Structure and Magnetism of REPtMg (RE = Pr,Nd, Sm)

2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 488-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Kraft ◽  
Gunter Kotzyba ◽  
Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

New magnesium based intermetallic compounds PrPtMg, NdPtMg and SmPtMg were synthesized from the elements by reaction in sealed tantalum tubes in a high-frequency furnace. The three compounds were investigated by X-ray powder and single crystal diffraction: ZrNiAl type, space group P6̄2m, a = 752.34(8), c = 412.66(4) pm, wR2 = 0.0668, 341 F2 values, 14 variables for PrPtMg, a = 748.80(8), c = 411.52(4) pm, wR2 = 0.0521, 196 F2 values, 14 variables for NdPtMg and a = 743.90(5), c = 409.80(3) pm, wR2 = 0.0489, 248 F2 values, 12 variables for SmPtMg. From a geometrical point of view these structures are composed of two types of platinum centered trigonal prisms, i. e. [Pt1Mg3RE6] and [Pt2Mg6RE3]. These prisms are condensed via common edges and faces. Together the platinum and magnesium atoms build three-dimensional [PtMg] networks in which the rare earth atoms are located in distorted pentagonal channels. Magnetic susceptibility data of PrPtMg show Curie-Weiss behaviour with an experimentalmagnetic moment of 3.59(2) μB and a paramagnetic Curie temperature of 7.5(5) K. Ferromagnetic ordering is detected at TC = 8.0(5) K with a magnetic moment of 1.75(5) μB/Pr at 4.5 K and 5 T. SmPtMg orders ferromagnetically below 52(1) K with a presumably complex spin structure in the ordered state.


2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 485-489
Author(s):  
Yuan Huang ◽  
Xiu-feng Yu ◽  
Zhen Rong ◽  
Yi-chun Ai ◽  
Kun Qian ◽  
...  

AbstractA new complex [Pr3NH]+ [Mn(dca)3]− · H2O (dicyanamide = dca−) was synthesized, in which the Mn2+ cations are bridged by end-to-end dca anions to form three-dimensional [Mn(dca)3]nn− networks and tripropylammonium cations reside in the cavities of these networks. The complex has been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and magnetic measurements. Magnetic susceptibility data indicate ferromagnetic interactions among the MnII ions.



2004 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Kraft ◽  
Martin Valldor ◽  
Daniel Kurowski ◽  
Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

Abstract The equiatomic rare earth-magnesium-indium compounds REMgIn (RE = Y, La-Nd, Sm, Gd- Tm, Lu) were prepared from the elements in sealed tantalum tubes inside a water-cooled sample chamber of an induction furnace. All compounds were characterized through their X-ray powder patterns. They crystallize with the hexagonal ZrNiAl type structure, space group P6̄̄2m, with three formula units per cell. The structure of SmMgIn was refined from X-ray single crystal diffractometer data: a = 761.3(2), c = 470.3(1) pm, wR2 = 0.0429, 380 F2 values and 14 variable parameters. The DyMgIn, HoMgIn, and TmMgIn structures have been analyzed using the Rietveld technique. The REMgIn structures contain two cystallographically independent indium sites, both with tri-capped trigonal prismatic coordination: In1Sm6Mg3 and In2Mg6Sm3. Together the magnesium and indium atoms form a three-dimensional [MgIn] network with Mg-Mg distances of 320 and Mg-In distances in the range 294 - 299 pm. Temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility data show Curie-Weiss behavior for DyMgIn, HoMgIn, and TmMgIn with experimental magnetic moments of 11.0(1) μB/Dy atom, 10.9(1) μB/Ho atom, and 7.5(1) μB/Tm atom. The three compounds order antiferromagnetically at TN = 22(2) K (DyMgIn), 12(1) K (HoMgIn), and 3(1) K (TmMgIn).



