Different Cation Arrangements in Au-In Networks. Syntheses and Structures of Six Intermetallic compounds in Alkali-Metal-Au-In Systems
Six robust intermetallic compounds with cations in three different tunnel-like structures have been synthesized in alkali-metal-Au-In systems via high-temperature solid-state methods and characterized by X-ray diffraction: AAu{sub 4}-In{sub 6} [A = K (I), Rb (II), F6m2, Z = 1], K{sub 1.76(6)}Au{sub 6}Ln{sub 4} (III, /4/mcm, Z = 4), and A{sub x}Au{sub 2}In{sub 2} [x {approx} 0.7, A = K (IV), Rb (V), Cs (VI), P4{sub 2}/nmc, Z = 8]. The first type is constructed from a single cage unit: an alkali-metal-centered 21-vertex polyhedron A{at}AugIn{sub 12} with 6-9-6 arrangement of planar rings. The others contain uniaxial arrays of tunnels built of differently puckered eight- and four-member Au/In rings. The largely different cation distributions depend on the tunnel constitutions and cation sizes. Tight-binding electronic structure calculations by linear muffin-tin-orbital (LMTO) methods were performed for I and idealized III in order to help understand their chemical bonding. These also reveal large differences in relativistic effects for Au d orbitals, as well as for different Au sites in each structure.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-07CH11358
- OSTI ID:
- 963045
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J 7222; TRN: US200917%%162
- Journal Information:
- Comments on Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 46, Issue 15
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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