A review of structures and physical properties of rare earth chalcophosphates

ZX Chen, W Liu, SP Guo - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal chalcophosphates are chemically and structurally diverse due to the various
connective ways of phosphorus-sulfur/selenium anionic groups. Rare earth metals have …

“Soft” alkali bromide and iodide fluxes for crystal growth

VV Klepov, CA Juillerat, KA Pace, G Morrison… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this review we discuss general trends in the use of alkali bromide and iodide (ABI) fluxes
for exploratory crystal growth. The ABI fluxes are ionic solution fluxes at moderate to high …

KREP2Se6 (RE = Sm, Gd, Tb): The First Rare‐Earth Selenophosphates with Remarkable Nonlinear Optical Activities Realized by Synergistic Effect of RE‐ and P …

ZX Chen, CY Zhao, XH Li, WD Yao, W Liu, SP Guo - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rare‐earth (RE) chalcogenides have been extensively studied as infrared nonlinear optical
(NLO) materials because of their nice integrated performances; however, very few RE …

Crystal Growth of Quaternary AkRE2Si2S8 (Ak = Ca and Sr; RE = La–Tb) Thiosilicates Using Flux-Assisted Boron Chalcogen Mixture Method: Exploring X-ray …

G Panigrahi, AA Berseneva, G Morrison… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on the detailed structural analysis of a series of 11 new quaternary rare earths
containing thiosilicates, AkRE2Si2S8 (Ak= Ca and Sr; RE= La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, and Tb) …

Crystal Structure and Ionic Conductivity of Na2MnP2S6

H Ben Yahia, K Motohashi, S Mori… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Green needlelike single crystals of Na2MnP2S6 were grown by crystallization after melting a
mixture of Na2S, Mn, and P2S5. The crystal structure of the new compound was determined …

NaREP2Se6 (RE = Y, Sm, Gd–Dy): Quaternary Rare-Earth Selenophosphates with Unique 3D {[REP2Se6]} Framework Built by RESe8 and P2Se6 Motifs …

CY Zhao, ZX Chen, WD Yao, W Zhou, W Liu… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rare-earth (RE) chalcophosphates have been widely studied because of their abundant
structures. Here, five new RE selenophosphates, NaREP2Se6 (RE= Y, Sm, Gd–Dy), were …

Facile Oxide to Chalcogenide Conversion for Actinides Using the Boron–Chalcogen Mixture Method

LS Breton, VV Klepov, HC Zur Loye - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Actinide chalcogenides are of interest for fundamental studies of the behavior of 5f electrons
in actinides located in a soft ligand coordination environment. As actinides exhibit an …

NaGaS2: An Elusive Layered Compound with Dynamic Water Absorption and Wide‐Ranging Ion‐Exchange Properties

VV Klepov, AA Berseneva, KA Pace… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Most ternary sulfides belonging to the MGaS2 structure‐type have been known for many
years and are well‐characterized. Surprisingly, there have been no reports of the NaGaS2 …

A series of Rb 4 Ln 2 (P 2 S 6)(PS 4) 2 (Ln= La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd) rare earth thiophosphates with two distinct thiophosphate units [PVS 4] 3− and [P IV 2 S 6] 4−

CK Aslani, LS Breton, VV Klepov, HC Zur Loye - Dalton Transactions, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of rubidium rare earth thiophosphates with the formula Rb4Ln2 (P2S6)(PS4) 2 (Ln=
La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, and Gd) were synthesized using the high temperature molten flux crystal …

Nearly Identical but Not Isotypic: Influence of Lanthanide Contraction on Cs2NaLn(PS4)2 (Ln = La–Nd, Sm, and Gd–Ho)

VV Klepov, KA Pace, LS Breton, V Kocevski… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The effect of lanthanide contraction often results in topological and symmetry changes in
compounds with the same compositions as a function of lanthanide cation size. Here we …