Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques
Tellurides have attracted an enormous interest in the quest for materials addressing future challenges, because many of them are at the cutting edge of basic research and technologies due to their remarkable chemical and physical properties. The key to the tailored design of tellurides and their pro...
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doaj-fcd61e92d3b34ec39fff4adb8dc7fea32020-11-25T03:56:21ZengMDPI AGCrystals2073-43522020-10-011091691610.3390/cryst10100916Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical TechniquesKatharina Eickmeier0Simon Steinberg1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, GermanyInstitute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, GermanyTellurides have attracted an enormous interest in the quest for materials addressing future challenges, because many of them are at the cutting edge of basic research and technologies due to their remarkable chemical and physical properties. The key to the tailored design of tellurides and their properties is a thorough understanding of their electronic structures including the bonding nature. While a unique type of bonding has been recently identified for post-transition-metal tellurides, the electronic structures of tellurides containing early and late-transition-metals have been typically understood by applying the Zintl−Klemm concept; yet, does the aforementioned formalism actually help us in understanding the electronic structures and bonding nature in such tellurides? To answer this question, we prototypically examined the electronic structure for an alkaline metal lanthanide zinc telluride, i.e., RbDyZnTe<sub>3</sub>, by means of first-principles-based techniques. In this context, the crystal structures of RbLnZnTe<sub>3</sub> (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy), which were obtained from high-temperature solid-state syntheses, were also determined for the first time by employing X-ray diffraction techniques.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/10/10/916polar intermetallicstellurideschemical bonding analysis |
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Katharina Eickmeier Simon Steinberg Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques Crystals polar intermetallics tellurides chemical bonding analysis |
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Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques |
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Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques |
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Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques |
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Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques |
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Revealing the Bonding Nature in an ALnZnTe<sub>3</sub>-Type Alkaline-Metal (A) Lanthanide (Ln) Zinc Telluride by Means of Experimental and Quantum-Chemical Techniques |
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revealing the bonding nature in an alnznte<sub>3</sub>-type alkaline-metal (a) lanthanide (ln) zinc telluride by means of experimental and quantum-chemical techniques |
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Tellurides have attracted an enormous interest in the quest for materials addressing future challenges, because many of them are at the cutting edge of basic research and technologies due to their remarkable chemical and physical properties. The key to the tailored design of tellurides and their properties is a thorough understanding of their electronic structures including the bonding nature. While a unique type of bonding has been recently identified for post-transition-metal tellurides, the electronic structures of tellurides containing early and late-transition-metals have been typically understood by applying the Zintl−Klemm concept; yet, does the aforementioned formalism actually help us in understanding the electronic structures and bonding nature in such tellurides? To answer this question, we prototypically examined the electronic structure for an alkaline metal lanthanide zinc telluride, i.e., RbDyZnTe<sub>3</sub>, by means of first-principles-based techniques. In this context, the crystal structures of RbLnZnTe<sub>3</sub> (Ln = Gd, Tb, Dy), which were obtained from high-temperature solid-state syntheses, were also determined for the first time by employing X-ray diffraction techniques. |
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polar intermetallics tellurides chemical bonding analysis |
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