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Title: Three-dimensional frameworks of cubic (NH{sub 4}){sub 5}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 10}, (NH{sub 4}){sub 4}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 9}(OH) {small _bullet} H{sub 2}O, and (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 9}(OH{sub 2}) {small_bullet} 2H{sub 2}O.

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic901927r· OSTI ID:1008294

Three new isostructural open-framework sulfides, (NH{sub 4}){sub 5}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 10} (1), (NH{sub 4}){sub 4}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 9}(OH) {sm_bullet} H{sub 2}O (2a), and (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}Ga{sub 4}SbS{sub 9}(H{sub 2}O) {sm_bullet} 2H{sub 2}O (2b), were synthesized under basic hydrothermal conditions using ammonium hydroxide as the structure-directing agent. The structures feature a three-dimensional open framework comprised of adamantane [Ga{sub 4}Q{sub 10}]{sup 8-} clusters linked with Sb{sup 3+} centers. The compounds are wide gap semiconductors, crystallize in the chiral space group P2{sub 1}3, and represent a new structure type. They exhibit nonlinear optical properties.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Keck Foundation; State of Illinois
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1008294
Report Number(s):
ANL/MSD/JA-69069; TRN: US201106%%382
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem., Vol. 48, Issue Nov. 11, 2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH