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Olivier Mentré

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PubMed2006

Structural features of the modulated BiCu2(P(1-x)V(x))O6 solid solution; 4-D treatment of x = 0.87 compound and magnetic spin-gap to gapless transition in new Cu2+ two-leg ladder systems.

The BiCu(2)(P(1-x)V(x))O(6) system shows the appearance of various phenomena that progressively change as a function of the average (P/V)O(4) groups size. Then, from x = 0 to x approximately 0.7, a solid solution exists with respect to the basic orthorhombic unit cell of BiCu(2)PO(6). For greater x values (0.7 < x <0.96), structural modulations with incommensurate q vector that slightly change versus x appear. The 4-D treatment of single-crystal XRD data of the modulated phase corresponding to x = 0.87 at 100 K (orthorhombic, a = 12.379(3)Angstrom, b = 5.2344(9) Angstrom, c = 7.8270(14) Angstrom, q = 0.268(3) b*, super space group: Xbmm(0gamma0) s00, X stands for the nonprimitive centering vector (1/2,0,1/2,1/2), R(obs)(overall) = 5.27%, R(obs)(fundamental) = 4.48%, R(obs)(satellite) = 6.58%) has evidenced strong positional modulated effects within the [BiCu(2)O(2)](3+) ribbons while three XO(4) configurations compete along the x(4) fourth dimension. There is no P/V segregation along x(4) in good agreement with steric-only origins of the modulation. Finally for 0.96 < x <1, two phases coexist, i.e., BiCu(2)VO(6) (X = 1) and a modulated phase of the previous domain.The BiCu(2)VO(6) crystal structure shows a unit cell tripling associated with monoclinic symmetry lowering. The VO(4) orientations between two ribbons proceed with respect to the interribbon distance. Then the full system shows flexible interactions between modulated Bi/M/O-based ribbons and surrounding tetrahedral groups, depending on the average XO(4) size. Furthermore, between two ribbons the Cu(2+) arrangement forms magnetically isolated zigzag copper two-leg ladders. Our preliminary results show a spin-gap behavior likely due to the existence of true S = (1)/(2) Heisenberg two-leg ladders. Modulated compositions are gapless, in good agreement with band-broadening toward a continuum in the magnetic excitation spectrum. The continuous distribution of Cu-Cu distances along the rungs and legs of the ladders should be mainly responsible for this magnetic change.

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PubMed2006

Bi3+/M2+ oxyphosphate: a continuous series of polycationic species from the 1D single chain to the 2D planes. Part 2: Crystal structure of three original structural types showing a combination of new ribbonlike polycations.

With the assistance of structural models deduced from the high-resolution electron microscope (HREM) investigation presented in Part 1 of this work, three new structural types were pointed out in Bi2O3-MO-P2O5 ternary systems. Their crystal structures are built on the arrangement of 2D polycationic ribbons formed of edge-sharing O(Bi,M)4 tetrahedra and isolated by PO4 groups. Prior to this study, materials with ribbons up to n = 3 tetrahedra wide have been discovered. The original structures presented here display longer n = 4-6 cases, which suggests a possible continuous series of polycationic entities that range from the single chain (one tetrahedron wide) to the infinite [Bi2O2]2+ Aurivillius layer. The ribbons with n > 3 show strong structural modifications that are able to bring a good ribbon-phosphate cohesion. In addition to these fascinating structural results, this work fully confirms the validity of the decoding established from HREM images of a single crystallite in inhomogeneous mixtures.

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PubMed2006

New epsilon-Bi2O3 metastable polymorph.

The new metastable epsilon-Bi2O3 polymorph has been prepared by hydrothermal treatment and structurally characterized. It shows strong relationships with the room temperature alpha form and the metastable beta form through rearrangements of [Bi2O3] columns formed by edge-sharing OBi4 tetrahedra. Its fully ordered crystal structure yields an ionic insulating character. It irreversibly transforms at 400 degrees C to the alpha form. The chemical analysis indicates its undoped bismuth oxide nature, then leading to the fifth characterized Bi2O3 polymorph to date.

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PubMed2004

Preparation and characterization of 6-molybdocobaltate and 6-molybdoaluminate cobalt salts. Evidence of a new heteropolymolybdate structure.

Molybdenum and cobalt based heteropolyanions (HPAs) could be used as an alternative to the conventional ammonium heptamolybdate and cobalt nitrate starting materials for friendly environmental preparation of Co-Mo/Al2O3 hydrotreating catalysts. In this aim, cobalt salts of molybdocobaltate and molydboaluminate Anderson HPAs have been synthesized and characterized by TGA, XRD, XAS, and vibrational spectroscopies. The crystal structure refinement provided evidence for the formation of a new heteropolyoxomolybdate derived from the well-known Anderson structure.

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PubMed2004

Intermolecular magnetic couplings in the dinuclear copper(II) complex mu-chloro-mu-[2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole] aqua chlorocopper(II) dichlorocopper(II): synthesis, crystal structure, and EPR and magnetic characterization.

Mu-chloro-mu-[2,5-bis(2-pyridyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole] aqua chlorocopper(II) dichlorocopper(II) is the first characterized dimeric complex of a transition metal and this hetero ligand [C(12)H(10)Cl(4)Cu(2)N(4)OS; triclinic; space group P; a = 9.296(3) A, b = 9.933(3) A, c = 10.412(3) A; alpha = 79.054(5) degrees, beta = 82.478(6) degrees, gamma = 67.099(5) degrees; Z = 2 at room temperature]. The Cu(II) ions are bridged by the N-N thiadiazole bond and a chloride ion [Cu1-Cu2 = 3.7800(8) A]. Thermogravimetric analysis shows this structure to be stable at temperatures up to 348 K. At higher temperatures, the successive loss of a water molecule and one chloride of the dimeric unit is identified. From room temperature to 125 K, half of the Cu(2+) ions are progressively engaged in intermolecular dinuclear antiferromagnetic exchanges, while the other half remain paramagnetic. At lower temperatures, both susceptibility and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements show the paramagnetic-only couplings of this half of the Cu(2+) ions, involving a singlet ground state for interacting Cu(2+). This unusual behavior has been satisfactorily explained on the basis of intermolecular Cu-Cu interactions (J = -180 cm(-1)), involving the magnetic d(z)2 orbital perpendicular to the molecular plane, on which are seen the conjugate effects of the bridging chloride and the planar thiadiazole. It is noteworthy that the behavior of the title compound is original, compared to the systematic in-plane intramolecular antiferromagnetic coupling of other thiadiazole-containing binuclear complexes.

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