Peter, S.
, Subbarao, U.
, Rayaprol, S.
, Martin, J.
, Balasubramanian, M.
, Malliakas, C.
and Kanatzidis, M.
(2014),
Flux growth of Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 having mixed valent ytterbium, Inorganic Chemistry, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/ic500204t
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Flux growth of Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 having mixed valent ytterbium
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Sebastian Peter, Udumula Subbarao, Sudhindra Rayaprol, , Mahalingam Balasubramanian, Christos D. Malliakas, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
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The new compound Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 was obtained as single crystals in high yield from the reaction of Yb with Ir and Sn run in excess indium. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis shows that Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 crystallizes in the tetragonal space group P42/nmc with a = b = 9.6972(8) Å and c = 13.7139(16) Å. The crystal structure is composed of a [Ir6Sn16] polyanionic network with cages in which the Yb atoms are embedded. The Yb sublattice features extensive vacancies on one crystallographic site. Magnetic susceptibility measurements on single crystals samples indicate Curie-Weiss law behavior < 100K with no magnetic ordering down to 2 K. The magnetic moment within the linear region (< 100 K) is 3.21 µB/Yb, which is ≈70% of the expected value for a free ion Yb3+ suggesting the presence of mixed valent ytterbium atoms. X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) confirms that Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 exhibits mixed valence. Resistivity and heat capacity measurements for Yb6.6Ir6Sn16 indicate non-Fermi liquid metallic behavior.Citation
Inorganic Chemistry
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Intermetallics, mixed valency, magnetism, resistivity, heat capacity
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Created June 12, 2014, Updated October 12, 2022