Studies on magnetic frustration continue to attract much attention in condensed matter
physics due to the richness of physics it offers and the unraveling of various exotic ground …

Conspectus The discovery of novel magnetic and electronic properties in low-dimensional
materials has led to the pursuit of hierarchical materials with specific substructures. Low …

Abstract The compound PrFe 2 Al 8 possesses a three-dimensional network structure
resulting from the packing of Al polyhedra centered at the transition metal element Fe and …

Abstract The series RT 2 X 8 (R= La–Nd, Sm, Eu, Yb, Ca and Sr; T= Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh and
Ir; X= Al, Ga and In) belong to a class of quasi-skutterudite intermetallic compounds which …

We report the synthesis, crystal structure, and physical properties of two new polar
intermetallic compounds, EuIr2In8 and SrIr2In8. Both were synthesized in good yield using …

Single crystals of LnCo2Al8 (Ln= La–Nd, Sm, Yb) were grown via the metal-flux growth
technique and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. LnCo2Al8 adopts the …

Abstract Single crystals of CaNi2Al8 were obtained during attempts to synthesize CaNi2Al9
from the elements in Nb or Al2O3 crucibles in an induction furnace. The orthorhombic …

Single crystals of Mg-substituted CeFe 2 Al 8 type intermetallics RFe 2 Mg x Al 8–x (R= La–
Nd and Sm; x≤ 1) were grown by reacting iron and rare earth metals in 1: 1 Mg/Al mixed …

The electronic and magnetic properties of Praseodymium (Pr) intermetallic compounds have
attracted much interest lately attributable to the observation of heavy fermion …

The synthesis, characterization, and properties of selected intermetallics and ceramic
materials are presented in this dissertation. In our quest to grow single crystal intermetallics …