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Title: Structural diversity among multinary pnictide oxides: a minireview focused on semiconducting and superconducting heteroanionic materials

Journal Article · · Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie. Crystalline Materials
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  1. University of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
  2. The Charter School of Wilmington , Wilmington , DE (United States)

Incorporating different anions with varied ionic sizes and charges is a rapidly growing approach to bring out unusual physical properties among various classes of solid-state materials, pnictides and chalcogenides in particular. This minireview is focused on hetero-anionic materials based on the pnictogens, which have been demonstrated to offer an impressive diversity of crystal chemistry and electronic structures. In addition, many pnictide oxides or oxypnictides, over the course of the last decade, have been shown to exhibit a broad spectrum of superconducting, magnetic, and semiconducting properties. However, the structural diversity of the mixed-anion materials is far greater than the several known structure types, or their variants, of the well-known layered superconductive materials. Therefore, with this treatise, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the crystal chemistry of pnictide oxides by recounting almost 40 different structures of such ternary and multinary compounds. In addition to the structural aspects, we also highlight some of the challenges associated with the synthesis, and briefly summarize reported, to date, physical properties of this remarkable class of solids.

Research Organization:
University of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0008885
OSTI ID:
1981003
Journal Information:
Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie. Crystalline Materials, Journal Name: Zeitschrift fuer Kristallographie. Crystalline Materials Journal Issue: 1-3 Vol. 237; ISSN 2194-4946
Publisher:
de GruyterCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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