Growth, structural, magnetic, and spin transport properties of epitaxial scandium-substituted terbium iron garnet (TbScIG) thin films on gadolinium gallium [GGG, (111) orientation] substrates are reported as a function Sc content. The GGG without strain relaxation up to thickness 90 nm exhibit perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Sc, nonmagnetic cation, occupies 40% the octahedral Fe sites. Incre...

Rare earth elements (REE) are widely used in advanced technology. Praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), samarium (Sm) and dysprosium (Dy) are used in high-power permanent magnets. Ytterbium (Yb), erbium (Er) and holmium (Ho) are used in lasers. Lanthanum (La), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), europium (Eu) and Yb are components of luminescent and fluorescent phosphors, used in fluorescent lamps, rad...

Colloidal solutions and redispersible powders of nanocrystalline, lanthanide-doped phosphates and vanadates have been prepared in high-boiling coordinating solvents or by hydrothermal means in aqueous solution. Highly crystalline materials were obtained by both methods despite the low temperature of 2008C applied during the synthesis. The materials have been characterized by using high-resoluti...