This laboratory is headed by Prof. Donald G. Naugle ("The Boss"). We study transport and magnetic properties of both crystalline and amorphous materials at temperatures down to 0.3K.

Research Areas

We currently have experiments underway in the following areas:

• Magnetic properties of Rare-Earth Nickle-Boro-Carbides
• Hall Effect and Magneto-Resistance of LaCaMn Oxides
• Superconducting properties of Ultra-thin Mo-Ru alloy films

Available Research Equipment

• Lakeshore Model 7000 Extraction AC Susceptometer and AC/DC Magnetometer System with 9T Magnet. Sample measurements possible at the highest fields from 1.25K to Room Temperature. Have probe inserts for both ACS/DCM and Resistivity measurements.
• Vacuum Generators Ultra-High-Vacuum Deposition System. This system is pumped by an LN2-trapped diffusion pump and has two 10KV electron beam guns and two 150A resistive evaporation sources.
• Super-insulated Precision Cryogenic Systems, Inc. magnet dewar with 7T AMI Solenoid. Have two homebuilt insert cryostats for this dewar to measure Hall Effect and Magneto-Resistance.
• General purpose high-vacuum deposition system with two 150A resistive evaporation sources.
• General purpose high-vacuum deposition system with two 150A Knudsen cells and one 150A resistive evaporation source.
• Homebuilt Melt Spinner for spinning amorphous ribbons.
• Splat Quencher.

Who We Are

The Boss

• Professor Donald G. Naugle

The Postdoc

• Dr. Daya Rathnayaka

The Graduate Students

• Jim Eyhorn
• Aaron Du Mar
• Tassos Parasiris
• Vidya Iyer

The Undergraduates

• Jason Blackstone
• Diane Craig

Further development currently underway.