Nuclear orientation experiments on cerium intermetallic compounds

Crystal Growth and Stoichiometry of Strongly Correlated Intermetallic Cerium Compounds

Theoretical screening of intermetallic ThMn12-type phases for new hard-magnetic compounds with low rare earth content

We report on theoretical investigations of intermetallic phases derived from the ThMn12-type crystal structure. Our computational high-throughput screening (HTS) approach is extended to an estimation of the anisotropy constant K1, the anisotropy field Ha and the energy product (BH)max. The calculation of K1 is fast since it is based on the crystal field parameters and avoids expensive total-ene...

Intermetallic Cerium Compounds with Ordered U3Si2 Type Structure

Z. Naturforsch. 55 b, 155-161 (2000); received November 10, 1999 Intermetallic Cerium Compounds, Crystal Structure New intermetallic cerium compounds Ce2 7iMg (T = Ni, Cu, Pd), CqiTjCd (T Pd, Pt, Au), and CtiTzPb (T = Pt, Au) were prepared by reaction of the elements in sealed tantalum tubes in a high-frequency furnace. Most C e :^ ^ (X = Mg, Cd, Pb) compounds are stable after annealing at abou...

Correlated thermoelectrics

In the first part of these lecture notes we introduce the phenomenological equations for describing the heat and charge transport in thermoelectric samples. We discuss the solution obtained for various boundary conditions that are appropriate for the homogeneous and inhomogeneous thermoelectrics. In the second part we develop the formalism for a linear-response many-body description of the tran...

Thermopower enhancement by encapsulating cerium in clathrate cages.

The increasing worldwide energy consumption calls for the design of more efficient energy systems. Thermoelectrics could be used to convert waste heat back to useful electric energy if only more efficient materials were available. The ideal thermoelectric material combines high electrical conductivity and thermopower with low thermal conductivity. In this regard, the intermetallic type-I clathr...