Low-temperature magnetization of the low-dimensional magnet Cu3Mo2O9under high magnetic fields

High-Temperature Salt Flux Crystal Growth of New Lanthanide Molybdenum Oxides, Ln5Mo2O12 Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er: Magnetic Coupling within Mixed Valent Mo(IV/V) Rutile-Like Chains

Five new lanthanide molybdenum oxides containing mixed valent Mo(IV/V) rutile-like chains, Ln5Mo2O12 Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er, were prepared utilizing a high-temperature molten salt flux synthesis involving an in situ reduction utilizing metallic reducing agents. All five compounds were structurally characterized by single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction methods and were found to crystallize in the monoclinic space group C2/m. The molybdates all contain rare infinite chains consisting of MoO2O4/2 edge-sharing octahedra. The chains exhibit alternating long and short separations between octahedra caused by the presence of Mo-Mo bonds to form Mo2O10 units containing one unpaired electron. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility of these compounds was measured, and antiferromagnetic ordering was observed in all cases.