Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths Series
The rare earths represent a group of chemical elements, the lanthanides, together with scandium and yttrium, which exhibit similar chemical properties. They are strategically important to developed and developing nations because they have several applications in catalysis, the defense industry, aerospace, the materials and life sciences and in sustainable energy technologies.
The Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of the Rare Earths is a continuing authoritative series that deals with the science and technology of the rare earth elements in an integrated manner. Each chapter is a comprehensive, up-to-date, critical review of a particular segment of the field. The work offers the researcher and graduate student a complete and thorough coverage of this fascinating field.
259 Catalytic Behavior of Rare Earth Borohydride Complexes in Polymerization of Polar Monomers, Sophie Guillaume, Laurent Maron and Peter Roesky 260 Structures and Properties of Rare Earth Molten Salts, Yasuhiko Iwadate 261 Lanthanide in Solar Energy Conversion, Jean-Claude G. Bünzli, and Anne-Sophie Chauvin 262 Magnetocaloric effects in R5(SiGe)4 Compounds, Vitalij K. Pecharsky, Karl Gschneidner Jr. and Yaroslav Mudick
Researchers working on rare earth materials, scientists and engineers in the rare earth industry
While in Lviv, V. Pecharsky was studying phase relationships and crystallography of ternary intermetallic compounds containing rare earths. After moving to Ames his research interests shifted to examining composition-structure-physical property relationship of rare-earth intermetallic compounds. Together with Karl Gschneidner, Jr., he discovered a new class of materials that exhibit the giant magnetocaloric effect in 1997, triggering worldwide interest in caloric materials and caloric cooling, which promises to become an energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional vapor-compression approach. Today his research interest include synthesis, structure, experimental thermodynamics, physical and chemical properties of intermetallic compounds containing rare-earth metals; anomalous behavior of 4f-electron systems; magnetostructural phase transformations; physical properties of ultra-pure rare earth metals; caloric materials and systems; hydrogen storage materials; mechanochemistry, mechanically induced solid-state reactions and mechanochemical transformations.
He organized the 28th Rare Earth Research Conference in Ames, Iowa in 2017. He serves as co-editor of the H
- Individual chapters are comprehensive, broad, critical reviews
- Contributions are written by highly experienced, invited experts
- Gives an up-to-date overview of developments in the field
Date de parution : 10-2013
Ouvrage de 550 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths :
Mots-clés :
BorohydrideCarbonateN-carboxyanhydride(co)PolymerDFTLactideLactoneMechanismMethacrylatePolar monomerPolymerizationRare earthRing-opening polymerization; Intermetallic compoundsComposition-structure-property relationshipsMagnetostructural transformationsMagnetocaloric effectPhase diagrams; Rare-earth halideMolten saltIonic liquidCrystal structureCoordination sphereDensity functionalX-ray diffractionRaman spectroscopyEXAFSComputer simulation; Solar energy conversionSilicon cellDye-sensitized cellSemiconductor cellDownshiftingDownconversionUpconversionLanthanidesPhotovoltaics
