scholarly journals Low-Temperature Crystal Structure and Mean-Field Modeling of ErxDy1−xAl2 Intermetallics

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1662
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Mudryk ◽  
Bruno P. Alho ◽  
Paula O. Ribeiro ◽  
Vitalij K. Pecharsky

Low-temperature crystal structure of the ErxDy1−xAl2 alloys with x = 0.45, 0.67, 0.90 was examined using temperature-dependent powder X-ray diffraction. The Er-rich sample, Er0.9Dy0.1Al2, exhibits a rhombohedral distortion associated with the magnetic ordering that occurs around 20 K. The rhombohedral distortion is suppressed in Er0.67Dy0.33Al2, while a weak low-temperature tetragonal distortion is observed in Er0.45Dy0.55Al2. The mean-field theory supports the correlation between the type of structural distortion and the variable easy magnetization axis in ErxDy1−xAl2 intermetallics.

Author(s):  
E. Louise R. Robins ◽  
Michela Brunelli ◽  
Asiloé J. Mora ◽  
Andrew N. Fitch

AbstractDSC and high-resolution powder X-ray diffraction measurements in the range 295 K–100 K show that RS-thiocamphor undergoes two phase transitions. The first, at around 260 K on cooling, is from the room-temperature body-centred-cubic phase to a short-lived intermediate. At 258 K the low-temperature form starts to appear. The crystal structure of the latter is orthorhombic, space group


2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 815-820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Tegela ◽  
Inga Schellenberg ◽  
Franziska Hummel ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen ◽  
Dirk Jorendt

The crystal structure of the layered iron arsenide Sr3Sc2O5Fe2As2 was determined between 300 and 10 K. The lattice parameters of the tetragonal cell decrease anisotropically according to Δc/c : Δa/a ≈ 4.2, which results in a slight flattening of the As-Fe-As bond angle within the FeAs layers. No indication of a structural instability could be detected. 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic data show only a single signal at 4.2, 77, and 298 K, subjected to quadrupole splitting. The isomer shift increases from 0.36(1) mms−1 at 298 K to 0.49(1) mms−1 at 4.2 K. No indication for magnetic ordering was found.


1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn P. A. Yap ◽  
Mostafa M. Amini ◽  
Seik W. Ng ◽  
Anne E. Counterman ◽  
Arnold L. Rheingold

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suliman Nakhal ◽  
Wilfried Hermes ◽  
Thorsten Ressler ◽  
Rainer Pöttgen ◽  
Martin Lerch

Ammonolysis of vanadium sulfide leads to the formation of bixbyite-type vanadium oxide nitrides. Small amounts of nitrogen incorporated in the structure result in the stabilization of the bixbyite type not known for vanadium oxides. The crystal structure was investigated using X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. At temperatures above 550 °C the powders decompose to corundumtype V2O3 containing no detectable amount of nitrogen. Below 39 K magnetic ordering is observed.


1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (12) ◽  
pp. 1645-1653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörn Müller ◽  
Petra Escarpa Gaede ◽  
Ke Qiao

Reactions of [Cp*IrCl2]2 (Cp*=η3-C5Me5) with [MgC4H6·2 THF]n at low temperature give [Cp*Ir(η4-C4H6)] together with [Cp*Ir(η3-C4H7)R] compounds, the latter being formed via C-H activation of solvent molecules RH (RH = benzene, toluene, anisole, thiophene, furane, N-methylpyrrole, pentane, cyclohexane. THF). In the case of pyrrole, C-N -activation occurs. The ratio of syn and anti isomers of the 1-methylallyl complexes as well as the sites of C-H activation of RH were investigated by NMR spectrometry. An enantiomorphous crystal of [Cp*Ir(η3-C4H7)C6Hs] was characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis which reveals trigonal planar coordination at the Ir atom and an exo, syn conformation of the 1-methylallyl ligand. A mechanism of the reaction which involves 16-electron intermediates is discussed. The corresponding system [Cp*RhCl2]2/butadienemagnesium/RH gives only [Cp*Rh(η4-C4H6)], and no C-H activation is observed.


Author(s):  
Bei Zhang ◽  
Gangxing Guo ◽  
Fang Lu ◽  
Ying Song ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
...  

Low temperature is a major limiting factor for plant growth and development. Dehydrin proteins are generally induced in response to low-temperature stress. In previous research, a full-length dehydrin gene,PicW2, was isolated fromPicea wilsoniiand its expression was associated with hardiness to cold. In order to gain insight into the mechanism of low-temperature tolerance by studying its three-dimensional crystal structure, prokaryotically expressed PicW2 dehydrin protein was purified using chitosan-affinity chromatography and gel filtration, and crystallized using the vapour-diffusion method. The crystal grew in a condition consisting of 0.1 MHEPES pH 8.0, 25%(w/v) PEG 3350 using 4 mg ml−1protein solution at 289 K. X-ray diffraction data were collected from a crystal at 100 K to 2.82 Å resolution. The crystal belonged to space groupC121, with unit-cell parametersa= 121.55,b= 33.26,c= 73.39 Å, α = γ = 90.00, β = 109.01°. The asymmetric unit contained one molecule of the protein, with a corresponding Matthews coefficient of 2.87 Å3 Da−1and a solvent content of 57.20%. Owing to a lack of structures of homologous dehydrin proteins, molecular-replacement trials failed. Data collection for selenium derivatization of PicW2 and crystal structure determination is currently in progress.


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