Research Projects

Multicomponent alloys made of more than two metals are of immense importance in the context of design and development of novel functional materials. Multicomponent materials are expected to display more than one functionality and these could be tuned by controlling parameters such as composition, microstructure and external fields. Magnetic materials made of multiple magnetic metals can help improve efficiency of technologically important energy devices as their basic physical properties could be tailored to suit the application. In the proposed project, we plan to study multicomponent rare earth intermetallic compounds such as Laves phases, RAl? and RNi? (R = Rare earth) where the rare earth site is occupied by three or more lanthanides. Studying their magnetic properties may help one understand the complex magnetism exhibited by high entropy alloys.