Mixed-valence state of europium in the misfit layer compound (EuS)1.173NbS2

Authors:

Cario, Laurent; Palvadeau, Pierre; Lafond, Alain; Deudon Catherine; Moelo, Yves; Corraze, Benoit; Meerschaut, Alain

Journal:

Chemistry of Materials 15 943-950 (2003)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1021/cm020903m

B-IncStrDB ID: lXRGz4Tfcaj Entry date: 2022-06-13 Last revision: 2022-06-13

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Chemical data


Structural Formula Sum: Eu1.173 Nb1 S3.173 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 372.9 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: orthorhombic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: Xm2m(α00) [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 x1,x2,-x3,x4
3 -x1,x2,x3,-x4
4 -x1,x2,-x3,-x4
5 1/2+x1,1/2+x2,x3,1/2+x4
6 1/2+x1,1/2+x2,-x3,1/2+x4
7 1/2-x1,1/2+x2,x3,1/2-x4
8 1/2-x1,1/2+x2,-x3,1/2-x4
9 x1,1/2+x2,1/2+x3,x4
10 x1,1/2+x2,1/2-x3,x4
11 -x1,1/2+x2,1/2+x3,-x4
12 -x1,1/2+x2,1/2-x3,-x4
13 1/2+x1,x2,1/2+x3,1/2+x4
14 1/2+x1,x2,1/2-x3,1/2+x4
15 1/2-x1,x2,1/2+x3,1/2-x4
16 1/2-x1,x2,1/2-x3,1/2-x4

a: 3.3251(10) Å [ Help ]

b: 5.7432(10) Å [ Help ]

c: 22.939(5) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90 ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 438.07(18) Å3 [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.5867(2) 0.00000 0.00000

Number of subsystems: 2 [ Help ]

Subsystem code: 1 [ Help ]

Subsystem description: 1-st subsystem [ Help ]

W matrix:

1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

Subsystem code: 2 [ Help ]

Subsystem description: 2-nd subsystem [ Help ]

W matrix:

0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Z: 4 [ Help ]

Cell determination reflection Nb.: 40 [ Help ]

θ(min) for cell determination: 5.322 ° [ Help ]

θ(max) for cell determination: 26.550 ° [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 300 K [ Help ]

μ: 20.529 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: gaussian [ Help ]

Minimum transmission factor: 0.1998 [ Help ]

Maximum transmission factor: 0.6836 [ Help ]

Refinement details


Total nb. of reflections: 958 [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 813 [ Help ]

Intense reflections threshold: I>3σ(I) [ Help ]

Refinement based on: F [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0287 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0456 [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0350 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.0469 [ Help ]

S(all): 1.00 [ Help ]

S(obs): 1.06 [ Help ]

Nb. of reflections: 958 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 31 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Weighting scheme remarks: w=1/(σ2(F)+0.0016F2) [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0003 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0000 [ Help ]

Δρ(max): 2.97 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Δρ(min): -2.43 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Extinction method: B-C type 1 Gaussian isotropic (Becker & Coppens, 1974) [ Help ]

Extinction coefficient: 0.16(2) [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom symbol Subsystem ADP type x y z Uiso/equiv Symmetry multiplicity Occupancy Coords from (d)iffraction or (c)alculated Coords restraints or constraints Disordered cluster Disordered group
Nb Nb 1 Uani 0 -0.0784(2) 0 0.00688(15) 4 1 d . . .
S S 1 Uiso 0 0.2550(3) 0.06815(6) 0.0083(3) 8 1 d . . .
Eu Eu 2 Uani 0 0 0.323216(15) 0.01319(14) 8 1 d . . .
S2 S 2 Uiso 0 0.0029(10) 0.19853(10) 0.0161(5) 8 1 d . . .

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom site symbol U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
Nb Nb 0.0077(3) 0.0053(3) 0.0077(3) 0 0 0
Eu Eu 0.0166(3) 0.0103(2) 0.0127(2) 0 0 0.0003(3)

Fourier Wave Vectors (explicit: q_x,q_y,q_z or coefficients: q_1,q_2,...): [ Help ]

Wave vector code q_x q_y q_z
1 0.58670 0.00000 0.00000
2 1.17340 0.00000 0.00000

Definition of the displacive (translational) Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Nbx1 Nb x 1
Nby1 Nb y 1
Nbz1 Nb z 1
Sx1 S x 1
Sy1 S y 1
Sz1 S z 1
Eux1 Eu x 1
Euy1 Eu y 1
Euz1 Eu z 1
Eux2 Eu x 2
Euy2 Eu y 2
Euz2 Eu z 2
S2x1 S2 x 1
S2y1 S2 y 1
S2z1 S2 z 1

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Nbx1 0 0.0040(9)
Nby1 0.0048(3) 0
Nbz1 0 0
Sx1 0 -0.018(3)
Sy1 0.0030(4) 0
Sz1 0.0013(4) 0
Eux1 0 0.0034(6)
Euy1 0.01238(17) 0
Euz1 -0.00085(8) 0
Eux2 0 0.0004(4)
Euy2 0.0001(5) 0
Euz2 0.00042(11) 0
S2x1 0 -0.0194(15)
S2y1 0.0057(10) 0
S2z1 0.0000(4) 0