Crystal growth of novel lanthanide-containing platinates K4[Ln6Pt2O15] (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm) with a unique framework structure.
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.
zur Loye
Hans-Conrad
HC
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. zurloye@mail.chem.sc.edu
Hansen
Tara J
TJ
Zhao
Qingbiao
Q
Mugavero
Samuel J
SJ
Withers
Ray L
RL
Smith
Mark D
MD