title: Preface: Focus on complex metallic phases.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8577 , Japan.
authors.forename: An-Pang
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut for Chemical Physics of Solids , 01187 Dresden Germany.
authors.forename: Yuri
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Grin
authors.affiliation: Sciences de l'Ingéniére, des Matériaux et des Procédés , Grenoble INP, CNRS, 28402 cedex France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Boissieu