title: Crystal growth of novel lanthanide-containing platinates K4[Ln6Pt2O15] (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm) with a unique framework structure.
abstract: Crystals of a new family of lanthanide-containing platinum oxides with a unique framework structure were grown out of molten hydroxide fluxes. The structure consists of a crystallographically well-behaved [Ln(6)Pt(2)O(15)](4-) framework permeated by channels filled with disordered atoms along the [100] and equivalent directions. Open-channel structures are rare in oxides and apparently unknown in platinate chemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. zurloye@mail.chem.sc.edu
authors.forename: Hans-Conrad
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: zur Loye
authors.forename: Tara J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Qingbiao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Samuel J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mugavero
authors.forename: Ray L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Withers
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Smith