名称:
Extension of the [(CH3)4N]2MX4family: Phase transitions and lattice parameters of sixteen [(CH3)4Z]2MX4(Z=P,As,Sb;M=Co,Cu,Zn;X=Cl,Br,I) compounds
摘要:
Solid-solid phase-transition temperatures, entropies of transition, and room-temperature lattice parameters of sixteen [(CH3)4Z]2MX4 (Z = P,As,Sb; M = Co,Cu,Zn; X = Cl,Br,I) compounds are reported. [(CH3)4P]2CoBr4, [(CH3)4P]2CoI4, [(CH3)4P]2ZnBr4, [(CH3)4P]2ZnI4, [(CH3)4As]2CuBr4, [(CH3)4As]2CoI4, and [(CH3)4As]2ZnI4 have beta-K2SO4-type structures, analogous to known [(CH3)4N]2MX4 compounds. Their room-temperature monoclinic space groups correspond to Landau-allowed continuous transitions from a suspected common high-temperature Pmcn phase. The associated distortion representations are compatible with X2 and Z2 of Pmcn. Previously reported [(CH3)4Z]2MX4 (Z = N,P; M = Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu,Zn; X = Cl,Br,I) compounds are also shown to have this compatibility feature for their sub-Pmcn phases. The set of compounds [(CH3)4P]2CoCl4, [(CH3)4P]2ZnCl4, [(CH3)4As]2CuCl4, [(CH3)4Sb]2CoCl4, [(CH3)4Sb]2CuCl4, [(CH3)4Sb]2ZnCl4 and [(CH3)4Sb]2CoBr4, [(CH3)4Sb]2CuBr4, [(CH3)4Sb]2ZnBr4, which have larger ratios of cation to anion radii, are grouped into a separate [(CH3)4As]2CoCl4 structure type, which is characterized by an apparent association with a cubic unit cell having almost-equal-to 12.7 angstrom axes.