· Physical properties of apatite based natural, synthetic and magnetic biomaterials.
· Development of nanoscale magnetic materials for biomedical applications.
Experimental methods include x-ray and neutron diffraction at ambient and low temperatures, electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and magnetic measurements.




· Preferred
orientation, phonons, critical current density of bulk high-Tc
superconductors.
· Structure
and phonons in colossal magnetoresistance materials (CMR).
· Magnetic
transitions in long-range ordered alloys.