2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Johnscher ◽  
Frank Tappe ◽  
Oliver Niehaus ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractThe cadmium intermetallics REPtCd (RE = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu) and CeAuCd were synthesized by induction-melting of the elements in sealed niobium ampoules followed by annealing in muffle furnaces. The samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction. The structures of CePtCd (ZrNiAl type, $P\bar 62m,$a = 763.8(6), c = 409.1(4) pm, wR2 = 0.0195, 298 F2 values, 14 variables) and EuPtCd (TiNiSi type, Pnma, a = 741.3(2), b = 436.4(1), c = 858.0(4) pm, wR2 = 0.0385, 440 F2 values, 20 variables) were refined from single-crystal data. The REPtCd structures exhibit three-dimensional networks of corner- and edge-sharing Cd@Pt2/6Pt2/3 and Cd@Pt4/4 tetrahedra, which leave cages for the rare earth atoms. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility data of CeAuCd reveal a paramagnetic to antiferromagnetic phase transition at TN = 3.7(5) K.



2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Block ◽  
Michael Johnscher ◽  
Stefan Linsinger ◽  
Ute Ch. Rodewald ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractThe ternary aurides RE4Mg3Au10 (RE=Y, Nd, Sm, Gd–Dy) and their silver analogues were synthesized by induction melting of the elements in sealed niobium tubes. These intermetallic phases were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction. They crystallize with the Ca4In3Au10-type structure, which, from a geometrical point of view, is a ternary ordered version of Zr7Ni10 with the rare earth and magnesium atoms ordering on the four crystallographically independent zirconium sites. The structures of crystals from three differently prepared gadolinium samples were refined from single-crystal X-ray diffractometer data: Cmca, a=1366.69(3), b=998.07(4), c=1005.54(3) pm, wR2=0.0332, 1234 F2 values, 46 variables for Gd4.43Mg2.57Au10, a=1378.7(1), b=1005.3(1), c=1011.2(1) pm, wR2=0.0409, 1255 F2 values, 48 variables for Gd5.50Mg1.50Au10, and a=1350.2(5), b=995.5(1), c=1009.3(1) pm, wR2=0.0478, 1075 F2 values, 48 variables for Gd5.61Mg1.39Au10. All crystals show substantial Mg/Gd mixing on two sites. The gold atoms form a pronounced two-dimensional substructure with Au–Au distances of 278 to 297 pm in Gd4.43Mg2.57Au10. These gold blocks are condensed via magnesium atoms (278–315 pm Mg–Au). The gadolinium atoms fill larger cavities within the three-dimensional networks. The magnesium vs. gadolinium site preference is a consequence of the different coordination numbers of the cation sites. All phases show homogeneity ranges RE4+xMg3–xAg10 and RE4+xMg3–xAu10. The influence of the synthesis conditions is briefly discussed.



2013 ◽  
Vol 634-638 ◽  
pp. 451-455
Author(s):  
Yan Yang ◽  
Liu Ting Yan ◽  
Rong Huan Qin ◽  
Wen Gui Duan

The lead(II) Complex constructed with 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid, [Pb3(5-hipa)2]n•4H2O(1), (5-hipa = 5-hydro- xyisophthalic acid) has been synthesized by hydrothermal methods and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, IR and X-ray single crystal diffraction. In trinuclear symmetrical complex 1, Pb1 is four-coordinated, Pb2 and Pb3 are three-coordinated by 5-nitroisophthalic acid groups, respectively, which is further connected through intermolecular hydrogen bonds resulting in a three-dimensional (3D) network.



2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Kraft ◽  
Sudhindra Rayaprol ◽  
C. Peter Sebastian ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen

AbstractThe new thallide EuPdTl2, synthesized from the elements in a sealed tantalum tube in a highfrequency furnace, was investigated by X-ray diffraction on powders and single crystals: MgCuAl2 type, Cmcm, Z = 4, a = 446.6(1), b = 1076.7(2), c = 812.0(2) pm, wR2 = 0.0632, 336 F2 values, 16 variables. The structure can be considered as an orthorhombically distorted, palladium-filled variant of the binary Zintl phase EuTl2. The palladium and thallium atoms build up a three-dimensional [PdTl2] polyanion with significant Pd-Tl (286 - 287 pm) and Tl-Tl (323 - 329 pm) interactions. The europium atoms fill distorted hexagonal channels of the [PdTl2] polyanion. Susceptibility measurements show a magnetic moment of 7.46(5) μB/Eu atom, indicative of divalent europium. EuPdTl2 is a soft ferromagnet with a Curie temperature of TC = 12.5(5) K.



