On the question of commensurability - The Nowotny chimney-ladder structures revisited
(2000) In Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie 215(11). p.650-660- Abstract
A composite approach was used for the structure solution and refinement of two new Nowotny chimney-ladder phases, (Mo/Rh)11Ge18 and (Mo/Rh)13Ge22, found during investigations in the Mo/Rh/Ge system. The descriptions of the phases with conventional models (in I4̄2d (No. 122) with a = 5.885(2) Å, c = 52.62(2) Å for (Mo/Rh)11Ge18 and a = 5.922(1) Å, c = 62.88(4) Å for (Mo/Rh)13Ge22) led to high numbers of unobserved reflections, high parameter/reflection ratios and an unstable refinement in the case of (Mo/Rh)13Ge22. Microscopy studies showed that the phases were in fact incommensurately modulated. Therefore, a composite model... (More)
A composite approach was used for the structure solution and refinement of two new Nowotny chimney-ladder phases, (Mo/Rh)11Ge18 and (Mo/Rh)13Ge22, found during investigations in the Mo/Rh/Ge system. The descriptions of the phases with conventional models (in I4̄2d (No. 122) with a = 5.885(2) Å, c = 52.62(2) Å for (Mo/Rh)11Ge18 and a = 5.922(1) Å, c = 62.88(4) Å for (Mo/Rh)13Ge22) led to high numbers of unobserved reflections, high parameter/reflection ratios and an unstable refinement in the case of (Mo/Rh)13Ge22. Microscopy studies showed that the phases were in fact incommensurately modulated. Therefore, a composite model consisting of a rather stable diamond-like transition-metal substructure and a helical main-group-metal arrangement was developed. For the refinement of both phases, (Mo/Rh)11Ge18 as well as (Mo/Rh)13Ge22, the same model - same space group pair (W : P4/nnc : q1̄q1 P : I41/amd : 11̄ss), same atom positions and modulation waves - was used. The refinements converged rapidly, showing that the presented structure model is very general, and may well be applicable to any Nowotny chimney-ladder phase.
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- Rohrer, F. E. ; Lind, H. ; Eriksson, L. ; Larsson, A. K. and Lidin, S. LU
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- 2000-01-01
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- Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie
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- 215
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- 11 pages
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- Oldenbourg Verlag
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- scopus:0033709365
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- 0044-2968
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- 10.1524/zkri.2000.215.11.650
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