title: Interpenetrating icosahedra chains based zinc-rich ternary phases Ru4.0Sn2.9Zn11.6 and Ru3.0Sb0.97Zn11.0: synthesis, structures and physical properties.
abstract: Substituting of Ru with Sn and Sb in the phase RuZn(3) led to two new zinc-rich ternary compounds: Ru(4)Sn(2.9)Zn(11.6) (SnRZ: Monoclinic, C2/m, Pearson symbol oC46-delta, a = 6.8011(14), b = 7.9760(16), c = 11.083(2) A, beta = 97.56(3) degrees, Z = 2) and Ru(3.0)Sb(0.97)Zn(11.0) (SbRZ: Orthorhombic, Cmcm, Pearson symbol oC60, a = 7.8936(16), b = 6.8347(14), c = 16.904(3) A, Z = 4). The structures of SnRZ and SbRZ are composed of four identical atomic layers but with different stacking sequences. They exhibit structural units of either three or two interpenetrating icosahedra fusing to form chains along the c axis. Their a and b lattice parameters are alike-interchanged in the chosen conventional setting-while the c parameters are related by c(SbRZ)/2 x (1 + tau) approximately = 2c(SnRZ) with tau = (1 + square root(5))/2 being the golden mean (known as tau-inflated phases). Both two compounds exhibit diamagnetic properties, and SnRZ and SbRZ congruently melt at 1296 K and 1233 K, respectively. Temperature-dependent resistivities reveal metallic behavior. The negative Seebeck coefficients indicate transport processes are dominated by electrons as carriers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Material Sciences, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ding-Bang
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma