Description of the project: "THE AIM OF THE PROJECT WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCHES IN THE FIELD OF MATERIAL SCIENCE HAVING TECHNICAL INTEREST (RARE-EARTH COMPOUNDS, SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS, PEROVSKITES, ETC.). THESE HAVE IN VIEW ELABORATION OF NEW TYPES OF MATERIALS, THE STUDY OF THEIR BASIC PROPERTIES AS WELL AS THEIR ECONOMICAL INTEREST."