Square nets of tellurium: rare-earth dependent variation in the charge-density wave of RETe3 (RE = rare-earth element)

Christos Malliakas; Simon J L Billinge; Hyun Jeong Kim; Mercouri G Kanatzidis

doi:10.1021/ja0505292

Square nets of tellurium: rare-earth dependent variation in the charge-density wave of RETe3 (RE = rare-earth element)

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 May 11;127(18):6510-1. doi: 10.1021/ja0505292.

Authors

Christos Malliakas¹, Simon J L Billinge, Hyun Jeong Kim, Mercouri G Kanatzidis

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.

PMID: 15869253
DOI: 10.1021/ja0505292

Abstract

The distortions in the square tellurium nets long known to exist in the structures of the charge-density wave materials, RETe3, have been elucidated. The (Te2)1- nets contain polytelluride oligomers which propagate in a fashion incommensurate from the adjacent (RETe)+ sublattice. The new information sets the stage for a much deeper understanding of these systems.