Crystal Growth and the Search for Highly Correlated Intermetallics
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Date: 05-03-2006
Start Time:
4:00pm
End Time: 5:00pm
Speaker: Julia Chan
From:
Louisiana State University
Location: Interschool Lab, 7th floor, Schapiro/CEPSR
Hosted by:
Center for Integrated Science
Abstract:
Highly correlated electron systems are of considerable interest, particularly in the design, discovery and growth of novel bulk materials. One of the primary driving forces of basic research in the physics of new materials is the synthesis of these materials in single crystalline form. Our interests lie in studying and understanding the structure-property relationships in novel ternary intermetallics synthesized by metallic flux-growth methods. This talk will highlight the synthesis, structures and physical properties of ternary lanthanide – transition metal – main group element intermetallics (Ln – T – X), where T = Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd, and Pt, and X = Ga, In, Sb and Sn. Several phases will be discussed, including LnnTIn3n+2 (n = 1, 2, ), CePdGa6, Ce2PdGa12, Ce2PdGa10, LnNiSb3, LnNi1-xSb2 (x ~ 0.4), and Ln3Co4Sn13.