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Baranets S, Darone GM, Bobev S. Structural diversity among multinary pnictide oxides: a minireview focused on semiconducting and superconducting heteroanionic materials. Z KRIST-CRYST MATER 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/zkri-2021-2079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Incorporating different anions with varied ionic sizes and charges is a rapidly growing approach to bring out unusual physical properties among various classes of solid-state materials, pnictides and chalcogenides in particular. This minireview is focused on hetero-anionic materials based on the pnictogens, which have been demonstrated to offer an impressive diversity of crystal chemistry and electronic structures. In addition, many pnictide oxides or oxypnictides, over the course of the last decade, have been shown to exhibit a broad spectrum of superconducting, magnetic, and semiconducting properties. However, the structural diversity of the mixed-anion materials is far greater than the several known structure types, or their variants, of the well-known layered superconductive materials. Therefore, with this treatise, we aim to provide a comprehensive overview of the crystal chemistry of pnictide oxides by recounting almost 40 different structures of such ternary and multinary compounds. In addition to the structural aspects, we also highlight some of the challenges associated with the synthesis, and briefly summarize reported, to date, physical properties of this remarkable class of solids.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sviatoslav Baranets
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Delaware , Newark , DE 19716 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Delaware , Newark , DE 19716 , USA
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