Dr Chun-Chuen Yang

Phone +61 (0)2 9717 7269
Email ccy@ansto.gov.au

Dr. Chun-Chuen Yang received his Ph.D. degree in experimental condensed matter Physics from National Central University, Taiwan. He has been working on neutron scattering experiments since 1998, focused mostly on using powder diffraction to determine the crystal and magnetic structures of various compounds, including colossal-magnetoresistance oxides, high-T_c superconductors, and lithium battery materials.

Dr. Yang also specializes in the physical properties of ultra-small nanoparticles and related devices. In this area, his foci are on quantum-size phenomena resulting from interparticle interactions, including thermal contraction of nanoparticles, the interaction between the superconducting gap and Kubo atomic gap, and quantum confinement and small-size effects on superconducting parameters.

Dr. Yang is now stationed at ANSTO as an instrument scientist of the Taiwanese Sika project to construct a cold 3-Axis Spectrometer at the new OPAL reactor.

Selected Recent Papers

W.-H. Li, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, S. Y. Wu, P. J. Huang, M. K. Chung, and Y. D. Yao, "Enhanced superconductivity by the small size effect in In nanoparticles" Phys. Rev. B 72, 214516 (2005).

W.-H. Li, S. Y. Wu, P. J. Huang, F. C. Tsao, M. K. Chung, C. C. Yang, and Y. D. Yao, "Transport characteristics and unconventional magnetoresistance in nonmagnetic Ag/ PbO nanocompacts", Phys. Rev. B 72, 113406-1 to 113406-4 (2005).

P. J Huang, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, W.-H. Li, J. W. Lynn, and Y. Y. Chen, Neutron diffraction studied of Ce magnetic ordering in (Ce_1-xLa_x)₃Al, J. Magn. Magn. Mat. (accepted 2004).

W.-H. Li, S. Y. Wu, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, S. K. Lai, and K. C. Lee, "Quantum thermal contraction of Au nanoparticles, Synthetic Metals" 135-136, 811-812 (2003).

. W.-H. Li, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, and K. C. Lee. "Quantum size effects on the superconducting parameters of zero-dimensional Pb nanoparticles". Phys. Rev. B 68, 184507 (2003).

S. Y. Wu, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, W.-H. Li, and H. D. "Yang, Magnetic order and superconductivity in Eu_1.5Ce_0.5RuSr₂Cu₂O₁₀", J. Low Temp. Phys. 131, 693 (2003).

C. C. Yang, S. Y. Wu, W.-H. Li, K. C. Lee, J. W. Lynn, and C.-G. Wu, "Magnetic ordering of Fe in NCH₅-intercalated iron phosphate Fe(OH)PO₄", Physica B, 325 (2003).

W.-H. Li, S. Y. Wu, C. C. Yang, S. K. Lai, K. C. Lee, H. L. Huang, H. D. Yang, "Thermal Contraction of Au Nanoparticles", Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 135504 (2002).

S. Y. Wu, C. C. Yang, F. C. Tsao, W. -H Li, "Crystal structure and magnetic ordering of Mn and Ce in La_0.7Ce_0.15Ca_0.15MnO₃." J. Phys,: Condens. Matter 14 12585 (2002).

C. C. Yang, S. Y. Wu, W.-H. Li, K. C. Lee, J. W. Lynn, R. S. Liu, and C. H. Shen, "Short range magnetic correlations in the spinel LiMn₂O₄", Mat. Sci. & Eng. B 95 162-170 (2002).