title: Syntheses and magnetic properties study of isostructural BiM2BP2O10 (M = Co, Ni) containing a quasi-1D linear chain structure.
abstract: We present here the structures and magnetism of two quasi-1D linear chain compounds of BiM(2)BP(2)O(10) (M = Co, Ni), which were synthesized by traditional solid-state reactions for the first time. Two title compounds crystallize in the monoclinic system with space group P2(1)/c and feature novel 3D structures with a linear chain structure of {MO(6)}(n) further connected by [BP(2)O(10)](7-) anionic groups. The results of magnetic property measurements evidence the antiferromagnetic properties of both compounds in low magnetic field and a field-dependent metamagnetic transition from the antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic ground state of the BiCo(2)BP(2)O(10) complex.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wei-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhang-Zhen
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Tian-Long
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zhong-Zhen
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chen-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wen-Dan
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Cheng