Lanthanide contraction and magnetism in the heavy rare earth elements

• Main Authors: I. D. Hughes, M. Däne, A. Ernst, W. Hergert, M. Lüders, J. Poulter, J. B. Staunton, A. Svane, Z. Szotek, W. M. Temmerman
• Other Authors: The University of Warwick
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/25160
• Institution: Mahidol University

The heavy rare earth elements crystallize into hexagonally close packed (h.c.p.) structures and share a common outer electronic configuration, differing only in the number of 4f electrons they have. These chemically inert 4f electrons set up localized magnetic moments, which are coupled via an indir...