Co-reporter:Sarah M. Castillo, Zhongjia Tang, Alexander P. Litvinchuk, and Arnold M. Guloy
Inorganic Chemistry 2016 Volume 55(Issue 20) pp:10203-10207
Publication Date(Web):September 26, 2016
DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01399
The structures of two trigonal-rhombohedral CaSi2 polymorphs (space group R3̅m) were studied by X-ray diffraction and polarized Raman scattering spectroscopy. Raman-active even-parity vibrational modes of A1g and Eg are unambiguously identified and assigned to the specific lattice eigenmodes. Experimental data are found to be in very good agreement with those predicted by density functional theory lattice dynamics calculations. The transformation of 6R structural modification of CaSi2 into its 3R polymorph, by high-temperature annealing in vacuum is also reported.
Co-reporter:T. Thao Tran; Melissa Gooch; Bernd Lorenz; Alexander P. Litvinchuk; Maurice G. SorollaII; Jakoah Brgoch; Paul C. W. Chu
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014 Volume 137(Issue 2) pp:636-639
Publication Date(Web):December 31, 2014
DOI:10.1021/ja511745q
A new niobium oxyfluoride, Nb2O2F3, synthesized through the reaction of Nb, SnO, and SnF2 in Sn flux, within welded Nb containers, crystallizes in a monoclinic structure (space group: I2/a; a = 5.7048(1)Å, b = 5.1610(1)Å, c = 12.2285(2)Å, β = 95.751(1)°). It features [Nb2X10] units (X = O, F), with short (2.5739(1) Å) Nb–Nb bonds, that are linked through shared O/F vertices to form a 3D structure configurationally isotypic to ζ-Nb2O5. Nb2O2F3 undergoes a structural transition at ∼90 K to a triclinic structure (space group: P1̅; a = 5.1791(5)Å, b = 5.7043(6)Å, c = 6.8911(7)Å, α = 108.669(3)°, β = 109.922(2)°, γ = 90.332(3)°). The transition is described as a disproportionation or charge ordering of [Nb2]7+ dimers: (2[Nb2]7+ → [Nb2]6+ + [Nb2]8+), resulting in doubly (2.5000(9) Å) and singly bonded (2.6560(9) Å) Nb2 dimers. The structural transition is accompanied by an unusual field-independent “spin-gap-like” magnetic transition.
Co-reporter:Phuong Doan ; Melissa Gooch ; Zhongjia Tang ; Bernd Lorenz ; Angela Möller ; Joshua Tapp ; Paul C. W. Chu
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2012 Volume 134(Issue 40) pp:16520-16523
Publication Date(Web):September 21, 2012
DOI:10.1021/ja3078889
A new layered Ti-based pnictide oxide superconductor, Ba1–xNaxTi2Sb2O (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.33), is reported. X-ray studies revealed that it crystallizes in the tetragonal CeCr2Si2C structure. The undoped parent compound, BaTi2Sb2O [P4/mmm; a = 4.1196(1) Å; c = 8.0951(2) Å], exhibits a charge density wave (CDW)/spin density wave (SDW) transition at 54 K. Upon chemical doping with Na, the CDW/SDW transition is systematically suppressed, and superconductivity arises with the critical temperature (Tc) increasing to 5.5 K. Bulk superconductivity was confirmed by resistivity, magnetic, and heat capacity measurements. Like the high-Tc cuprates and the iron pnictides, the superconductivity in BaTi2Sb2O arises from an ordered state. Similarities and differences between BaTi2Sb2O and the cuprate and iron pnictide superconductors are discussed.
Co-reporter:Paul Simon ; Zhongjia Tang ; Wilder Carrillo-Cabrera ; Katherine Chiong ; Bodo Böhme ; Michael Baitinger ; Hannes Lichte ; Yuri Grin
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011 Volume 133(Issue 19) pp:7596-7601
Publication Date(Web):April 22, 2011
DOI:10.1021/ja201728v
Crystalline nanosized particles of clathrate-II phases KxGe136 and NaxSi136 were obtained from a dispersion of alkali metal tetrelides in ionic liquids based on DTAC/AlCl3, which were slowly heated to 120–180 °C. The nanoparticles are bullet-shaped with typical dimensions of about 40 nm in width and 140−200 nm in length. Detailed structure investigations using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and electron holography reveal the crystallinity and dense morphology of the clathrate nanorods.
