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The structure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline PrCo$_3$ prepared by high-energy milling technique have been investigated by means of X-ray diffraction using the Rietveld method coupled to Curie temperature and magnetic…

Magneto-resistive and magneto-caloric properties of polycrystalline Pr2/3Sr1/3MnO3 have been studied as a function of sintering temperature (Ts) between 1260-1450{\deg}C. Reitveld refinement of their X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns…

In this work, the electrical properties of Al2O3 films deposited by reactive ion sputtering were investigated by means of morphological, chemical and electrical characterizations. This insulating layer suffers of an electron trapping that…

ABO3 oxides with the perovskite-related structures are attracting significant interest due to their promising physical and chemical properties for many applications requiring tunable chemistry, including fuel cells, catalysis, and…

Aluminum-copper-magnesium-sliver (Al-Cu-Mg-Ag) alloys are extensively utilized in aerospace industries due to the formation of Omega nano-plates.However, the rapid coarsening of these nano-plates above 475 K restricts their application at…

The crystalline structure, magnetism, and magnetocaloric effect of a GdCrO$_3$ single crystal grown with the laser-diode-heated floating-zone technique have been studied. The GdCrO$_3$ single crystal crystallizes into an orthorhombic…

The Y33.33Ni66.67-xAlx system has been investigated in the region 0 <= x <= 33.3. The alloys were synthesized by induction melting. Phase occurrence and structural properties were studied by X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD). The Al solubility…

V$_3$Si thin films are known to be superconducting with transition temperatures up to 15 K, depending on the annealing temperature and the properties of the substrate underneath. Here we investigate the film structural properties with the…

Temperature (4.2-260 K) and magnetic field (0-50 kOe) dependencies of the dc electrical resistance, dc magnetization, and ac magnetic susceptibility of (Sm0.65Sr0.35)MnO3 prepared from high purity components have been studied.

In this work, we have demonstrated wide-composition-range \b{eta}-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 thin films with record-high Al compositions up to 77% for \b{eta}-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 covering bandgaps from 4.9 to 6.4 eV. With optimized thermal annealing…

The amorphous-to-crystalline transition in Al(1.0%wtSi)/Zr and Al(Pure)/Zr multilayers grown by direct-current magnetron sputtering system has been characterized over a range of Al layer thicknesses (1.0-5.0 nm) by using a series of…

Transition metal aluminum nitrides are a technologically important class of multifunctional ceramics, however, the HfAlN system remains largely unexplored. We investigate phase stability, nanostructure design, and mechanical behavior of…

Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy and synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements on dotriacontane (n-C32H66 or C32) films adsorbed on SiO2-coated Si(100) wafers reveal a narrow temperature range near the bulk C32 melting point Tb in which a…

Vacuum heat treatment of mechanically-alloyed powders of boron and aluminum leads to formation of a metastable Al-rich phase, which can be quenched. Its structure, composition, and thermal stability are established. With chemical formula…

Increasing attention is being paid to $\alpha$$_2$ Ti$_3$(Al,Sn) precipitation from the $\alpha$ phase of titanium alloys owing to its effect on slip band formation, localisation and the implications for fatigue performance in jet engine…

V$_6$O$_{13}$ exhibits the metal-insulator transition (MIT) at around 150 K with the formation of vanadium-vanadium (V-V) dimers. We measured the magnetostriction of V$_6$O$_{13}$ along the crystallographic $b$-axis in ultrahigh magnetic…

The high-pressure behavior of silicon telluride (Si2Te3), a two-dimensional (2D) layered material, was investigated using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction in a diamond anvil cell to 11.5 GPa coupled with first-principles theory. Si2Te3…

Vanadium silicide (V$_3$Si) is a promising superconductor for integration with silicon-based electronics, however the interfacial growth kinetics have a strong influence on the resulting superconducting properties and are not yet fully…

The results of ac and dc magnetization and heat capacity measurements on the oxides, Ca$_3$Co$_{1+x}$Mn$_{1-x}$O$_6$, forming in a K$_4$CdCl$_6$-derived rhombohedral quasi-one-dimensional crystal structure, are reported. As far as…

Most transition-metal trihalides are dimorphic. The representative chromium-based triad, CrCl3, CrBr3, CrI3, is characterized by the low-temperature phase adopting the trigonal BiI3 type while the structure of the high-temperature phase is…