Mixed transition metal oxides form a wide group of inorganic materials, which - due to their specific properties given by the electron configuration and the character of the valence electrons - find extensive use as materials for electronics, energy applications, chemical catalysis etc.
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In our laboratory, we focus on mixed metal oxides (both transition metals and rare earth metals) and study technology of their preparation and their properties. Among the materials studied are, in particular, high-temperature superconductors, layered cobalt oxides for high temperature thermoelectric conversion, manganite perovskites with giant magnetoresistance, ZnO doped with magnetic impurities, niobates and tantalates for ferroelectric memories and optoelectronics and lanthanide-doped oxides for use in LEDs or scintillation technologies. Our aim is to find relationships between chemical composition, structure and the resulting properties of these materials.