Co-reporter:Arnold M. Guloy;Zhongjia Tang;Reiner Ramlau;Bodo Böhme;Michael Baitinger;Yuri Grin
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2009 Volume 2009( Issue 17) pp:2455-2458
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/ejic.200801073
Abstract
The new clathrate-II K8.6(4)Ge136 has been synthesized by mild oxidation of K4Ge9 in the ionic liquid n-dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC)/AlCl3 at 300 °C and subsequent annealing at 370 °C. Refinement of the crystal structure from X-ray powder diffraction data revealed the composition K8.6(4)Ge136 [space group Fdm, a = 15.302(1) Å], which was also confirmed by energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDXS), transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy on the bulk material. K atoms preferably occupy the larger Ge28 cages rather than the Ge20 cages in the clathrate-II structure. K8.6(4)Ge136 is metastable and was found to decompose exothermically at 471 °C. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2009)
Co-reporter:Arnold M. Guloy,
Reiner Ramlau,
Zhongjia Tang,
Walter Schnelle,
Michael Baitinger
and
Yuri Grin
Nature 2006 443(7109) pp:320
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1038/nature05145
Co-reporter:Jun Guan, Zhongjia Tang and Arnold M. Guloy
Chemical Communications 2005 (Issue 1) pp:48-50
Publication Date(Web):19 Nov 2004
DOI:10.1039/B411322E
The incorporation of H3N(CH2)7NH3 with CH3NH3SnI3 resulted in the formation of a mixed-valent and semiconducting (Eg = 0.84 eV) organic-based perovskite, [H3N(CH2)7NH3]8(CH3NH3)2Sn(IV)Sn(II)12I46, with a unique 3D defect-perovskite structure with ordered vacancies at the Sn and I sites.
Co-reporter:Laura M. Castro-Castro
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2003 Volume 42(Issue 24) pp:
Publication Date(Web):17 JUN 2003
DOI:10.1002/anie.200350929
Chemistry with a golden touch: The first examples of organic-based mixed-valent AuI/AuIII layered perovskites are reported (see picture). The crystal structures of the new hybrid compounds feature [AuI2]−/[AuI4]− layers pillared by I3− ions and appropriate organic dications. The measured optical band gaps of the new organic–inorganic semiconductors are smaller than the value for Cs2Au2I6.
Co-reporter:Laura M. Castro-Castro
Angewandte Chemie 2003 Volume 115(Issue 24) pp:
Publication Date(Web):17 JUN 2003
DOI:10.1002/ange.200350929
Blattgold: In neuartigen gemischtvalenten AuI/AuIII-Perowskitstrukturen werden Schichten aus [AuI2]−- und [AuI4]−-Einheiten durch I3−-Ionen und geeignete organische Dikationen zu dreidimensionalen Architekturen verbunden. Die experimentell bestimmten optischen Bandlücken dieser organisch-anorganischen Hybridhalbleiter sind kleiner als in Cs2Au2I6.
Co-reporter:A. M. Guloy;Z. Tang;P. B. Mira and;V. I. Srdanov
Advanced Materials 2001 Volume 13(Issue 11) pp:
Publication Date(Web):31 MAY 2001
DOI:10.1002/1521-4095(200106)13:11<833::AID-ADMA833>3.0.CO;2-T
Co-reporter:Craig Downie;Zhongjia Tang Dr.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2000 Volume 39(Issue 2) pp:
Publication Date(Web):12 JAN 2000
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000117)39:2<337::AID-ANIE337>3.0.CO;2-U
A chain of vertex-linked “bare” nido-Ge92− clusters (shown in the picture) is featured by the novel polymeric Zintl anion formed from the binary alloy “KGe4”, ethylenediamine, and [18]crown-6. The polymerization of nido-Ge94− clusters is counterintuitive to known two-electron oxidation behavior of nido clusters and the existence of the isolated closo-Ge92− ion. The novel semiconducting cluster “wire” establishes direct structural and mechanistic links between molecular Zintl cluster ions with the extended structures of Zintl phases and elemental nanophase materials.
Co-reporter:Craig Downie;Zhongjia Tang Dr.
Angewandte Chemie 2000 Volume 112(Issue 2) pp:
Publication Date(Web):12 JAN 2000
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3757(20000117)112:2<346::AID-ANGE346>3.0.CO;2-J
Eine eckenverknüpfte Kette „nackter” nido-Ge92−-Cluster (siehe Bild) ist das Charakteristikum eines neuartigen polymeren Zintl-Anions, das aus der binären Legierung „KGe4”, Ethylendiamin und [18]Krone-6 gebildet wird. Die überraschende Bildung des Anions durch Polymerisation von nido-Ge94−-Clustern widerspricht dem bekannten Zwei-Elektronen-Oxidationsverhalten von nido-Clustern und steht im Kontrast zur Existenz des isolierten closo-Ge92−-Anions. Der neuartige, halbleitende Cluster-„Draht” zeigt direkt strukturelle und mechanistische Verknüpfungen zwischen molekularen Zintl-Clusterionen mit den ausgedehnten Strukturen von Zintl-Phasen auf.