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A new sodium tellurate has been hydrothermally synthesized and comprehensively analysed using spectroscopic and thermogravimetric techniques, resulting in the determination of its composition as NaTeO3(OH). The analysis of synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction data indicates that NaTeO3(OH) has a crystal structure similar to that of the previously reported tellurate, KTeO3(OH), with the space group P21/a (No. 14). NaTeO3(OH) consists of zigzag one-dimensional chains built by edge-sharing TeO6 octahedra, running parallel to the c-axis and connected to sodium and hydrogen atoms. The hydrogen atoms covalently bond to the terminal oxygen atoms on the one-dimensional chain and also form hydrogen bonds with other terminal oxygen atoms on nearby chains. The structure has been confirmed by optimization using the pseudopotential method and performing Bond Valence Sum (BVS) analysis. Although Li+ ions in LiTeO3(OH) can be exchanged reversibly with H+ ions, no ion exchange behaviour is observed in NaTeO3(OH). The difference is attributed to the size of the alkali ions and their crystal structure.
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The first example of both cation- and anion-ordered rutile-type derivative LiTeO3(OH) (= HLiTeO4) has been discovered. LiTeO3(OH) belongs to a non-centrosymmetric space group P21. Both cations (Li+/Te6+) and anions (O2-/OH-) exhibit occupational ordering in LiTeO3(OH).
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The synthesis, crystal structures and magnetic properties of Ba2La2MW2O12 (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Zn) were investigated. They crystallize in the 12-layer polytype of the perovskite structure with a regular cation defect in the B-site. The results of neutron diffraction measurements reveal that they adopt a rhombohedral structure with a space group R - 3 and have a cation ordering between Ba and La ions in the A-site. In these compounds, the magnetic M ions form the 2D triangular lattice. From the results of magnetic measurements, the ferromagnetic ordering of M2+ ions for M = Co (T C = 1.3 K) and Ni (6.2 K) and the paramagnetic behavior (T > 1.8 K) with an antiferromagnetic interaction for M = Mn are observed. From the DFT calculation, their band structures and magnetic interactions are discussed.
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The synthesis, crystal structures, photoluminescence, and magnetic properties of the melilite-type oxysulfide Sr2MnGe2S6O were investigated. This compound crystallizes in the melilite structure with space group P4Ì 21m, in which two kinds of anions, S2- and O2-, occupy different crystallographic sites in an ordered manner. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of Sr2MnGe2S6O shows a broad peak due to a two-dimensional magnetic interaction between Mn ions in the ab plane. The specific heat data show that this compound has an antiferromagnetic transition temperature (TN = 15.5 K) that is much higher than that of the oxide analogue Sr2MnGe2O7 (TN = 4.4 K). DFT calculations showed that the magnetic interaction is enhanced by covalency in the Mn-S bonding.
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A new chromium(II) sulfide, Lu2CrS4, with a novel structure was prepared by a solid-state reaction. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern could be indexed as a tetragonal system, with a = 7.46373(2) Å, c = 22.6338(2) Å, and space group I4Ì 2d (No. 122). Rietveld analysis of the pattern provided the crystal structure consisting of CrS6 and LuS6 octahedra sharing edges and apexes and revealed a rock salt superstructure with new cation (vacancy) arrangements. The electrical resistivity indicates semiconducting behavior. The magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements showed that the Cr ions are in the high-spin d(4) configuration and that their magnetic moments ordered antiferromagnetically at 55 K. The basic antiferromagnetic structure was determined using powder neutron diffraction data at 10 K. The band structure calculations demonstrate that the densities of states of Cr 3d electrons split into two spin-up eg bands because of Jahn-Teller distortion.
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The reactions among Eu2O3, AlN, and Al2O3 with the ratios Eu:Al = 2:1 and 1:2 at 1200 °C for 10 h yielded Eu2AlO(3.75)N(0.1) and EuAl2O4, respectively. The powder X-ray diffraction pattern of the new oxynitride could be indexed as a monoclinic structure with the space group I2 (No. 5) (a = 3.7113(2) Å, b = 3.6894(2) Å, c = 12.3900(8) Å, and ß = 90.6860(5)°). This structure was found to be a novel distorted Ruddlesden-Popper type. For EuAl2O4, isostructural with monoclinic SrAl2O4 (space group P2(1), No. 4), a structural refinement was performed, indicating that the cell parameters were a = 8.44478(11) Å, b = 8.82388(12) Å, c = 5.15643(7) Å, and ß = 93.1854(12)°. (151)Eu Mössbauer spectra revealed that the divalent and trivalent Eu ions coexisted in Eu2AlO(3.75)N(0.1), while Eu ions were in the divalent state in EuAl2O4. A photoluminescent mechanism due to 4f(7) ((8)S(7/2)) â 4f(6)5d(1) of europium in EuAl2O4 was proposed on the basis of the calculated band structure, the band gap obtained from UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra, and the photoluminescence spectra.
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A capillary micro-reaction was established for the synthesis of Au-Ag alloy nanoparticles (NPs) with a flexible and controllable composition and grain size by tuning the synthesis temperature, the residence time, or the mole ratio of Au3+:Ag+. By extending the residence time from 5 to 900 s, enhancing the temperature from 120°C to 160°C, or decreasing the mole ratio of Au3+:Ag+ from 1:1 to 1:20, the composition of samples was changed continuously from Au-rich to Ag-rich. The particles became large with the increase of the residence time; however, synthesis temperatures showed less effect on the particle size change. The particle size of the Au-Ag alloy NPs with various composition could be kept by adjusting the mole ratio of Au3+:Ag+. TEM observation displayed that the as-obtained NPs were sphere-like with the smallest average size of 4.0 nm, which is half of those obtained by the traditional flask method.