2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1287-1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Wintersberger ◽  
D. Kriegner ◽  
N. Hrauda ◽  
J. Stangl ◽  
G. Bauer

A set of algorithms is presented for the calculation of X-ray diffraction patterns from strained nanostructures. Their development was triggered by novel developments in the recording of scattered intensity distributions as well as in simulation practice. The increasing use of two-dimensional CCD detectors in X-ray diffraction experiments, with which three-dimensional reciprocal-space maps can be recorded in a reasonably short time, requires efficient simulation programs to compute one-, two- and three-dimensional intensity distributions. From the simulation point of view, the finite element method (FEM) has become the standard tool for calculation of the strain and displacement fields in nanostructures. Therefore, X-ray diffraction simulation programs must be able to handle FEM data properly. The algorithms presented here make use of the deformation fields calculated on a mesh, which are directly imported into the calculation of diffraction patterns. To demonstrate the application of the developed algorithms, they were applied to several examples such as diffraction data from a dislocated quantum dot, from a periodic array of dislocations in a PbSe epilayer grown on a PbTe pseudosubstrate, and from ripple structures at the surface of SiGe layers deposited on miscut Si substrates.



2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Strobel ◽  
Thomas Schleid

Single crystals of the ternary copper(I) lanthanide(III) sulfides with the composition CuMS2 (M = Dy - Lu) are formed within seven days at 750 °C by oxidation of elemental copper and lanthanide metal with sulfur (molar ratio: 1 : 1 : 2, evacuated silica tubes) in equimolar quantities of CsCl, CsBr or CsI as fluxing agents. The CuYS2-type crystal structures (orthorhombic, Pnma, Z = 4; e. g. CuDyS2: a = 1342.51(9), b = 397.96(3), c = 627.43(5) pm and CuLuS2: a = 1315.06(9), b = 391.04(3), c = 624.18(5) pm) exhibit chains of cis edge-linked [CuS4]7− tetrahedra with the composition 1∞{[Cu(S1)3/3(S2)1/1]3−} which run parallel to [010] and show hexagonal rod packing. Charge compensation and three-dimensional interconnection of these anionic strands occur via octahedrally coordinated M3+ cations surrounded by six S2− anions. These [MS6]9− octahedra share vertices and edges to form a three-dimensional network 3∞{[M(S1)3/3(S2)3/3]−} with the ramsdellite-type topology of γ-MnO2. The metal sulfur distances within the [MS6] polyhedra are very similar (M-S: 263 - 279 pm), whereas those within the [CuS4] units cover the ranges 227 - 230 (Cu-S2) and 231 - 233 (Cu-S1) as well as 250 - 252 pm (Cu-S1′, 2×). The present work is the first comprehensive X-ray single crystal diffraction study of the complete isotypic B-type series CuMS2 (M = Dy - Lu).



1996 ◽  
Vol 453 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-C. Zur Loye ◽  
P. Núñez ◽  
M. A. Rzeznik

AbstractThe one-dimensional compounds Sr3MgPtO6, Sr3MgIrO6, Sr3MgRhO6, Sr3GdRhO6, have been synthesized and structurally characterized by Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction data. All four compounds are isostructural with the rhombohedral K4CdCl6-type structure. The structure consists of infinite one-dimensional chains of alternating face-shared MO6 octahedra (M = Pt, Ir, Rh) and M′O6 (M′ = Gd, Mg) trigonal prisms. The strontium cations are located in a distorted square antiprismatic environment. Magnetic susceptibility data show that both Sr3MgIrO6 and Sr3MgRhO6 obey the Curie-Weiss law with θ = −6(1) K, and θ= −15(3)K, respectively. Sr3GdRhO6 obeys the Curie law with μeff = 7.80 B.M, consistent with an oxidation state of +3 for both rhodium and gadolinium.



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