Dr. Heinz Nakotte

Assistant Professor
NMSU Physics Department

Education:
1994, Ph.D. Univ. Amsterdam

Professional Experience:
1994-1997: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory

1996: Visiting Researcher, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan

1994-present: Attached Staff Member, AECL, Chalk River Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada

1997-present: Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University


Heinz Nakotte has authored or co-authored over 90 papers published in refereed journals or conference proceedings. In the field of uranium magnetism, Heinz Nakotte has given a number of invited lectures at national and international conferences and meetings.

Research Interests:
magnetic materials
magnetism in actinide materials
rare-earth magnets
neutron-diffraction and neutron-scattering techniques
crystal and magnetic structures
excitations
studies in high magnetic fields
studies in pulsed magnetic fields
magneto-resistance, magneto-caloric and magneto-optical effects


RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES


1997

H. Kawanaka, H. Nakotte, E. Bruck, K. Prokes, N.H. Kim-Ngan, T. Takabatake, H. Fujii and J. Sakurai; Thermal properties of UPdSn and UcuSn Physica B 237 (1997) 226-8.

H. Nakotte, K.H.J. Buschow, E. Bruck, J.C.P. Klaasse, K. Prokes, F.R. de Boer, A.V. Andreev and A. Lacerda; Non-Fermi-liquid scaling in U(Cu, Al)5 compounds; Physica B 230 (1997) 616-19.

I.H. Hagusma, J.C.P. Klaasse, E. Bruck, K. Prokes, H. Nakotte, F.R. de Boer; Specific heat of UniGe in high magnetic fields; J. Appl. Phys. 81 (1997) 4157-9.

1996

H. Nakotte, K. Prokes, E. Bruck, K.H.J. Buschow, F.R. de Boer, A.V. Andreev, M.C. Aronson, A. Lacerda, M.S. Torikachvilli, R.A. Robinson, M.A.M. Bourke, and A. J. Schultz; Non-Fermi-liquid scaling in heavy-fermion UCu3.5 and UCu3Al2; Phys. Rev. B 54 (1996) 12176-83.

H. Nakotte, A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, Z. Tun, K. Prokes, Allen C. Larson, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, H. Maletta, E. Bruck and F.R. de Boer; Commensurate and incommensurate magnetic structures of UniGe; Phys. Rev. B 54 (1996) 7201-9.

A. Purwanto, V. Sechovsky, L. Havela, R.A. Robinson, H. Nakotte, Allen C. Larson, K. Prokes, E. Bruck and F.R. de Boer; Low-temperature magnetic structure of UniGe; Phys. Rev. B 53 (1996) 758-65.

H. Nakotte, A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, K. Prokes, J.C.P. Klaasse, P.F. de Chatel, F.R. de Boer, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, L.C.J. Pereira, A. Seret, J. Rebizant, J.C. Spirlet and F. Trouw; Hybridization effects in U2T2X compounds: Magnetic structures of U2Rh2Sn and U2Ni2In; Phys. Rev. B 53 (1996) 3263-71.

K. Prokes, H. Nakotte, F.R. de Boer, T. Fukushima, S. Matsuyama, T. Kumada, K. Kindo, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, A. Lacerda, J.M. Winand, J. Rebizant and J.C. Spirlet; High-field magnetization of U2T2Sn (T=Co,Ir,Pt) compounds; in Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields II, Singapore: World Scientific (1996) 215-20.

H. Nakotte, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, A. Lacerda, A. Purwanto, K. Prokes, E. Bruck, F.R. de Boer, and M.S. Torikachvili; Magnetoresistance behavior of UniGe; in Physical Phenomena at High Magnetic Fields II, Singapore: World Scientific (1996) 209-14.

K. Prokes, F.R. de Boer, H. Nakotte, V. Sechovsky, P. Svoboda, J.M. Winand, J. Rebizant, J.C. Spirlet, X. Hu, and T.J. Gortenmulder; Electrical properties of U2Pt2Sn; J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6361-3.

A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, H. Nakotte, I.P. Swainson and M.S. Torikachvili; Crystallographic and magnetic structures of UCu1.5Sn; J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6411-3.

H. Nakotte, A. Purwanto, R.A. Robinson, K. Prokes, F.R. de Boer, L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, and I.P. Swainson; Electric properties of UCuSn; J. Appl. Phys. 79 (1996) 6408-10.

L. Havela, V. Sechovsky, K. Prokes, H. Nakotte, H. Fujii, and A. Lacerda; Giant magnetoresistance of effects in 5f-materials; Physica B 223&224 (1996) 245-50.

 

New Mexico State University
Department of Physics
160 Gardiner Hall
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0001

Phone: (505)646-2459
FAX: (505)646-1934

E-mail: hnakotte@nmsu.edu