Crystal growth and chemistry of rare earth aluminium borates

Mechanism of Rare Earth Incorporation and Crystal Growth of Rare Earth Containing Type-I Clathrates

Type-I clathrates possess extremely low thermal conductivities, a property that makes them promising materials for thermoelectric applications. The incorporation of cerium into one such clathrate has recently been shown to lead to a drastic enhancement of the thermopower, another property determining the thermoelectric efficiency. Here we explore the mechanism of the incorporation of rare earth...

Crystal Chemistry and Stability of Hydrated Rare-Earth Phosphates Formed at Room Temperature

In order to understand the crystal chemical properties of hydrous rare-earth (RE) phosphates, REPO4,hyd, that form at ambient temperature, we have synthesized REPO4,hyd through the interaction of aqueous RE elements (REEs) with aqueous P at room temperature at pH < 6, where the precipitation of RE hydroxides does not occur, and performed rigorous solid characterization. The second experiment wa...

High-pressure Syntheses and Characterization of the Rare Earth Borates RE5(BO3)2F9 (RE=Dy, Ho)

The new rare earth fluoride borates RE5(BO3)2F9 (RE = Ho, Dy) were synthesized under highpressure/high-temperature conditions of 1.5 GPa, 1250 ◦C for Dy5(BO3)2F9 and 2.5 GPa, 1200 ◦C for Ho5(BO3)2F9 in a Walker-type multianvil apparatus from the corresponding rare earth oxides, rare earth fluorides, and boron oxide. The single-crystal structure determinations have revealed that both compounds a...

Crystal chemistry of borates: the classification and algebraic description by topological type of fundamental building blocks.

The structural characteristics of all the borates available were analyzed using the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database. The fundamental building blocks (FBBs) in 841 borates were systematically classified into 6 types in terms of their topological structures. By including the polymerization of the FBBs in the borate structure, a novel systematic classification and an algebraic description of ...

Crystal field in nitrogenated rare-earth intermetallics