Issue 6, 2011

Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future

Abstract

In recent decades, rare earths have become vital to a wealth of advanced materials and technologies including catalysts, alloys, magnets, optics and lasers, rechargeable hydride batteries, electronics, economical lighting, wind- and solar-energy conversion, bio-analyses and imaging. In this perspective article we give a broad overview of rare earth resources and uses first and then of selected applications in dedicated fields such as telecommunications, lasers, photovoltaics (solar-energy conversion), lighting (fluorescent lamps and OLEDs), luminescent probes for bio-analyses and bio-imaging, as well as magnetism and magnetic refrigeration.

Graphical abstract: Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
07 Dec 2010
Accepted
06 Jan 2011
First published
02 Feb 2011

New J. Chem., 2011,35, 1165-1176

Rare earths: jewels for functional materials of the future

S. V. Eliseeva and J. G. Bünzli, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 1165 DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00969E

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