Abstract
Strontium tetra-gallate(II,III) tetra-arsenide, SrGa4As4, was synthesized in a Walker-type multianvil apparatus under high-pressure/high-temperature conditions of 8 GPa and 1573 K. The com-pound crystallizes in a new structure type (P3221, Z = 3) as a three-dimensional (3D) framework of corner-sharing SrAs8 quadratic anti-prisms with strontium situated on a twofold rotation axis (Wyckoff position 3b). This arrangement is surrounded by a 3D framework which can be described as alternately stacked layers of either condensed GaIIIAs4 tetra-hedra or honeycomb-like layers built up from distorted ethane-like GaII 2As6 units com-prising Ga-Ga bonds.
Highlights
Strontium tetragallate(II,III) tetraarsenide, SrGa4As4, was synthesized in a Walker-type multianvil apparatus under high-pressure/high-temperature conditions of 8 GPa and 1573 K
The compound crystallizes in a new structure type (P3221, Z = 3) as a three-dimensional (3D) framework of corner-sharing SrAs8 quadratic antiprisms with strontium situated on a twofold rotation axis (Wyckoff position 3b)
This arrangement is surrounded by a 3D framework which can be described as alternately stacked layers of either condensed GaIIIAs4 tetrahedra or honeycomb-like layers built up from distorted ethane-like GaII2As6 units comprising Ga—Ga bonds
Summary
SrGa4As4 is the first high-pressure compound in this system and contains an unprecedented layer-like framework, expanding the structural variety of the A–Tr–As family
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