Single-crystal data of ternary germanides RE2Nb3Ge4 (RE = Sc, Y, Gd-Er, Lu) and Sc2Ta3Ge4 with ordered Sm5Ge4-type structure - Institut de chimie de la matière condensée de Bordeaux Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung B Année : 2013

Single-crystal data of ternary germanides RE2Nb3Ge4 (RE = Sc, Y, Gd-Er, Lu) and Sc2Ta3Ge4 with ordered Sm5Ge4-type structure

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Small single crystals of the Sm5Ge4-type (space group Pnma) germanides RE2Nb3Ge4 (RE = Sc, Y, Gd-Er, Lu) and Sc2Ta3Ge4 were synthesized by arc-melting of the respective elements. The samples were characterized by powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. In all structures, except for Sc2.04Nb2.96Ge4 and Sc2.19Ta2.81Ge4, the rare earth and niobium atoms show full ordering on the three crystallographically independent samarium sites of the Sm5Ge4 type. Two sites with coordination number 6 are occupied by niobium, while the slightly larger site with coordination number 7 is filled with the rare earth element. Small homogeneity ranges with RE/Nb and RE/Ta mixing can be expected for all compounds. The ordered substitution of two rare earth sites by niobium or tantalum has drastic effects on the coordination number and chemical bonding. This was studied for the pair Y5Ge4/Y2Nb3Ge4. Electronic structure calculations show larger charge transfer from yttrium to germanium for Y5Ge4, contrary to Y2Nb3Ge4 which shows stronger covalent bonding due to the presence of Nb replacing Y at two sites.
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Bastian Reker, Samir F. Matar, Ute Ch. Rodewald, Rolf-Dieter Hoffmann, Rainer Pöttgen. Single-crystal data of ternary germanides RE2Nb3Ge4 (RE = Sc, Y, Gd-Er, Lu) and Sc2Ta3Ge4 with ordered Sm5Ge4-type structure. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung B, 2013, 68 (5-6), pp.625-634. ⟨10.5560/ZNB.2013-3041⟩. ⟨hal-00840686⟩
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