The central motivation of our research group has been and continues to be the discovery of novel highly correlated electron systems.  Ternary phases composed of lanthanides, transition metals, and main group elements present competing and/or complementary characteristics which show the potential for exciting physical properties and unique crystal chemistry. These systems are known to exhibit exotic properties such as superconductivity and unusual forms of magnetism.  We employ flux-growth methods to discover and grow large single crystalline materials to determine structure-physical property relationships.  The ability to derive correlations between the crystal structure and physical properties such as magnetism and transport phenomena requires the growth of high quality single crystals.  In this talk, I will highlight the synthesis, crystal structures, and physical properties of select group of intermetallic compounds which were grown using main group metals and will end with future directions for the growth and discovery of materials for energy applications.

Crystal growth and discovery of intermetallics with competing magnetic interactions

246th National Meeting (2013)

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