Gallium substitutions as a means to stabilize alkaline-earth and rare-earth metal pnictides with the cubic Th3P4 type: Synthesis and structure of A7Ga2Sb6 (A=Sr, Ba, Eu)

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1909-1914

  Xia, Sheng Qing ^a   Hullmann, Jonathan ^a   Bobev, Svilen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Ga flux; Zintl phases

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; METALS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GA FLUX; PNICTIDES; RARE-EARTH METALS; ZINTL PHASES;

GALLIUM;

EID: 52649101457     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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