Dr. Ashfia Huq
Instrument Scientist: POWGEN
Education
PhD in Physics, Stony Brook University, in Stony Brook, New York (May 2003)
AB degree, Magna Cum Laude with majors in Physics and Computer Science, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts (May 1996)
Description of Research
My primary research interest is neutron and X-ray powder diffraction of condensed matter systems and materials for energy storage. Topics include battery materials, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) materials, hydrogen storage materials, catalysis, and magnetic and structural properties of strongly correlated electron systems such as geometrically frustrated magnets, superconductors, etc.
Selected Publications
S. E. Dutton, E. Climent-Pascual, P. W. Stephens, J. P. Hodges, A. Huq, C. L. Broholm, and R. J. Cava, “Helical magnetism and structural anomalies in triangular lattice α–SrCr2O4," J. Phys. Condens. Matter 23, 246005 (2011).
A. Huq, J. P. Hodges, O. Gourdon, and L. Heroux, “Powgen: A third-generation high-resolution high-throughput powder diffraction instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source,” Zeitschrift für Kristallographie Proc., 1, 127 (2011).
A. S. Sefat, A. Huq, M. A. McGuire, R. Jin, B. C. Sales, D. Mandrus, L. M. D. Cranswick, P. W. Stephens, and K. H. Stone, "Superconductivity in LaFe1-xCoxAsO," Phys. Rev. B 78, 104505 (2008).
A. Huq, J. W. Richardson, E .R. Maxey, D. Chendra, and W. Chien, "Structural studies of deuteration and de-deuteration of Li3N using in situ powder diffraction," J. Phys. Chem. C, 11110712 (2007).
A. Huq, J. F. Mitchell, H. Zheng, L. C. Chapon, P. G. Radaelli, K. S. Knight, and P.W. Stephens, "Structural and magnetic properties of the Kagome antiferromagnet YbBaCo4O7," J. Solid State Chem. 179(4), 1136 (2006).
K. C. Hester, T. A. Strobel, A. Huq, A. J. Schultz, E. D. Sloan, and C. A. Koh, "Molecular Hydrogen Occupancy in a Novel Binary THF-H2 Clathrate Hydrate by High Resolution Neutron Diffraction," J. Phys. Chem. B (letter) 110(29) 14024 (2006).
P. W. Stephens and A. Huq, "PSSP: An Open Source Powder Structure Solution Program for Direct Space Simulated Annealing," Transactions of the American Crystallographic Association 37, 127-144 (2002).
R. E. Dinnebier, O. Gunnarsson, H. Brumm, E. Koch, P. W. Stephens, A. Huq, and M. Jansen, "Structure of haloform intercalated C60 and its influence on superconductive properties," Science 296, 109 (2002).
