Crystal field in nitrogenated rare‐earth intermetallics

Crystal field in nitrogenated rare-earth intermetallics

Monte Carlo Modelling of Single-Crystal Diffuse Scattering from Intermetallics

Single-crystal diffuse scattering (SCDS) reveals detailed structural insights into materials. In particular, it is sensitive to two-body correlations, whereas traditional Bragg peak-based methods are sensitive to single-body correlations. This means that diffuse scattering is sensitive to ordering that persists for just a few unit cells: nanoscale order, sometimes referred to as “local structur...

Intermetallics in Solder Joints

Introduction Intermetallic compounds (IMCs) are generally considered a bad thing in solder joints, though this is not always the case. Excessive IMCs in solder joints are a bad thing since they significantly alter both the composition and the mechanical performance of the solder joint. Interfacial IMC layers can be an indication of the quality of the solder joint and the lack of them would indi...

Intermetallics Research in Australia

The past two decades have seen alloys based upon intermetallic phases evolve from the status of scientifically interesting materials with a range of attractive properties, combined with overriding disadvantages, to that of the next generation of advanced engineering alloys. This evolution, which has been achieved through a very significant research and development effort on a world wide front, ...

Exotic thermoelectric behavior in nitrogenated holey graphene

Combining first-principles approaches with the Boltzmann transport equation and semi-classical analysis we investigate the thermal conductivity k, thermopower S, electrical conductivity s, and carrier mobility m of newly synthesized nitrogenated holey graphene (NHG). Strikingly, the NHG possesses exceedingly high S and s but a fairly low lattice thermal conductivity kL, and therefore extraordin...