Solid Compounds of Transition Elements......Page 2 Organisation Committee, Sponsors, Preface......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 11 Influence of Co Moment on Magnetic Properties of Co2Sm2W3O14 Tungstate......Page 14 Electrical Resistivity Anomalies in SbxVyMozOt Phases......Page 18 Thermally Induced High-Spin Low-Spin Transition in Co[Cr0.5Ga1.5]S4 Spinel......Page 22 The Atomic Site Occupancies in the Fe-Cr σ-Phase......Page 26 New Ferromagnetic Chromium Chalcogenides, ACr5Te8 (A = K, Cs and Rb)......Page 30 Optical Characterization of Electronic Structure of CuInS2 and CuAlS2 Chalcopyrite Crystals......Page 34 Structure and Magnetism of a Novel Nickel Sulfate Ni2-δSO5......Page 38 Synthesis of Novel Chromium Oxide Using Hydrothermal Method and Analysis of its Magnetism and Structure......Page 42 Band Structure Calculations for EuCo2X2 (X = Ge, Si) and EuM5 (M = Cu, Ni)......Page 46 Preparation and Properties of Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics Based on ZrC and HfC......Page 50 Microstructures and Thermoelectric Properties of (Bi2Te3)1-X/(CdTe)x Composites......Page 54 Synthesis and Electronic Properties of TlFe2Se2-δ......Page 60 Specific Heat of CeRhSb Doped with Pd......Page 64 Piezoreflectance and Raman Characterization of Mo1−xWxS2 Layered Mixed Crystals......Page 68 Magnetic and Related Properties of Tb4Sb3 Compound......Page 73 Deposition and Characterization of IrO2 Nanocrystals on Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes by MOCVD......Page 83 Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ternary Stannides RERhSn (RE = Tb, Dy and Ho)......Page 87 Growth and Characterization of Well-Aligned RuO2/R-TiO2 Heteronanostructures on Sapphire (100) Substrates by Reactive Magnetron Sputtering......Page 91 Neutron Diffraction Study of the Kondo Systems Ce6Ni1.67Si3 and Ce5Ni1.85Si3......Page 96 Superconductivity in Fluorine-Arsenide Sr1-xNdxFeAsF......Page 100 Phase Relation of FeS2-VS2 System and New Phase of Defect Troilite Structure......Page 105 Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline (Fe,Co)3О4-Based Alloys and their Magnetic Properties......Page 110 A New Ternary Phase, Called LaCuMg8, for Solid Hydrogen Storage. Influence of Ball Milling and Cold Rolling......Page 115 Magnetic Properties of the Gd1-xTbxNi3 Intermetallic Compounds......Page 122 Magnetic Properties of Fe-Nb-B-Re (Re=Y, Gd) Bulk Nanocrystalline Alloys......Page 127 Disorder-Sensitive Superconductivity and Bonding Network in the Iron-Silicide Superconductor Lu2Fe3Si5......Page 131 Some Aspects of the Intercalation Chemistry of the Niobium and Tantalum Carbide Chalcogenides Nb2S2S, Ta2S2C and Ta2Se2C......Page 135 Mössbauer and Magnetization Measurements of Al3Mn(Pd,Fe) Compounds......Page 140 Thermal Expansion of Oxyarsenides (LaO)TAs; T = Transition Metal......Page 144 Anisotropy of Photoluminescence in Layered Semiconductors ReS2 and ReS2:Au......Page 148 Amorphous Shell Formation on the Iron Particles during Mechanosynthesis in Fe2O3/Fe/(Ga,Al) Mixtures......Page 152 Replacement of Vanadium by Ferrovanadium in Ti-Based BCC Alloys for Hydrogen Storage......Page 157 Synthesis and Physical Properties of (NaxRE1-x)AlB14 (RE=Li, Mg, Rare Earths) Obtained by Molten Al Flux......Page 163 Mössbauer Spectroscopic Analysis of Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe Hard Magnetic Nanocomposites......Page 167 Influence of Surface Active Substances on Magnetic Properties of Goethite Nanoparticles......Page 173 Structural, Superconducting and Magnetic Properties of La3-XRxNi2B2N3-δ with R = Ce, Pr, Nd......Page 178 Hybridized Electronic States in Dense Intermetallics as Studied by ESR......Page 183 The Pyrrhotite 32 K Magnetic Transition......Page 187 Magnetic Properties and Magnetocaloric Effect in Selected MM’X-Type (M, M’ = 3d or 4d Metal, X = As, P, Ge) and Mn1-xTxAs-Type (T = 3d Metal) Intermetallics......Page 193 A Model for the Growth of Fe2B Layers on a Steel Substrate: Effect of the Surface Boron Concentration......Page 198 Particularities of Structure and Stability of Cationic-Ordered Layered Titanates......Page 203 Successive Magnetic Transitions on Single Crystal Cu3(OH)4SO4......Page 207 Single-Crystal Synthesis and Structure Refinement of Na0.44MnO2......Page 211 The Ln- and Mn-Substituted Aurivillius Phases: Formation Mechanism and Physical Properties......Page 216 Structural Reinvestigation of Alkali Hexatitanate......Page 221 Influence of Temperature Independent Contribution of Magnetic Susceptibility on the Curie-Weiss Law......Page 226 Magnetic Field Effects in Antiferromagnetic CePd3In2......Page 232 A Study of Exchange Interactions in R(FeCo)11TiCy (R=Y or Pr) Compounds......Page 236 Role of Transition Elements in Stability of Magnesium Hydride: A Review of Theoretical Studies......Page 240 Pauli Paramagnetism of the Novel Uranium Intermediate Phase UCo3-xGex (0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.4)......Page 245 Enhanced Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in P-Type DDy(Fe1-XCox)4Sb12......Page 253 Half a Century of Nanoantiferromagnetism: Richardson’s Phenomenon and Néel’s Models......Page 257 Bulk Transition Elements Based Materials for Magnetic Cooling Application......Page 261 Crystal Structure Analysis of the Mg2Si1-xSnx System Having Potential Thermoelectric Properties at High Temperature......Page 266 High-Yield Direct Synthesis of Mg2FeH6 from the Elements by Reactive Milling......Page 272 Neutrons Not Entitled to Retire at the Age of 60: More than Ever Needed to Reveal Magnetic Structures......Page 276 Clusterization Phenomena and Magnetic Phase Transitions in Rare Earth Intermetallics......Page 283 Crystal Growth, Structure, and Incoherent Metallic Behaviour of FeCrAs......Page 289 Interpretation of the Magnetic Order, Neutron Diffraction and 111Cd PAC Studies of NdScGe......Page 295 High Effective Thermoelectrics Based on the Mg2Si-Mg2Sn Solid Solution......Page 299 Study of Hydrogen in Hf7Ni10 Combined with TiV0.8Cr1.2 by PAC......Page 306 Modelling of Mg/Ti and Mg/Nb Thin Films for Hydrogen Storage......Page 311 Phase Transformations in Ti-V-Cr-H Composition......Page 315 Keywords Index......Page 320 Authors Index......Page 323