Zintl phases with group 15 elements and the transition metals: A brief overview of pnictides with diverse and complex structures

A Ovchinnikov, S Bobev - Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemical combinations of metals with group 15 elements result in compounds
demonstrating a plethora of crystal structures. Many such compounds, referred to as …

Metallic alloys at the edge of complexity: structural aspects, chemical bonding and physical properties

A Ovchinnikov, V Smetana… - Journal of Physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Complex metallic alloys belong to the vast family of intermetallic compounds and are
hallmarked by extremely large unit cells and, in many cases, extensive crystallographic …

A class of magnetic topological material candidates with hypervalent Bi chains

JF Khoury, B Han, M Jovanovic, R Singha… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The link between crystal and electronic structure is crucial for understanding structure–
property relations in solid-state chemistry. In particular, it has been instrumental in …

Structural diversity of the Zintl pnictides with rare-earth metals

S Baranets, A Ovchinnikov, S Bobev - … on the Physics and Chemistry of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Zintl phases have been purely a laboratory curiosity for decades, recently becoming a
familiar subject in many research topics of practical importance, such as thermoelectrics for …

Towards 1D Transport in 3D Materials: SOC‐Induced Charge‐Transport Anisotropy in Sm3ZrBi5

JF Khoury, B Han, M Jovanovic, R Queiroz… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract One‐dimensional (1D) charge transport offers great insight into strongly correlated
physics, such as Luttinger liquids, electronic instabilities, and superconductivity. Although …

Bismuth as a reactive solvent in the synthesis of multicomponent transition-metal-bearing bismuthides

A Ovchinnikov, S Bobev - Inorganic Chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Employment of liquid bismuth (Bi) allows the facile single-crystal growth of compounds
containing elements with high melting points, provided that these elements have reasonably …

Ln3MBi5 (Ln=Pr, Nd, Sm; M=Zr, Hf): Intermetallics with Hypervalent Bismuth Chains

JF Khoury, X Song, LM Schoop - Zeitschrift für anorganische …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We report five new isostructural compounds in the Ln3MBi5 (Ln= Pr, Nd, Sm; M= Zr, Hf)
family, and compare them to the recently reported Sm3ZrBi5 analogue. Ln3MBi5 crystallizes …

Yet again, new compounds found in systems with known binary phase diagrams. Synthesis, crystal and electronic structure of Nd 3 Bi 7 and Sm 3 Bi 7

A Ovchinnikov, JPA Makongo, S Bobev - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The binary bismuthides Nd3Bi7 and Sm3Bi7 were synthesized and structurally
characterized for the first time. The results from the calorimetric analysis show that both …

High-pressure synthesis, structure and properties of new ternary pnictides La3TiX5 (X= P, As)

L Duan, J Zhang, X Wang, J Zhao, L Cao, W Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The new ternary pnictides La 3 TiX 5 (X= P, As) and the solid solutions of La 3 Ti (Sb 1-x As
x) 5 (x= 0–1) and La 3 Ti (As 1-y P y) 5 (y= 0–1) were synthesized under high pressure and …

Multifaceted Sn–Sn bonding in the solid state. Synthesis and structural characterization of four new Ca–Li–Sn compounds

A Ovchinnikov, S Bobev - Dalton Transactions, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Four novel ternary phases have been prepared in the system Ca–Li–Sn using both the
metal flux method and conventional high-temperature synthesis. Each of the obtained …