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Overview

David C. Johnston is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Materials Science. Within these broad areas, Johnston's work is concentrated on several subfields, including Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Inorganic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized themes. These include Rare-earth and actinide compounds, Iron-based superconductors research, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, and Inorganic Chemistry and Materials.

Johnston has contributed substantially to scientific literature, with numerous publications appearing in notable venues. Most frequently, their work has been published in Physical Review B, with 22 publications recorded. Other venues include arXiv (Cornell University) with 11 publications, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter with 2, Nature Communications with 1, and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials with 1.

Recent papers by Johnston include:

  • Magnetic, thermal, and electronic-transport properties of EuMg2Bi2 single crystals, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Zero-field magnetic ground state of EuMg2Bi2, 2021, Physical Review B
  • A-type antiferromagnetic order in semiconducting EuMg2Sb2 single crystals, 2022, Physical Review B
  • A-type antiferromagnetic order and magnetic phase diagram of the trigonal Eu spin-7/2 triangular-lattice compound EuSn2As2, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Ferromagnetic cluster-glass phase in Ca(Co1−xIrx)2−yAs2 crystals, 2020, Physical Review B

Johnston frequently collaborates with other researchers. The most notable co-authors include Santanu Pakhira, N. S. Sangeetha, David Vaknin, Thomas Heitmann, and R. J. McQueeney.

Best Publications

  • The puzzle of high temperature superconductivity in layered iron pnictides and chalcogenides

    David C. Johnston

  • Antiferromagnetism in La 2 CuO 4-y

    D. Vaknin;S. K. Sinha;D. E. Moncton;D. C. Johnston

  • Neutron-diffraction determination of antiferromagnetic structure of Cu ions in YBa2Cu

    Tranquada Jm;Cox De;Kunnmann W;Moudden H

  • Destruction of Superconductivity at the Onset of Long-Range Magnetic Order in the Compound ErRh 4 B 4

    W. A. Fertig;D. C. Johnston;L. E. DeLong;R. W. McCallum

  • Thermodynamics of spin S = 1 / 2 antiferromagnetic uniform and alternating-exchange Heisenberg chains

    D. C. Johnston;R. K. Kremer;M. Troyer;X. Wang

  • LiV 2 O 4 : A Heavy Fermion Transition Metal Oxide

    S. Kondo;D. C. Johnston;C. A. Swenson;F. Borsa

  • Stretched exponential relaxation arising from a continuous sum of exponential decays

    D. C. Johnston

  • Structural and magnetic studies of Sr2IrO4.

    MK Crawford;MA Subramanian;RL Harlow;JA Fernandez-Baca

  • Preparation and characterization of vanadyl hydrogen phosphate hemihydrate and its topotactic transformation to vanadyl pyrophosphate

    Jack W. Johnson;David C. Johnston;Allan J. Jacobson;John F. Brody

  • Magnetic susceptibility scaling in La2-xSrxCuO4-y.

    David C. Johnston

  • Antiferromagnetism of La 2 CuO 4 − y studied by muon-spin rotation

    Y. J. Uemura;W. J. Kossler;X. H. Yu;J. R. Kempton

  • Magnetism and superconductivity in single-crystal ErNi2B2C.

    B. K. Cho;P. C. Canfield;L. L. Miller;D. C. Johnston

  • Role of vortex fluctuations in determining superconducting parameters from magnetization data for layered superconductors.

    VG Kogan;M Ledvij;AY Simonov;JH Cho

  • Oscillatory magnetic fluctuations near the superconductor-to-ferromagnet transition in ErRh4B4

    D. E. Moncton;D. B. McWhan;P. H. Schmidt;G. Shirane

  • Specific heat and anisotropic superconducting and normal-state magnetization of HoNi2B2C

    P.C. Canfield;B.K. Cho;D.C. Johnston;D.K. Finnemore

  • Magnetic pair breaking in HoNi2B2C.

    Alan I. Goldman;C. Stassis;Paul C. Canfield;J. Zarestky

  • Magnetic structure of ErNi 2 B 2 C

    J. Zarestky;C. Stassis;A. I. Goldman;P. C. Canfield

  • Structure of the superconducting La 2 CuO 4 + δ phases (δ≊0.08,0.12) prepared by electrochemical oxidation

    P. G. Radaelli;J. D. Jorgensen;A. J. Schultz;B. A. Hunter

  • Magnetic susceptibility and low-temperature structure of the linear chain cuprate Sr 2 CuO 3

    T. Ami;M. K. Crawford;R. L. Harlow;Z. R. Wang

  • Magnetic exchange interactions in BaMn 2 As 2 : A case study of the J 1 -J 2 -J c Heisenberg model

    D. C. Johnston;R. J. McQueeney;B. Lake;A. Honecker

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan I. Goldman
Alan I. Goldman Iowa State University
Fangcheng Chou
Fangcheng Chou National Taiwan University
David Vaknin
David Vaknin Iowa State University
Paul C. Canfield
Paul C. Canfield Iowa State University
Jiaqiang Yan
Jiaqiang Yan Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ruslan Prozorov
Ruslan Prozorov Iowa State University
Xun-Li Wang
Xun-Li Wang City University of Hong Kong
S.L. Bud'ko
S.L. Bud'ko Iowa State University
Zachary Fisk
Zachary Fisk University of California, Irvine
Anja-Verena Mudring
Anja-Verena Mudring Aarhus University

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