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Inorg Chem
; 57(20): 12456-12460, 2018 Oct 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30253103
ABSTRACT
Large single crystals of Yb2Ge2O7 in the cubic Fd3Ì m space group, are synthesized and characterized from a high-temperature hydrothermal method (650°C/200 MPa in 1 M KF). The cubic phase displays spin frustration and possibly nonclassical quantum-spin behavior at low temperature. This is the first report of single crystals of this important phase of size and quality suitable for single-crystal neutron diffraction.