CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Metallic, Complex and So Different Jean-Marie Dubois -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Background -- 3. Complexity in Real and Reciprocal Space -- 3.1. The example of compounds of Al, Mg and Zn -- 3.2. Hierarchy, groups of atoms and clusters -- 3.3. The key role played by disorder and defectsb -- 3.4. Definition of a CMA in reciprocal space -- 4. Metallurgy and Surface Chemistry of CMAs -- 4.1. Preparation methods -- 4.2. Corrosion, oxidation and interaction with chemical atmosphere -- 4.3. Atom transport -- 4.4. Essential mechanical properties -- 4.5. Metadislocations -- 5. Phase Selection -- 5.1. Hume-Rothery rules -- 5.2. More on specific Al-TM CMAs -- 5.3. The case of g-brass type CMAs -- 5.4. The case of Al-Mg(-Zn) alloys -- 5.4.1. Locating d-like states in Al-TM based alloys -- 5.4.2. Alloys based on Al, Mg, and possibly containing Zn -- 5.4.3. A supplementary mechanism for phase selection and stability? -- 6. Properties of Al-Transition Metal(s) CMAs -- 6.1. The essential property of Al-TM CMAs -- 6.2. Transport properties -- 6.3. Solid-solid contact -- 6.3.1. Fretting -- 6.3.2. Friction anisotropy -- 6.3.3. Surface energy -- 6.4. Wetting against liquid metals -- 6.5. Wetting against polar liquids -- 7. Inverse Nano-Structuration -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2: Solution Growth of Intermetallic Single Crystals: A Beginner's Guide Paul Canfield -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Do You Need? -- 3. Planning the Growth -- 4. Assembling the Growth -- 5. Running the Growth -- 6. Decanting -- 7. Opening the Growth and Planning the Next One -- 8. Final Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3: Thermal Conductivity of Complex Metallic Alloys Ana Smontara, Ante Bilušić, Željko Bihar and Igor Smiljanić -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basics of the Thermal Conductivity Measurements.

2.1. Heat losses in thermal conductivity measurements -- 2.2. Example - thermal conductivity of magnetite Fe3O4 -- 3. The Analysis of Experimental Thermal Conductivity Data -- 3.1. Thermal conductivity of metals and alloys -- 3.2. Thermal conductivity of complex metallic alloys -- 3.2.1. ξ' and Ψ -phases in the AlPdMn complex metallic system -- 3.2.2. β-Al3Mg2 complex metallic alloy -- 3.2.3. Mg32(Al,Zn)49 complex metallic alloy -- 3.2.4. e-phase in the AlPd (Fe,Co,Rh) complex metallic system -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4: Thermoelectric Materials Silke Pashen -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cage Compounds -- 2.1. Definitions -- 2.1.1. Guest/host atoms -- 2.1.2. Coordination number (c.n.) -- 2.1.3. Bond length/strength -- 2.1.4. Empty host -- 2.2. Examples -- 2.2.1. Filled skutterudites -- 2.2.2. Intermetallic clathrates -- 2.2.3. Clathrate-like compounds -- 2.2.4. Oxides -- 2.3. Characteristic properties of cage compounds -- 2.3.1. Rattling/tunnelling -- 2.3.2. Phonon glass-electron crystal -- 2.4. Tuning for optimized performance -- 2.4.1. Stoichiometry -- 2.4.2. Doping -- 2.4.3. Substitution -- 2.4.4. Micro/Nanostructuring -- 3. Strongly Correlated Cage Compounds -- 3.1. The concept of strongly correlated cage compounds -- 3.2. Brief introduction to strongly correlated electron systems -- 3.3. Attempts to obtain strongly correlated cage compounds -- 3.3.1. Substituted Eu8Ga16Ge30 -- 3.3.2. The clathrate-like compound Ce2Ni36P15 -- 3.3.3. The cage compound CeRu4Sn6 -- 3.3.4. The cage compound Ce3Pd20Si6 -- References -- Chapter 5: Magnetism of Complex Metallic Alloys: Crystalline Electric Field Effects Ernst Bauer and Martin Rotter -- 1. Some Aspects of the CEF Theory -- 1.1. Magnetic properties of free ions -- 1.1.1. 3d-series -- 1.1.2. 4f-series -- 1.2. The CEF Hamiltonian for Rare Earth elements.

