{"606520":{"#nid":"606520","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Toward the Next Magnetic Materials","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/la%20pierre\/henry\u0022\u003EHenry La Pierre\u003C\/a\u003E has received a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/programs\/beckman-young-investigators-program-information\u0022\u003EBeckman Young Investigator Award\u003C\/a\u003E. He will use the award, from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.beckman-foundation.org\/\u0022\u003EArnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026nbsp;to pursue research that would establish the foundation for innovations in magnetic materials based on \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block elements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block elements are the lanthanides and actinides. They are characterized by partially filled \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-orbitals. The property imparts unique magnetic properties, making the naturally occurring members commercially important.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to La Pierre, \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block elements are in materials for energy production, conversion, and use. They are also driving advances in lighting, hard magnets, and electronics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBecause of strong demand, geopolitical factors, and limited availability, the U.S. Department of Energy has deemed five lanthanide elements to be in critical supply: praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), europium (Eu), terbium (Tb), and dysprosium (Dy).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELa Pierre will use X-ray absorption spectroscopy to determine the fundamental basis of the magnetic exchange properties of \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block materials. \u0026ldquo;A primary goal of my group is to establish chemistry-based rules that will provide a new basis for innovation in controlling magnetic properties of \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block element materials,\u0026rdquo; La Pierre says.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new understanding, he adds, \u0026ldquo;will be applied to the synthesis and characterization of materials that potentially can be exploited for a variety of applications, including high-temperature superconductivity and quantum information technologies.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELa Pierre received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. After postdoctoral appointments in Friederich Alexander University, in Erlangen, Germany, and Los Alamos National Laboratory, he joined Georgia Tech in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.lapierregroup.com\/\u0022\u003ELa Pierre\u0026rsquo;s research program\u003C\/a\u003E develops the molecular and solid-state coordination chemistry of the \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block elements for unique and scalable solutions to contemporary problems in energy use. He uses a broad range of physical methods \u0026ndash; including single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, magnetometry, multinuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy \u0026ndash; to characterize new materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Henry La Pierre to push frontiers with Beckman Young Investigator Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry Assistant Professor Henry La Pierre has received a Beckman Young Investigator Award to pursue research that would establish the foundation for innovations in magnetic materials based on \u003Cem\u003Ef\u003C\/em\u003E-block elements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Award will support La Pierre\u2019s fundamental explorations of magnetic exchange in f-block elements"}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-05-29 14:21:54","changed_gmt":"2018-05-29 14:24:55","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"606519":{"id":"606519","type":"image","title":"Henry La Pierre","body":null,"created":"1527603266","gmt_created":"2018-05-29 14:14:26","changed":"1527603266","gmt_changed":"2018-05-29 14:14:26","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231336","name":"2018 Henry La Pierre.sq250.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Henry%20La%20Pierre.sq250.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2018%20Henry%20La%20Pierre.sq250.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66354,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2018%20Henry%20La%20Pierre.sq250.jpg?itok=GzLCDOYk"}}},"media_ids":["606519"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"178113","name":"Henry La Pierre"},{"id":"178114","name":"f-block elements"},{"id":"178115","name":"magnetic exchange"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"178116","name":"Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EA. 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