Ceria and its solid solutions play a vital role in several industrial processes and devices.
These include solar energy-to-fuel conversion, solid oxide fuel and electrolyzer cells …

X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) work on Ce 2 O 3 and CeO 2 oxides has been an
active topic of research over the past four decades or so. Such research aimed to find the …

Intrinsic properties of a compound (eg, electronic structure, crystallographic structure, optical
and magnetic properties) define notably its chemical and physical behavior. In the case of …

The production of nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing rapidly for applications in electronics,
chemistry, and biology. This interest is due to the very small size of NPs which provides them …

Biotransformation is a critical factor that may modify the toxicity, behavior, and fate of
engineered nanoparticles in the environment. CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) are generally …

Knowledge of the dynamics of many-electron systems is of fundamental importance to all
disciplines of condensed matter physics. A very effective access to electron dynamics is …

Covalency in Ln–Cl bonds of O h-LnCl6 x–(x= 3 for Ln= CeIII, NdIII, SmIII, EuIII, GdIII; x= 2 for
Ln= CeIV) anions has been investigated, primarily using Cl K-edge X-ray absorption …

Materials based on a combination of cerium–tungsten− titanium are potentially durable
catalysts for selective catalytic NO x reduction using NH3 (NH3–SCR). Flame-spray …

Synthetic strategies to yield molecular complexes of high-valent lanthanides, other than the
ubiquitous Ce4+ ion, are exceptionally rare, and thorough, detailed characterization in these …

The fundamental redox chemistry and valence electronic structure of the lanthanides in
molecular complexes and extended solids continues to be a fertile area of research. The …