Fifty Years of Conferences on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements

Wolfgang Jeitschko

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.257.3

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Preface, Organizing Committees, Sponsors

Fifty Years of Conferences on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements
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Inelastic Neutron Scattering Investigations of an Anisotropic Hybridization Gap in the Kondo Insulators: CeT₂Al₁₀ (T=Fe, Ru and Os)
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Crystal Structure of the Ternary Compound Sc₆Cu_24.1Al_11.9
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Effect of Pressure on the Spin Fluctuations and the Helical Ferromagnetism of MnSi
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Electric and Magnetic Properties of Transition-Metal Carbide Sc₃TC₄ (T=Co, Ru, Os)
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Enthalpies of Formation of Equiatomic Binary Hafnium Transition Metal Compounds HfM (M=Co, Ir, Os, Pt, Rh, Ru)
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Hydride Formation in the TbNi_0.4Co_0.6-H₂ System
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Investigation of Mechanochemical Synthesized Tungsten Silicides from WO₃, SiO₂ and Mg Blends
p.47

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Fifty Years of Conferences on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements

Abstract:

The first conference on what became the SCTE series was organized by André Michel in Paris in 1965. It was intended to deal with the preparation and Propriétés Thermodynamiques, Physiques et Structurales des Dérivés Semi-Métalliques. The results of experimental as well as theoretical investigations were reported by inorganic chemists, physicists, and crystallographers. Originally, the emphasis was on compounds of the transition metals, the rare earth elements, and the actinoids with the main group elements S, Se, Te, N, P, As, Sb, C, Si, Ge, Sn, and boron. Work on oxides and halides was presented only occasionally. Over the years this has changed gradually. Now investigations of oxides comprise some 10 to 20 % of all reports, especially investigations of compounds with small band gaps and interesting physical properties. The emphasis is shifting from fundamental research to investigations with a view on applications.