structure probe, pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, can effectively reveal the mystery of local structure, which is sensitive to the local behavior rather than the bulk average properties. In this thesis, the joint neutron and x-ray PDF (NXPDF) method is implemented. Because of their different interactions with matters, a combination of neutron and x-ray scattering can help comprehensively understand the atomic structures of some...
