title: La4Cu(3-x)Zn(x)MoO12: zinc-doped cuprates with Kagomé lattices.
abstract: Two solid solutions, La4Cu(3-x)Zn(x)MoO12 (0.05 < or = x < or = 0.20, SS1) and La4Cu(3-x)Zn(x)MoO12 (0.30 < or = x < or = 2.40, SS2), were synthesized at ambient pressure and at temperatures from 1025 to 1200 degrees C by traditional solid-state reactions. Their structures were determined from X-ray powder diffraction with the help of electron and neutron diffraction. The atomic arrangements of SS1 and SS2 are similar, but their space groups are different, Pmnm for SS1 and P-1 for SS2, respectively. The copper, zinc, and molybdenum are coordinated by oxygen in corner-sharing trigonal bipyramids that are sandwiched between layers of lanthanum cations. In the transition metal cations layer of SS2, the copper and zinc cations order into a Kagomé-like lattice of triangular clusters. The magnetism has been measured from 2 to 300 K and is highly influenced by the geometric arrangement of the Cu(II) and Zn(II) cations. The number of free electrons per three Cu atoms is close to one for all samples in SS1 and SS2 indicating that the system can be well expressed by independent Cu(II)3 clusters. Spontaneous magnetization was observed in the system.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China. liguobao@pku.edu.cn
authors.forename: Guobao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Wutao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wannberg
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rundlöf
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shujian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Fuhui
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011312:Pressure; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007811:Lanthanum; D003300:Copper; D008982:Molybdenum; D015032:Zinc; D010100:Oxygen