New book released: "Rare-Earth Borides"

The book "Rare-Earth Borides", edited by our colleague Prof. Dmytro Inosov, has just been published by "Jenny Stanford Publishing" (ISBN 9789814877565). Rare-earth borides have attracted continuous interest for more than half a century, both from the point of view of fundamental condensed matter physics and for practical applications in various fields of engineering. Some materials in this family have hardness comparable to diamond and exhibit high melting temperatures and excellent electron emission properties. Others have been extensively studied in recent decades for their unusual electronic and magnetic properties, for example, as topological Kondo insulators or as systems exhibiting novel magnetic ordering phenomena at low temperatures.
     This newly published volume features a comprehensive collection of reviews that offer a cutting-edge summary of the research on rare-earth borides from various viewpoints, authored by leading experts in the field. It includes chapters on the growth and characterization of single-crystal and thin-film samples, detailed description of their lattice structure and dynamics, electronic and magnetic properties in the bulk and at the surface, low-temperature ordering phenomena, and theoretical and experimental description of the unusual spectroscopic properties from the perspective of modern x-ray and neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, and electron spin resonance. The book will appeal to anyone interested in solid-state physics and chemistry of rare-earth compounds, especially researchers and graduate students working on magnetic and electronic properties of f-electron systems.
     The 1st edition of the book can be ordered as an ebook or in hardcover and is available for loan at SLUB.