Mg/Al/Ln (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu) layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized using sol-gel method for the first time to the best our knowledge. The obtained materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis and fluorescence spectroscopy. The phase composition and luminescent properties of these LDHs were investigated and discussed. The Ln³⁺ substitution effects were investigated in the Mg₃Al_{1-x}Ln_{x} LDHs by changing the Ln³⁺ concentration in the metal cation layers up to 10 mol%. It was demonstrated that only Mg₃Al_{1-x}Eu_{x} LDHs showed luminescence properties, however, no any light emission was observed for the Mg₃Al_{1-x}Nd_{x} and Mg₃Al_{1-x}Sm_{x} LDH samples.
Magnetic properties of polycrystalline multiferroic Bi_{0.65}La_{0.35}Fe_{0.5}Sc_{0.5}O₃ synthesized under high-pressure (6 GPa) and high-temperature (1500 K) conditions were studied using a SQUID magnetometer technique. The temperature dependent static magnetic moment M was measured in both zero-field-cooled and field-cooled modes over the temperature range of 5-300 K in low magnetic field H=0.02 kOe. The field dependent magnetization M(H) was measured in magnetic fields up to 50 kOe at different temperatures up to 230 K after zero-field cooling procedure. A long-range magnetic ordering of the antiferromagnetic type with a weak ferromagnetic contribution takes place below T_{N} ≈ 220 K. Magnetic hysteresis loops taken below T_{N} show a huge coercive field up to H_{c} ≈10 kOe, while the magnetic moment does not saturate up to 50 kOe. A strong effect of magnetic field on the magnetic properties of the compound has been found. Below T_{N} ≈220 K the derivatives of the initial magnetization curves demonstrate the existence of a temperature-dependent anomaly in fields of H=15÷25 kOe. The nature of the anomaly is unknown and requires additional study.
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