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An Inorganic Double Helix Sheathing Alkali Metal Cations: ANb2P2S12(A=K, Rb, Cs), A Series of Thiophosphates Close to the Metal-Nonmetal Boundary-Cha…
2004
The new quaternary niobium thiophosphates ANb 2 P 2 S 1 2 (A=K, Rb, Cs) have been prepared and characterized. The title compounds were synthesized by reacting Nb metal, A 2 S, P 2 S 5 , and S at 600-700°C in evacuated silica tubes. They crystallize as "stuffed" variants of the tetragonal TaPS 6 structure type in the tetragonal space group I42d with eight formula units per unit cell and lattice constants a=15.923(2) and c=13.238(3) A for CsNb 2 P 2 S 1 2 , a= 15.887(3) and c=13.132(3) A for RbNb 2 P 2 S 1 2 , and a=15.850(2) and c= 13.119(3) A for KNb 2 P 2 S 1 2 . Their structures are based on double helices formed from interpenetrating, noninteracting spiral chains of binuclear [Nb 2 S 1 2…
Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterization of [Cu(phen)(C5O5)(H2O)]·H2O, [Ni(terpy)(C5O5)(H2O)]·H2O and [Ni(terpy)2](NO3)2·0.5H2O
2005
Abstract The new mononuclear complexes [Cu(phen)(C5O5)(H2O)]·H2O (1), [Ni(terpy)(C5O5)(H2O)]·H2O (2) and [Ni(terpy)2](NO3)2·0.5H2O (3) [phen=1,10-phenanthroline, C 5 O 5 2 − =dianion of the 4,5-dihydroxycyclopent-4-ene-1,2,3-trione and terpy=2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine] have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The copper atom of 1 has a distorted square pyramidal environment with two phen-nitrogen and two croconate-oxygen atoms building the equatorial plane and a water molecule in the apical position. The nickel atom of 2 exhibits a distorted NiN3O3 octahedral coordination, which may be described either as tetragonally compressed or as skewed trapezoidal bipyr…
ZnO films grown by MOCVD on GaAs substrates: Effects of a Zn buffer deposition on interface, structural and morphological properties
2009
Abstract Integration of ZnO with the well-developed GaAs technology presents several aspects that need to be previously analyzed and considered. The large lattice mismatch between ZnO and GaAs and its different crystallographic structure lead to many structural defects. In addition, their potential chemical reactivity is another source of complexity and an academic challenge. Recently some interesting contributions on this subject have been carried out by Liu and co-workers. As an additional step to the knowledge of the ZnO/GaAs heterostructure, we have deepened on the study of the morphology and orientation of ZnO thin films grown by atmospheric pressure metal-organic chemical vapour depos…
Rietveld Refinement of Tetragonal V4+–ZrO2 Solid Solutions Obtained from Gels by X-ray Powder Diffraction
2002
Abstract The crystal structure of three tetragonal V x Zr 1− x O 2 solid solutions, with x =0.025, 0.05, and 0.075, prepared by heating dried gel precursors at 450°C in air atmosphere, have been determined by Rietveld refinement on the basis of powder X-ray powder diffractometer data. They contain V 4+ cations surrounded by eight oxygens, four at a distance between 2.079 and 2.093 A and another four at longer distances between 2.369 and 2.348 A. The estimation of the crystal average oxygen position from the X-ray lattice parameter of V x Zr 1− x O 2 conform with the relationship proposed by Howard et al. ( J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 81, 241 (1998)).
Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties of the chiral iron(II) chain [Fe(bpym)(NCS)2]n (bpym = 2,2′-bipyrimidine)
1996
Abstract The iron(II) compound of formula [Fe(bpym)(NCS)2]n (bpym = 2,2′-bipyrimidine) has been synthesized and its crystal structure determined by X-ray diffraction methods. It crystallizes in the tetragonal P41 (No. 76) and P43 space groups, a = 8.849(2), c=16.486(3) A , V=1290.9(5) A 3 , Z=4, D c =1.699 g cm −3 , M r =330.2, F(000)=664, λ( Mo K α)=0.71073 A , μ( Mo K α)=14.8 cm −1 and T=295 K. A total of 2449 reflections was collected over the range 3≤2ϑ≤55°; of these, 1657 were unique and 1321 were considered as observed (13σ(I)) and used in the structural analysis. The final R and Rw residuals were 0.027 and 0.026, respectively. The structure is made up of chiral (Δ and Λ enantiomers c…
Crystal structure and spectroscopic study of [Cu(BPCA)(OH2)(O2CCH3)·H2O complex; BPC = N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidate anion
1989
Abstract The crystal and molecular structure of the [Cu(BPCA)(OH2)(O 2CCH3]·H2O complex (BPCA = N-2-pyridinylcarbonyl-2-pyridinecarboximidate anion) has been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P l with two formula units in a cell of dimensions: a = 7.416(2), b = 8.632(4), c = 13.034(3) A, α = 74.55(3), β = 84.84(3), γ = 81.04(5)°. Least-squares refinement of 2534 reflections with I > 2.5σ(I) and 218 parameters gave a final R = 0.047 and Rw = 0.049. The structure consists of discrete [Cu(BPCA)(OH2)(O2CCH3)] neutral units linked through hydrogen bonding. The coordination geometry around copper ions can be described as tetragonal square pyrami…
Electromechanical Properties of Ba(1–x)SrxTiO3 Perovskite Solid Solutions from First-Principles Calculations
2017
Many thanks to M. Maček-Kržmanc, R. A. Evarestov, D. Gryaznov and D. Fuks for fruitful discussions. This study was supported by the ERA-NET HarvEnPiez project.
Towards a revisitation of vesuvianite-group nomenclature: the crystal structure of Ti-rich vesuvianite from Alchuri, Shigar Valley
2016
Vesuvianite containing 5.85 wt% TiO2from an Alpine-cleft-type assemblage outcropped near Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Northern Areas, has been investigated by means of electron microprobe analyses, gas-chromatographic analysis of H2O, X-ray powder diffraction, single-crystal X-ray structure refinement,27Al NMR,57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and optical measurements. Tetragonal unit-cell parameters are:a= 15.5326 (2),c= 11.8040 (2) Å, space groupP4/nnc. The structure was refined to finalR1= 0.031,wR2= 0.057 for 11247I> 2σ(I). A general crystal-chemical formula of studied sample can be written as follows (Z= 2):[8–9](Ca17.1Na0.9)[8]Ca1.0[5](Fe2+0.44Fe3+0.34Mg0.22)[6](Al3.59Mg0.41)…
Tetragonal tungsten bronze compounds: relaxor versus mixed ferroelectric-dipole glass behavior.
2011
We demonstrate that recent experimental data (E. Castel et al J.Phys. Cond. Mat. {\bf 21} (2009), 452201) on tungsten bronze compound (TBC) Ba$_2$Pr$_x$Nd$_{1-x}$FeNb$_4$O$_{15}$ can be well explained in our model predicting a crossover from ferroelectric ($x=0$) to orientational (dipole) glass ($x=1$), rather then relaxor, behavior. We show, that since a "classical" perovskite relaxor like Pb(Mn$_{1/3}$ Nb$_{2/3}$)O$_3$ is never a ferroelectric, the presence of ferroelectric hysteresis loops in TBC shows that this substance actually transits from ferroelectric to orientational glass phase with $x$ growth. To describe the above crossover theoretically, we use the simple replica-symmetric so…
Ab initio DFT+U study of He atom incorporation into UO(2) crystals.
2009
We present and discuss results of a density functional theory (DFT) study of a perfect UO2 crystals and He atoms in octahedral interstitial positions. We have calculated basic bulk crystal properties and He incorporation energies into the low temperature anti-ferromagnetic UO2 phase using several exchange-correlation functionals within the spin-polarized local density (LDA) and generalized gradient (GGA) approximations. In all these DFT calculations we included the on-site correlation corrections using the Hubbard model (DFT+U approach). We analysed a potential crystalline symmetry reduction and confirmed the presence of the Jahn-Teller effect in a perfect UO2. We discuss also the problem o…