Abstract
A new family of mixed lanthanide(III) and iron(III) oxo-phosphate phases, Rb7LnFe6O2(PO4)8 (Ln=Sm 1, Eu 2, Gd 3, Dy 4), was isolated by using a high-temperature, solid-state method in molten-salt media. The X-ray single-crystal structure analysis shows that these isomorphic derivatives crystallize in a triclinic space group P–1 (no. 2); Z=1. The 3-D framework of these 3d–4f oxo-phosphates are comprised of LnO6 octahedral, FeO5 trigonal bipyramidal (tbp), and μ3-oxo [Fe4O18] tetrameric units interconnected through PO4 tetrahedra. The preliminary results of the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements for selected compounds (1, 3, 4) reveal antiferromagnetic-like behavior. 1 shows a weak antiferromagnetric ordering at TN=∼7K while others show little evidence of long-range magnetic order down to 2K. All three compounds have measured magnetic moments significantly smaller than the expected values.
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