TY - JOUR
T1 - New functionalities in abundant element oxides
T2 - Ubiquitous element strategy
AU - Hosono, Hideo
AU - Hayashi, Katsuro
AU - Kamiya, Toshio
AU - Atou, Toshiyuki
AU - Susaki, Tomofumi
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - While most ceramics are composed of ubiquitous elements (the ten most abundant elements within the Earth's crust), many advanced materials are based on rare elements. A 'rare-element crisis' is approaching owing to the imbalance between the limited supply of rare elements and the increasing demand. Therefore, we propose a 'ubiquitous element strategy' for materials research, which aims to apply abundant elements in a variety of innovative applications. Creation of innovative oxide materials and devices based on conventional ceramics is one specific challenge. This review describes the concept of ubiquitous element strategy and gives some highlights of our recent research on the synthesis of electronic, thermionic and structural materials using ubiquitous elements.
AB - While most ceramics are composed of ubiquitous elements (the ten most abundant elements within the Earth's crust), many advanced materials are based on rare elements. A 'rare-element crisis' is approaching owing to the imbalance between the limited supply of rare elements and the increasing demand. Therefore, we propose a 'ubiquitous element strategy' for materials research, which aims to apply abundant elements in a variety of innovative applications. Creation of innovative oxide materials and devices based on conventional ceramics is one specific challenge. This review describes the concept of ubiquitous element strategy and gives some highlights of our recent research on the synthesis of electronic, thermionic and structural materials using ubiquitous elements.
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U2 - 10.1088/1468-6996/12/3/034303
DO - 10.1088/1468-6996/12/3/034303
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:79960255952
VL - 12
JO - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
JF - Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
SN - 1468-6996
IS - 3
M1 - 034303
ER -