Publications related to Samarium

Effect of oxygen defects blocking barriers on gadolinium doped ceria (GDC) electro-chemo-mechanical properties

Some oxygen defective metal oxides, such as cerium and bismuth oxides, have recently shown exceptional electrostrictive properties that are even superior to the best performing lead-based electrostrictors, e.g. lead-magnesium-niobates (PMN). Compared to pi ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2019

Carbon dioxide reduction by dinuclear Yb(ii) and Sm(ii) complexes supported by siloxide ligands

Marinella Mazzanti, Farzaneh Fadaei Tirani, Davide Toniolo

Two dinuclear homoleptic complexes of lanthanides(II) supported by the polydentate tris(tertbutoxy) siloxide ligand ([Yb2L4], 1-Yb and [Sm2L4], 1-Sm, (L = (OtBu)3SiO−)) were synthesized in 70–80% yield and 1-Sm was crystallographically characterized. 1-Yb ...

2019

Radioactive boron beams produced by isotope online mass separation at CERN-ISOLDE

.We report on the development and characterization of the first radioactive boron beams produced by the isotope mass separation online (ISOL) technique at CERN-ISOLDE. Despite the long history of the ISOL technique which exploits thick targets, boron beams ...

Springer2019

Solute/screw dislocation interaction energy parameter for strengthening in bcc dilute to high entropy alloys

William Curtin, Francesco Maresca, Alireza Ghafarollahi

Strengthening, i.e. increased stress required to move a dislocation, in dilute or complex alloys arises from the totality of the interaction energies between the solutes and an individual dislocation. Prevailing theories for strengthening in bcc alloys con ...

IOP PUBLISHING LTD2019

Effects of co-doped barium cerate additive on morphology, conductivity and electrochemical properties of samarium doped ceria electrolyte for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells

Yongpeng Liu, Meng Xia, Xinchao Wang, Jianing Li, Chiara Bonati, Xin Wang

The composite of samarium doped ceria (Sm0.2Ce0.8O2-delta, SDC) and co-doped barium cerate (BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3-delta, BZCYYb) is prepared by mechanical mixing and investigated as electrolyte for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2018

Kondo lattice excitation observed using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering at the YbM5 edge

Marco Grioni, Marco Guarise, Thorsten Schmitt

We present a study of the resonant inelastic scattering response of YbInCu4 excited at the tender YbM5 x-ray edge. In the high-temperature, paramagnetic phase, we observe a multiplet structure which can be understood at an ionic level. Upon cooling through ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2018

Topological phonons and thermoelectricity in triple-point metals

Quansheng Wu

Recently published discoveries of acoustic- and optical-mode inversion in the phonon spectrum of certain metals became the first realistic example of noninteracting topological bosonic excitations in existing materials. However, the observable physical and ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2018

A Smart Europium-Ruthenium Complex as Anticancer Prodrug: Controllable Drug Release and Real-Time Monitoring under Different Light Excitations

Jean-Claude Bünzli, Chen Xie

A unique, dual-function, photoactivatable anticancer prodrug, RuEuL, has been tailored that features a ruthenium(II) complex linked to a cyclen-europium chelate via a pi-conjugated bridge. Under irradiation at 488 nm, the dark-inactive prodrug undergoes ph ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

J1−J2 square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnets with 4d1 spins: AMoOPO4Cl (A=K,Rb)

Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Peter Babkevich

Magnetic properties of AMoOPO4Cl (A=K,Rb) with Mo5+ ions in the 4d1 electronic configuration are investigated by magnetization, heat capacity, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on single crystals, combined with powder neutron diffraction ex ...

2017

Key-features in processing and microstructure for achieving giant electrostriction in gadolinium doped ceria thin films

Paul Muralt, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Mahmoud Hadad, Husnain Ashraf

Gadolinium doped ceria is a well-known oxygen ion conduction material for solid fuel cell electrolytes. With its centrosymmetric average lattice and relatively low bulk dielectric constant it does not look interesting for electromechanical applications. Ho ...

