Fernando, P. R.; Parvathakeethan, A.; Einon Mariya, V.(1st Conference of CIDA Restore Project, 2008)
This study was carried out to determine the possibilities of using tobacco wastes in lightweight concrete production. The mixture combinations of materials such as tobacco waste, pumice, sand and cement were used to produce ...
Fernando, P. R.; Krishanthan, S.(2nd Conference of CIDA Restore Project, 2009)
The water crisis is one of the most significant issues in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami inclusive of Batticaloa district. The people those who are living in the Batticaloa district especially in Tsunami affected areas are ...
Prinsloo, A. R. E.; Sheppard, C. J.; Fernando, P. R.; Madau, P.(59th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, 2013)
Thin films and heterostructures of Cr and Cr alloys show fascinating properties that is not observed in the bulk material and research into their magnetic properties gives insight into dimensionality effects in these ...
Fernando, P. R.; Sheppard, C. J.; Prinsloo, A. R. E.(59th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics, 2014)
Abstract An investigation into the physical properties of Cr100-xIrx alloy single crystals, with x = 0.7, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5, were previously used to determine the magnetic phase diagram of Cr100-xIrx alloy system around ...
Fernando, P. R.; Prinsloo, A. R. E.; Sheppard, C. J.; Lodya, L.(Journal of Applied Physics, 2014)
Quantum criticality (QC) in spin-density-wave antiferromagnetic Cr and Cr alloy systems is a topic of current interest. In the present study, V was used as a tuning parameter to drive the Néel transition temperature (TN) ...
Fernando, P. R.; Sheppard, C. J.; Prinsloo, A. R. E.(Journal of Acta Physica Polonica A, 2016)
The magnetic phase diagrams of Cr alloys with group-8 metals, such as Re and Ru, show interesting properties.
These include quantum critical and superconducting behavior. In order to extend these investigations this ...
Fernando, P. R.; Karthika, U.; Parthipan, K.; Shandarabavan, T.; Ismail, R.; Jeeva, A(Advances in Recycling & Waste Management, 2017)
Environmental pollution is big issue in the world, which is from the natural by-products. Some of these byproducts can be transformed into alternative energy source. Rice husk is the one of the natural by-product which ...
Horrocks, A. R.; Sitpalan, A.; Zhou, C.; Kandola, B.(Polymers, 2016)
This work shows that halogen-free, flame retarded polyamide 6 (PA6), fabrics may
be produced in which component fibres still have acceptable tensile properties and low levels
(preferably ď10 wt %) of additives by ...
Dahiya, J. B.; Kandola, B.; Sitpalan, A; Horrocks., A. R.(Journal of Polymer Advance Technology, 2013)
This paper extends the work of Lewin et al., which showed that high levels of flame retardancy could be conferred on polyamide 6 (PA6) in the presence of small concentrations of ammonium sulphamate (AS) and dipentaerythritol ...
Horrocks, A. R.; Kandola, B.; Milnes, G. J.; Sitpalan, A.; Hadimani, R. L.(Journal of Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2012)
The effects of exposing to ultrasound compounded melts of polypropylene (PP) and polyamide 6 (PA6) formulations comprising nanoclays both alone and in the presence of other flame retardants are explored in terms of their ...
Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.(The European Conference, 2014)
We have investigated the effects of magnetic Fe ion substitution in Ce(Ru1−xFex)2Al10
on the magnetic and transport properties, when the Kondo insulator CeRu2Al10 with
anomalous antiferromagnetic order at TN = 27 K [1] ...
Khalyavin, D. D.; Hillier, A. D.; Adroja, D. T.; Strydom, A. M.; Manuel, P.; Chapon, L. C.; Peratheepan, P.; Night, K.; Deen, P.; Ritter, C.; Muro, Y.; Takabatake, T.(Physical Review, 2010)
The low temperature state of CeRu2Al10 has been studied by neutron powder diffraction and muon spin relaxation (muSR). By combining both techniques, we prove that the transition occurring below T*~27K, which has been the ...
Strydom, A. M.; Peratheepan, P.; Sarkar, R.; Baenitz, M.; Steglich, F.(Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2011)
We report on physical properties of the two new iron aluminides YFe2Al10 and YbFe2Al10. They are members of a broader rare-earth based family of intermetallics in which unusual properties have been the subject of considerable ...
Strydom, A. M.; Khuntia, P.; Baenitz, M.; Peratheepan, P.; Steglich, F.(Physica Status, 2013)
YFe2Al10 forms in a well-ordered crystal structure, with a unique site for the magnetic atom Fe. At elevated temperatures YFe2Al10 behaves electronically as a good metal. At low temperatures on the other hand, signatures ...
Adroja, D. T.; Hillier, A. D.; Muro, Y.; Kajino, J.; Takabatake, T.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.; Deen, P. P.; Demmel, F.; Stewart, J. R.; Taylor, J. W.; Smith, R. I.; Ramos, S.; Adams, M.A.(Physical Review, 2013)
We have carried out muon spin relaxation (muSR), neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) investigations on polycrystalline samples of Ce(Ru1-xFex)2Al10 (x=0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8 and 1) to investigate the nature ...
Khuntia, P.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.; Utsumi, Y.; Tsuei, K. D.; Tjeng, L. H.; Steglich, F.; Baenitz, M.(Physical Review, 2014)
We present magnetization, specific heat, and
27
Al
NMR investigations on
YbFe
2
Al
10
over a wide range in temperature and magnetic field. The magnetic susceptibility at low temperatures is strongly enhanced ...
Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.(Journal of Physics, 2015)
We report the results of a comprehensive physical and magnetic property study of the new isotypic aluminides SmT2Al10 (T = Fe, Ru). These two compounds are members of a rare-earth based system which has become an exemplary ...
Adroja, D. T.; Hillier, A. D.; Ritter, C; Bhattacharyya, A.; Khalyavin, D. D.; Strydom, A. M.; Peratheepan, P.; Fak, B.; Koza, M. M.; Kawabata, J.; Yamada, Y.; Okada, Y.; Muro, Y.; Takabatake, T.; Taylor, J. W.(PHYSICAL REVIEW, 2015)
The opening of a spin gap in the orthorhombic compounds
Ce
T
2
Al
10
(
T
=
Ru
and
Os
) is followed by antiferromagnetic ordering at
T
N
=
27
and 28.5 K, respectively, with a small ordered moment ...
Carleschi, E.; Doyle, B. P.; Snyman, J. L.; Magnano, E.; Nappini, S; Pis, I.; Bondino, F.; Peratheepan, P.; Strydom, A. M.(Physical Review, 2015)
We have investigated the contribution of Ce
4
f
states to the electronic structure of the intermetallic ferromagnet
CePdIn
2
by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy and resonant and nonresonant photoemission ...
Soundararajah, Q. Y.; Karunaratne, B. S. B.; Rajapakse, R. M. G.(University of Peradeniya, 2006)
The montmorillonite (MMT) clay was intercalated with polyaniline (PANI) to prepare
montmorillonite - polyaniline nanocomposites (MMT-PANI). The MMT clay was ion
exchanged with H+ and dried at 120°C for 2 hours. The H+ ...