Single Crystal

ZnMn2O4 crystallizes at high temperatures as a cubic spinel. At lower temperatures, it undergoes a Jahn Teller distortion which lowers its symmetry to tetragonal. At lower temperatures (TN& tilde;60 K), the system orders magnetically. Fits to the order parameter, line shape of powder diffraction peaks, and the direct observation of rods of scattering in single crystal diffraction experiments show the system to be two dimensional. This is likely due to the interplay between orbital ordering and frustration. In this talk I discuss the magnetic structure and spin waves of this system. I will also discuss an interesting crossover in the dimensionality of the magnetism in this compound.

Photoemission spectra taken at room temperature with high energy and angle resolution on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals reveal a band near EF with weak dispersion along lambdaX. It crosses EF at about 1/2 lambdaX and the occupied part becomes visible up to the Brillouin zone boundary in angle-resolved inverse photoemission spectra. Starting for T>Tc with a clear Fermi edge, for T<Tc

The deformation behavior of aluminum single crystals subjected to compression along the [100] and [110] directions is numerically examined in terms of crystal plasticity. A constitutive model taking into account slip geometry in face-centered cubic crystals is developed using experimental
data for the single-crystal samples with lateral sides coplanar to certain crystal planes. Two sets of calculations are performed using ABAQUS/Explicit to examine the features of plastic strain evolution in perfectly plastic and strain-hardened crystals. Special attention is given to the discussion of mechanical aspects of crystal fragmentation. Several distinct deformation stages are revealed in the calculations. In the first stage, narrow solitary fronts of plastic deformation are alternately formed near the top or bottom surfaces and then propagate towards opposite ends to save the symmetry of the crystal shape. The strain rate within the fronts is an order of magnitude higher than the average strain rate. The first stage lasts longer in the strain-hardened crystals, eventually giving way to an intermediate stage of multiple slips in different crystal parts. Finally, the crystal shape becomes asymmetrical, but no pronounced macroscopic strain localization has been revealed at any
deformation stage. The second stage in perfectly plastic crystals relates to abrupt strain localization within a through-thickness band-shaped region, accompanied by macroscale crystal fragmentation. Stress analysis has shown that pure compression took place only in the first deformation stage. Once the crystal shape has lost its symmetry, the compressive stress in some regions progressively decreases to zero and eventually turns tensile.