화학공학소재연구정보센터
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.46, No.8, 3010-3016, 2007
Discovery of beta-LnNiSb(3) (Ln = La, Ce): Crystal growth, structure, and magnetic and transport behavior
A new polymorph of CeNiSb3 has been grown from a Sn flux and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. beta-CeNiSb3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbcm (No. 57) with Z = 8. The unit cell parameters are a = 12.9170(2) angstrom, b = 6.1210(5) angstrom, c = 12.0930(6) angstrom, and V = 956.13(9) angstrom(3). Its layered structure contains structural motifs similar to that of the first form of CeNiSb3 and consists of Ce atoms inserted between anionic layers of nearly square (2)(infinity)[Sb] nets and distorted (2)(infinity)[NiSb2] octahedra. We report the synthesis, magnetization, electrical resistivity, and specific heat of the new form of CeNiSb3 and compare the structures and physical properties of both polymorphs.