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Title: R3Au9Pn (R = Y, Gd–Tm; Pn = Sb, Bi): A Link between Cu10Sn3 and Gd14Ag51

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry
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A new series of intermetallic compounds R3Au9Pn (R = Y, Gd–Tm; Pn = Sb, Bi) has been discovered during the explorations of the Au-rich parts of rare-earth-containing ternary systems with p-block elements. The existence of the series is strongly restricted by both geometric and electronic factors. R3Au9Pn compounds crystallize in the hexagonal crystal system with space group P63/m (a = 8.08–8.24 Å, c = 8.98–9.08 Å). All compounds feature Au-Pn, formally anionic, networks built up by layers of alternating edge-sharing Au@Au6 and Sb@Au6 trigonal antiprisms of overall composition Au6/2Pn connected through additional Au atoms and separated by a triangular cationic substructure formed by R atoms. From a first look, the series appears to be isostructural with recently reported R3Au7Sn3 (a ternary ordered derivative of the Cu10Sn3-structure type), but no example of R3Au9M is known when M is a triel or tetrel element. R3Au9Pn also contains Au@Au6Au2R3 fully capped trigonal prisms, which are found to be isostructural with those found in the well-researched R14Au51 series. This structural motif, not present in R3Au7Sn3, represents a previously unrecognized link between Cu10Sn3 and Gd14Ag51 parent structure types. Magnetic property measurements carried out for Ho3Au9Sb reveal a complex magnetic structure characterized by antiferromagnetic interactions at low temperature (TN = 10 K). Two metamagnetic transitions occur at high field with a change from antiferromagnetic toward ferromagnetic ordering. Density functional theory based computations were performed to understand the materials’ properties and to shed some light on the stability ranges. As a result, this allowed a better understanding of the bonding pattern, especially of the Au-containing substructure, and elucidation of the role of the third element in the stability of the structure type.

Research Organization:
Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
OSTI ID:
1361562
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1372223
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry; ISSN 0020-1669
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 8 works
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