Elsevier2016

Synthesis, characterization and ab initio investigation of a panchromatic ullazine–porphyrin photosensitizer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Ursula Röthlisberger, Basile Curchod, Magdalena Anna Marszalek, Negar Ashari Astani, Julien Edouard Frey, Simon Mathew

An ullazine unit was employed as a donor moiety in a donor-pi-acceptor (D-p-A) motif, employing the porphyrin macrocycle as a pi-system. Synthesis of this ullazine-porphyrin dyad containing sensitizer (SM63) was achieved and an investigation of the electro ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Composition and temperature dependence of the Yb valence in YbMn6Ge6-xSnx studied by RIXS

Marco Grioni

We investigate the composition and temperature (10-450 K) dependence of the Yb valence in YbMn6Ge6-xSnx (x = 0.0, 3.8, 4.2, 4.4, and 5.5) using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS). The observed change in the Yb valence with composition (from v simil ...

Amer Physical Soc2015

Design of Single-Molecule Magnets: Insufficiency of the Anisotropy Barrier as the Sole Criterion

Jan Gui-Hyon Dreiser, Romain Sibille

Determination of the electronic energy spectrum of a trigonalsymtnetry mononuclear Yb3+ single-molecule magnet (SMM) by highresolution absorption and luniinescente spectroscopies reveals that the first excited electronic doublet is placed nearly 500 cm(-1) ...

American Chemical Society2015

Iridium-Stabilized pi-Selenocyclohexadienyls: Synthesis, Molecular Structure, and Cytotoxicity

Paul Joseph Dyson, Tina Riedel

A series of iridium-stabilized selenocyclohexadienyls of general formula [CpIr((5)-C6H5-nMenSe)][BF4] {Cp = (5)-C5Me5, n = 0, n = 1, and n = 3} is described, with the selenocyclohexadienyl unit being isolated for the first time by -coordination to a Cp*I ...

Georg Thieme Verlag Kg2015

Tridentate Benzimidazole-Pyridine-Tetrazolates as Sensitizers of Europium Luminescence

Rosario Scopelliti, Jean-Claude Bünzli, Svetlana Eliseeva

We report on new anionic tridentate benzimidazole-pyridine-tetrazolate ligands that form neutral 3:1 complexes with trivalent lanthanides. The ligands are UV-absorbing chromophores that sensitize the red luminescence of europium with energy-transfer effici ...

Amer Chemical Soc2014

Eu3+-doped (Y0.5La0.5)(2)O-3: new nanophosphor with the bixbyite cubic structure

Barbora Bártová

New red sesquioxide phosphor, Eu(3+)doped (Y0.5La0.5)(2)O-3, was synthesized in the form of nanocrystalline powder with excellent structural ordering in cubic bixbyite-type, and with nanoparticle sizes ranging between 10 and 20 nm. Photoluminescence measur ...

Springer2013

Subcomponent Self-Assembly of Rare-Earth Single-Molecule Magnets

A family of lanthanide complexes has been synthesized by the subcomponent self-assembly methodology. Molecular architectures, which were stable in solution and under ambient conditions, were designed by the in situ formation of ligands around lanthanide io ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

Optimization of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents for high magnetic‑field applications

Lothar Helm

The search for higher spatial resolution and better sensitivity stimulates the development of high-field (3 T) and ultrahigh field (>3 T) MRI scanners. Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents, commercial ones used in clinics, as well as recently developed mor ...

2010

Enhanced electrical conductivity of ultrafine-grained 8Y(2)O(3) stabilized ZrO2 produced by two-step sintering technique

Mehdi Mazaheri

Two-step sintering of nanocrystalline zirconia powder stabilized with 8 mol% yttria resulted in remarkable enhancement of the electrical conductivity and significant suppression of the accelerated grain growth. The electrical conductivity of the nearly ful ...

2010

Surprisingly Bright Near-Infrared Luminescence and Short Radiative Lifetimes of Ytterbium in Hetero-Binuclear Yb-Na Chelates

Rosario Scopelliti, Jean-Claude Bünzli, Frédéric Gumy

New heterobinuclear lanthanide complexes with benzoxazole-substituted 8-hydroxyquinolines, [Ln(ligand)2(μ-ligand)2Na] (Ln: Yb, Lu), have been prepared and their structure established by X-ray crystallography, 1H NMR spectroscopy, and photophysical studies. ...

2009