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Terre rare

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Les terres rares, de symbole REE (pour l'anglais rare-earth element), sont un groupe de métaux aux propriétés voisines comprenant le scandium Sc, l'yttrium Y et les quinze lanthanides. Ces métaux sont, contrairement à ce que suggère leur appellation, assez répandus dans la croûte terrestre, à l'égal de certains métaux usuels. L'abondance du cérium est ainsi d'environ , alors que celle du thulium et du lutécium n'est que de . Sous forme élémentaire, les terres rares ont un aspect métallique et sont assez tendres, malléables et ductiles. Ces éléments sont chimiquement assez réactifs, surtout à des températures élevées ou lorsqu'ils sont finement divisés. Leurs propriétés électromagnétiques proviennent de leur configuration électronique avec remplissage progressif de la sous-couche 4f, à l'origine du phénomène appelé contraction des lanthanides. Il faut attendre le projet Manhattan, dans les années 1940, pour que les terres rares soient purifiées à un niveau industriel, et les pour

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Long Spin Lifetime in Rare-Earth Single-Atom Magnets at Surfaces

Boris Sorokin

Further miniaturisation of magnetic storage devices requires an advent of new types of magnets, since classical ferromagnetic materials show lack of remanence at nano- and subnanoscale. A single atom can represent the smallest possible bit of information. Even though the isolated single atoms are paramagnetic, the interaction of surface adsorbed atoms with a substrate can result in high magnetic anisotropy energy and long magnetisation lifetime. In this thesis the magnetic properties of surface supported rare-earth single atoms are investigated with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray magnetic circular dichroism and multiplet simulations. The first goal of the project was to find new adatom/substrate combinations that exhibit a long adatom magnetic lifetime, possibly extending the current limits of the atomic magnetic moment stability to higher temperatures and longer spin relaxation times. The second objective was to implement the external electric field control of the adatom magnetic properties.Firstly, we present the experimental and theoretical research on Dy and Ho single atoms deposited on BaO. A comparison of our results with similar studies sheds light on the impact of the substrate crystal field, in particular Dy-O bond covalency, on the magnetic stability of the rare-earth adatoms. Next, the detailed experimental investigation of Dy single atoms on ZnO is presented. This adatom/substrate pair is used as first attempt to implement the electric field control of the adatom magnetic properties. Lastly, we study the Dy adatoms on graphene layers grown on various metals. The vibrational modes of the metallic substrates are shown to strongly affect the Dy spin lifetime, while addition of a second graphene layer does not allow to significantly improve the adatom magnetic stability.

EPFL2022

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This thesis presents investigations of magnetic and structural properties of two dimensional metal-organic frameworks and of single atoms, both adsorbed on decoupling layers grown on metal surfaces, with focus on rare earth elements.We first report on a series of attempts at realizing self-assembled metal-organic networks on different decoupling layers, probed by scanning tunneling microscopy. The aim is to produce regular structures with high surface filling factors such that the magnetic properties of the rare earth atoms in the metal-organic networks can be investigated by X-ray ensemble measurements. The combinations of three molecular ligands (QDC, BDA, ZnTPyP) on three insulating layers (MgO, NaCl, graphene) with Tb as rare earth are reported. Of the three decoupling layers, only graphene is found to allow the synthesis of metal-organic structures. We successfully synthesized large islands of a rare earth-QDC coordination complex, with a majority of fivefold coordination of the rare earth atoms. The same structure is reproduced with Dy and Er.X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray magnetic circular and linear dichroism measurements are then carried out on the Dy- and Er-QDC/gr/Ir(111) networks. Compared to single atoms on gr/Ir(111), both Dy and Er change their

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and change their easy axis of magnetization. Both species are paramagnetic when incorporated into the metal-organic structure. The last part of the thesis is devoted to the study of Dy, Ho, and Gd on NaCl thin films. All three atoms display

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occupancy of the gas phase. The top-Cl adsorption site is determined with scanning tunneling microscopy. The magnetic properties are probed with X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray magnetic circular and linear dichroism. Ho and Gd are paramagnetic. Dy has out-of-plane anisotropy with open hysteresis at non zero magnetic field. However, thermally assisted quantum tunneling of the magnetization prevents remanence at zero field.

EPFL2022

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Introducing a multi-criteria indicator to better evaluate impacts of rare earth materials production and consumption in life cycle assessment

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is based on the basic principles of sustainable development. LCA method demonstrated its efficiency in providing a systematic environmental assessment approach of a product or a process. The effectiveness and efficiency of these methods lies in the fact that they take into account all life cycle stages of a product, from the extraction of raw materials to end of life treatment (recycling, ...) through an assessment covering different impact categories such as climate change, human health, ecosystems and resources. Existing LCA indicators reflect different issues surrounding resource depletion, creating inconsistency and moreover confusion among LCA practitioners. The evaluation of different life cycle impacts assessment (LCIA) methods done by EC JRC showed that available models did not address the same parameters: short- vs long-term, stock vs backup technology, etc. It also showed that if the correlation between the methods was sufficient for some resources, others such as rare earth elements showed a high level of inconsistency between methods. It was therefore necessary to develop a relevant indicator and harmonized assessment of impacts on resources in LCA. Furthermore, a resource strategy indicator based on the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, environmental and social) would better address wider challenges and making it a more powerful decision making tool. This study aimed to introduce an indicator for evaluating the strategy implications of metal resources for products and to compare different ways of production resulting from extraction of raw materials or recycling, with a special focus on rare earth materials. The indicator would assess the impacts based on a reserve-resource vision [BGS NERC] and the evolution over time and founded over three parameters: technical feasibility, economic viability and political stability (including social and environmental aspects) in representing countries.

Elsevier Science Bv2014

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Introducing a multi-criteria indicator to better evaluate impacts of rare earth materials production and consumption in life cycle assessment

Elsevier Science Bv2014