Experimental techniques and facilities used:

• X-ray techniques

  - Diffraction using laboratory sources at Northwestern University (JB Cohen X-ray Lab)

      Scintag Diffractometer

   

  - High-resolution and in situ scattering at synchrotron facilities:

  • Advanced Photon Source (APS) in Argonne National Laboratory

          High-Energy Beamline

  • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France

          High-Energy Beamline

   

  - Fluorescence

      S4 Bruker Explorer

   

  • Neutron diffraction at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in Oak Ridge National Laboratory

          POWGEN

  • Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) at Northwestern University (NUANCE)

          Hitachi microscopes

  • Measurement of electrical properties

       - Four-point conductivity

       - Thermopower