A simple, inexpensive, and versatile route for the synthesis of metal nitrides and carbides
(such as Mo2N, Mo2C, W2N and WC) nanoparticles was set up. For the first time, metal …

Several dialkyltriazenide complexes of the lanthanide elements neodymium, europium, and
erbium have been prepared; these include the homoleptic complex Er (ButN3But) 3, the …

Praseodymium (Pr) is implanted into TiN coatings to improve the corrosion resistance and
cytocompatibility in blood plasma. The corrosion resistance of the Pr-doped TiN coatings in …

The objective of this work is to study theoretically the structural, electronic, magnetic, and
optical characteristics of ErN and TmN in the hexagonal structure for the first time. In order to …

The reaction of several rare earth (RE) metals (RE= Y, La, Ce, Pr, Eu, Gd, Tb and Lu) with
gaseous hydrogen and the subsequent reaction of the resulting hydrides with nitrogen gas …

Epitaxial thin films of ferromagnetic rare-earth nitride, GdN, were synthesized using pulsed
laser deposition (PLD) on (001) MgO, pseudo-cubic (001) YAlO 3, and (001) TiN buffered …

First principles calculations are performed to investigate the structural, electronic, elastic,
and thermodynamic properties of the less known PrN compound for various space groups …

We report on the electronic, structural, and elastic property calculations conducted for the
rare-earth (RE) nitride compounds in the rocksalt structure (CeN and LuN compounds) using …

This experimental thesis uncovers the fundamental optical features of rare earth nitride
compounds and relates them to their electronic structure. Experimental observations for the …

By the use of the thermal decomposition of rare earth (RE) amides to nitrides, the
preparation of nanostructural RE nitrides (CeN, PrN, NdN, SmN, GdN, TbN, DyN, HoN and …