1. The first objective is to advance scientific knowledge in the field of strongly correlated electrons. We believe that our group as well as our collaborators in Japan has both skills and tools to resolve many remaining questions in this field, especially those related to the frustrated magnets and superconductivity.
2. The second objective is directly related to the development of Thai scientific community. We hope to create a network that helps facilitate the transfer of technology and skills required to study basic science in the country.
3. This project will help in the development of a new laboratory at Mahidol University to synthesize novel magnetic systems and conduct sample characterizations.
4. We hope to train new generations of graduate students in the field of condensed matter physics to be able to do sample synthesis and perform scattering measurements, both using neutrons and x-ray.
5. For the kagome lattice system, the spin dynamics will be measured using neutron scattering to study magnetic excitations in the system and to extract the microscopic spin Hamiltonian parameters.
6. For the honeycomb lattice, powder and single crystal samples will be synthesized, on which neutron scattering measurements will be performed to determine both crystal and magnetic structure of the system. In addition, thermodynamic quantities such as magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity will be measured to study magnetic phase transitions and the nature of those phases.
7. For the iron-based superconductors, we will develop a technique used to grow a single crystal of doped systems and study effects of doping on superconductivity.
