Directory Record for:

Gary L. Catchen

Title(s):

Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Department:

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

College/Admin. Unit:

College of Engineering

Office Address:

113 Breazeale Nuclear Reactor

University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone:

(814) 865-2011

Office Fax:

(814) 863-4840

E-Mail Address:

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Web Page(s):

http://www.mne.psu.edu/Directories/Faculty/Catchen-G.html

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Research Synopsis:

Using perturbed-angular-correlation (PAC) spectroscopy and Mossbauer-effect spectroscopy to investigate phase transitions in electronic, magnetic, and structural ceramics and in intermetallic compounds

Technologies Impacted by Research:

Electronic, magnetic, and structural materials

Selected Publications:

A. T. Motta, S. E. Cumblidge, G. L. Catchen, S. B. Legoas, A. Paesano, Jr., and L. Amaral, "Electric-field gradients at the Zr-sites in Zr₃Fe: measured using perturbed-angular-correlation spectroscopy and calculated using band theory," Physical Review B, 65, 014115 (2001).
R. L. Rasera and G. L. Catchen, "Mn-Site Hyperfine Fields in LaMnO₃ and NdMnO₃ Measured Using Perturbed-Angular-Correlation Spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. B, 58, 3218-3222(1998).
G. L. Catchen, W. E. Evenson, and D. Allred, "Structural Phase Transition and T_c Distribution in Hf-Doped LaMnO₃ Investigated Using Perturbed-Angular-Correlation Spectroscopy," Phys. Rev. B, 54, R3679-R3682 (1996).