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Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of T*- Phase SmLa1-xSrxCuO4-d and
T-Phase La1.6-xNd 0.4Sr xCuO 4- d
Sutjahja, I.M.
Publication date
2003
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Sutjahja, I. M. (2003). Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of T*- Phase
SmLa1-xSrxCuO4-d and T-Phase La1.6-xNd 0.4Sr xCuO 4- d.
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Acknowledgments s
GloryGlory to the LORD! With finishing my thesis, I would like to express
myy sincere thanks to every one whom directly or indirectly contributed to my study inn the van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Firstly,, I am gratefully acknowledge Prof. JJ.M. Franse, Prof. M.O. Tjia and
Dr.Dr. A.A. Menovsky for accepting me as their Ph.D student. I appreciate very much
thee discussion with them as well as their guidance and innumerous support in guiding myy work. Thank you also for being patient in reading and correcting my manuscript.
Thee excellent members of commission: Prof. F.R. de Boer,
Prof.Prof. D. van der Mar el, Prof M.S. Golden, Dr. A. de Visser, Dr. E. Briick and Dr.Dr. J. Aarts, thank you for the supports, guidance and critical comments on this thesis.
II would like to thank Prof D. van der Marel, Prof J. Wosnitza (T.U. Dresden & Universitatt Karlsruhe) and Dr. J.C.P. Klaasse for the specific-heat measurement on the TT - phase SmLaSrCuO crystal sample and for giving me an opportunity to analyze the data.. I appreciate very much the collaboration with them. The analyses of these data havee been realized by the help of Dr. J. Colpa, Prof. K.H.J. Buschow and
Dr.Dr. V. Nekvasil (Czech Academic of Science). The specific-heat data on the SmCuO
samplee have been supplemented by Dr. N.T. Hien. My thanks also to Prof J. Mydosh,
Dr.Dr. J. Aarts and Dr. G.W. Nieuwenhuys (University of Leiden) for giving me
somee opportunities to perform some measurements in the PPMS magnetometer, byy the help of Prof Ramakrishnan (Tata Institute). I also appreciate a nice cooperation withh Prof. S. Jandl and G. Riou (Université de Sherbrooke) for the opticall measurement on the LaNdSrCuO sample.
Speciall thanks are due to Ir. P. de Goeje, Drs. A. van Leeuwen, P. Ziljstra,
M.G.M.O.M.G.M.O. Bos, R.J. Vinig, R. Visser, B.A. Zwart, Mai, R. Winter and C. Alder hout,
forr their administration and finance assistants as well as warm friendship. II would like to thank H. Gelders for the technical support on materials, and in particularr for the nice high-pressure-oxygen-annealing equipment which has been built
166 6 Acknowledgments s
togetherr with Dr. A.A. Menovsky and other peoples from the electronic (B. Harrison) andd mechanic (R. Manuputy, H. Beukers) workshops. Many thanks also to H. Schlatter andd A.J. Riemersma for the user-friendly furnaces and all facilities in the chemicall room; R. Rik for the liquid Nitrogen and Helium; A. Zwart and
E.E. Enoeng Likumahua for the glass-work (ampul) and vacuum spare-parts; A.C.A.C. Moleman and W.F. Moolhyuzen for their assistance on the X-ray diffractometers
andd LAUE Photographs and T. Gotenmulder (Leiden) for the SEM/EPMA analysis. Myy sincere gratitude to my colleagues from Amsterdam: Dr. H. Duijn,
Dr.Dr. I.H. Hagmusa, Dr. Y. Janssen, Dr. K. Ayuel, O. Tegus & Dagula, Malong, Dr.Dr. Q.F. Xiao & family, Dr. Nasun, Z. Lian & family, Dr. Y.T. Xing, Dr. X.W. Li, Dr.Dr. Y.K. Huang, P.D. Thang & family. Dr. N.P. Duong, Dr. P.T. Huy, N.Q. Vinh, D.D. de Lang and L. Panomarenko; from Leiden: Gerrit, Ruud, Dr. M. Li & family. Dr.Dr. Z.Q. Yang, D. Tomuta and Dr. F. Galli; and from Bandung: Dr. D. Darminto, M.M. Diantoro and Dr. A.A. Nugroho. My thanks also to Dr. D. Dulic and other members
inn the group of optical solid-state Physics, University of Groningen, for their kindness duringg my short visits there. For all of my Indonesian friends in Amsterdam and 'saudara-saudaraa seiman' in Indonesisch-Nederlands Christelijke Kerk (GKIN) Amstelveenn that I couldn't mention their name one-by-one, thank you forr the warm friendship and kind attention to me.
Thee last but not the least, I would like to thank my family, in particular myy parents, my brothers, my sister, my uncles, my aunts and my cousins, forr their understanding and encouragement, despite our long-suffering lives. Althoughh we know each other that reaching a Ph.D degree in Physics may not be thee most important thing in our live, they still give me a chance to reach my dream. Finally,, to Titus, and his family in Malang, thank you for all love and support whichh have been devoted to me.
