Crystal Growth and Structure Determination of the New Neodymium Germanate, Na₂NdGeO₄(OH)

Author(s)

Kendall Hughey, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Jeongho Yeon, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Hans-Conrad zur Loye, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Paper

Subject Area(s)

Chemistry

Abstract

Single crystals of Na₂NdGeO₄(OH) were grown out of a molten sodium hydroxide flux and characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Na₂NdGeO₄(OH) crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pnma with a = 9.4373(3) Å, b = 7.4448(2) Å, c = 6.9236(2) Å, V = 486.44(2) Å3, and Z = 4. The compound exhibits a three-dimensional crystal structure consisting of corner- and edge-shared NdO₈, GeO₄, and NaO₇ polyhedra. The Nd³⁺ cation is observed in a distorted square antiprismatic coordination environment.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-014-0517-3

Publication Info

Published in Journal of Chemical Crystallography, Volume 44, Issue 6, 2014, pages 320-323.

Rights

© Journal of Chemical Crystallography 2014, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

APA Citation

Hughey, K., Yeon, J., & zur Loye, H.-C. (2014). Crystal Growth and Structure Determination of the New Neodymium Germanate, Na₂NdGeO₄(OH). Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 44(6), 320–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-014-0517-3