Synthesis and crystal structures of unconventional oxides
Synthetic solid state strategies for very air-sensitive, alkaline-rich transition metallates with “unsaturated” coordination spheres (e.g. C.N. 2 and 3) or non-coordinating complex anions
In-situ and ex-situ studies of the reactivity
Structure-property relationships
Synthesis of a “template” series, tuning of magnetic properties by chemical pressure and/or substitutions (triangular, honeycomb, kagome lattices: ferro- and antiferromagnetic insulators)
Electronic structure and lattice dynamics studies: spectroscopic methods, ligand field and DFT calculations
Phase diagrams: thermodynamic measurements and determination of magnetic structures by neutron diffraction
Reduced structural and magnetic dimensionality: oxide-halide intergrowth materials