1.3. Symmetry considerations -- 1.3.1. Disappearance of terms with l 6= 2 -- 4 -- 6 -- 1.3.2. Disappearance of CEF parameters due to Point Symmetry of the CEF -- 1.4. Calculation of CEF splitting and 4f charge density -- 1.5. Ce3+ in cubic and hexagonal symmetries -- 1.6. Example: an Yb ion in a hexagonal CEF -- 1.6.1. The CEF Hamiltonian in matrix notation -- 1.6.2. Diagonalisation of the CEF Hamiltonian -- 1.6.3. Point-Charge Model A -- 1.6.4. Calculation of magnetic moments -- 1.6.5. Effect of magnetic field on the charge density - a source of magnetostriction -- 1.6.6. Point-Charge Model B -- 2. Physical Properties and CEF Effects -- 2.1. Inelastic neutron scattering -- 2.2. The Schottky contribution to the speci c heat -- 2.3. Magnetic entropy -- 2.4. Magnetisation and magnetic susceptibility -- 2.4.1. Isothermal Magnetisation -- 2.4.2. Temperature dependent susceptibility -- 2.5. Electrical resistivity -- 2.6. Thermal Expansion and Magnetostriction -- 3. Magnetic Behaviour of Complex Metallic Alloys: Skutterudite PrFe4Sb12 -- 4. Outlook -- Acknowledgment -- References -- A. Stevens Operators -- B. Tesseral Harmonics -- Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Quasicrystal-Related Compounds Investigated by Ultra-High Resolution Photoemission Spectroscopy Riuji Tamura -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Relation between the density of states and the electronic transport -- 1.2. Principles of photoemission spectroscopy -- 1.3. Fermi edge of simple metals -- 2. High Resolution Photoemission Spectroscopy in Quasicrystals and Approximants -- 2.1. On the stabilization mechanism of the quasicrystals -- 2.2. Binary stable quasicrystals: Cd-Ca and Cd-Yb QCs -- 2.3. Near EF valence band of the Cd-Yb quasicrystal and its approximant10 -- 2.4. Near EF valence band of the Cd-Ca quasicrystal and its approximant13.

3. Resonant Photoemission Spectroscopy on Cd-based Quasicrystal and Approximant -- 3.1. X-ray absorption spectrum -- 3.2. Resonant photoemission spectroscopy on Cd5.7Ca QC and 1/1-Cd6Ca13 -- 3.3. Origin of the p-d hybridization -- 4. Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 7: First-Principles Calculations and Applications for Materials Design Ryoji Asahi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Procedure of the Computational Materials Design -- 3. Materials Design of Visible-Light Sensitized Photocatalysts -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8: Simulating Structure and Physical Properties of Complex Metallic Alloys Hans-Rainer Trebin, Peter Brommer, Michael Engel, Franz Gähler, Stephen Hocker, Frohmut Rösch and Johannes Roth -- 1. Numerical Simulation of Matter -- 2. Molecular Dynamics Simulations -- 3. Model Potentials -- 3.1. Lennard-Jones potentials -- 3.2. Dzugutov potentials -- 3.3. Lennard-Jones-Gauss potentials -- 4. Realistic Potentials -- 4.1. Moriarty-Widom pair potentials -- 4.2. Embedded atom method potentials -- 4.3. Angular-Dependent Potentials (ADP) -- 5. Potential Development with potfit -- 5.1. Algorithms -- 5.2. Implementation -- 5.3. Results and validation -- 6. Simulations of Physical Properties -- 6.1. Diffusion in d-Al-Ni-Co -- 6.2. Dynamical structure factor -- 6.3. Cracks in NbCr2 -- 6.4. Order-disorder transition in CaCd6 -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Science and Technology of Hydrogen Andreas Züttel and Louis Schlapbach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hydrogen Storage -- 2.1. High pressure gas cylinders -- 2.2. Liquid hydrogen -- 2.3. Physisorption of hydrogen -- 2.4. Metalhydrides -- 2.5. Complex hydrides -- 2.6. Chemical reaction with water -- 3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 10: Hydrogen Storage Materials - Recent Development and Future Strategy of Japan Etsuo Akiba.

1. Introduction -- 2. The "Development for Safe Utilization and Infrastructure of Hydrogen" Project -- 3. Fundamental Research Project on Advanced Hydrogen Science -- 4. Other Hydrogen Storage Related Projects -- 4.1. Establishment of Codes & Standards for hydrogen economy society -- 4.2. Advanced fundamental research on hydrogen storage materials (HYDRO STAR)4 -- 5. Recent Progress in Material Development under the "Development for Safe Utilization and Infrastructure of Hydrogen" Project -- 5.1. Metallic materials -- 5.2. Inorganic materials -- 7. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11: Hydrogen Storage Research and Development in Korea Jong Won Kim, Sang Sup Han and Kwang Bok Yi -- 1. Introduction -- 2. HERC's Targets for Hydrogen Storage in the 2nd Stage -- 3. Current R&D in Korea -- 3.1. High pressure hydrogen storage system -- 3.1.1. Type 4 high pressure hydrogen gas cylinder for fuel cell vehicle and charging station -- 3.1.2. Type 3 high pressure hydrogen gas cylinder 2-3 -- 3.2. Hydrogen storage system using metal hydride -- 3.2.1. Metal hydride -- 3.2.1.1. Ti-Cr-Mo system -- 3.2.1.2. Ti-Cr-V system4-5 -- 3.2.2. Mg-based materials6-8 -- 3.2.3. Complex metal hydrides9-10 -- 3.3. Carbonaceous nano materials11-15 -- 3.4. Non-carbonaceous nano naterials16-19 -- 3.5. Hydrogen storage using chemical hydrides20-22 -- 3.5.1. Optimization of NaBH4 liquid fuel system -- 3.5.2. Development of Co and Ni alloy catalysts by a paste method -- 3.5.3. Development of high performance Co-P catalysts by an electroplating method -- 3.5.4. Development of NaBH4 recycling process -- 3.6. Modeling and developing organometallic nanoporous materials23-25 -- 3.7. Other materials26 -- 3.8. Measurement techniques for hydrogen storage/release materials -- 4. Conclusions and Outlook -- References.

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