Research Interests and Lab Capabilities
Experimental
Preparation and characterization of bulk samples
Single-crystals and thick films of oxide materials using unique high oxygen pressure techniques
Structural study of copper and manganese oxides using x-ray and neutron diffraction measurements
Resistivity
Magnetization
Magnetoresistive and thermogravimetric measurements
Theoretical
Modeling and computation of single particle and collective properties of correlated systems using Green's functions
Linear response theory
Spin and density functional theory
Landau theory of structural phase transformations).