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Na3Ga3Te2O12: Synthesis, single crystal structure and characterization

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1263

Antonio F. Frau, Jun-Ho Kim, P. Shiv Halasyamani* Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Chemistry, University of Houston, 136 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA

A 3D metal halide framework in the organiceinorganic compound (H3N(CH2)2SS(CH2)2NH3)3Pb5I16

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1269

Nicolas Louvain, Nicolas Mercier* Laboratoire de Chimie, Inge´nierie Mole´culaire et Mate´riaux d’Angers, UMR-CNRS 6200, Universite´ d’Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France The three-dimensional iodoplumbate framework-based hybrid (H3N(CH2)2SS(CH2)2NH3)3Pb5I16 involving the diprotonated cystamine molecule has been prepared. The 3D Pb5I16 polymeric anion results from corner-, edge- or face-sharing octahedra, and can be described as connected staircase-like sheets. The formation of such an unprecedented 3D network can be partly attributed to the interactions between I atoms from the inorganic network and S atoms from the organic ligands.

Synthesis of hollow V2O5 microspheres and application to photocatalysis Hai-Long Feia, Hui-Jing Zhoua, Jin-Gui Wanga, Ping-Chuan Suna, Da-Tong Dingb, Tie-Hong Chena,* a

College of Chemistry, Department of Materials Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China b College of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1276

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A new lithium vanadyl diphosphate Li2VOP2O7: Synthesis and electrochemical study

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1285

M. Satya Kishorea, V. Pralonga,*, V. Caignaerta, U.V. Varadarajub, B. Raveaua a

Laboratoire CRISMAT, CNRS ENSICAEN, 6 Bd Mare´chal Juin, 14050 Caen Cedex 4, France Materials Science Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India

b

Towards the understanding of poor electrochemical activity of triclinic LiVOPO4: Experimental characterization and theoretical investigations

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1292

Yong Yang, Haisheng Fang, Jing Zheng, Liping Li, Guangshe Li*, Guofeng Yan State Key Lab of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, PR China The poor electrochemical performance of triclinic LiVOPO4 as cathode for lithium ion batteries may be caused by the very low electronic conductivity of this material at room temperature.

Microemulsion-mediated solvothermal synthesis and photoluminescent property of 3D flowerlike MnWO4 micro/ nanocomposite structure

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1299

Yan Xing, Shuyan Song, Jing Feng, Yongqian Lei, Meiye Li, Hongjie Zhang*

Novel three-dimensional (3D) flowerlike MnWO4 micro/nanocomposite structure has been successfully synthesized by a microemulsion-based solvothermal method. The flower is composed of nanosheets which are aggregated by primary nanoparticles.

Nanoscale complex metal cyanides and thermolysis thereof Daniel H.M. Buchold, Claus Feldmann* Institut fu¨r Anorganische Chemie, Universita¨t Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstraße 15, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1305

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Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1314

Thin film engineering for N@C60 quantum computers: Spin detection and device patterning approaches

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0

4

Q (10 charges)

Sebastian Schaefer, Kati Huebener, Wolfgang Harneit*, Christoph Boehme, Konstantinos Fostiropoulos, Heike Angermann, Jo¨rg Rappich, Jan Behrends, Klaus Lips

b

Rabi spin oscillation

Freie Universita¨t Berlin, Institut fu¨r Experimentalphysik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany

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0.5

surface patterning

pulse length (µs)

Large-scale growth and shape evolution of micrometer-sized Cu2O cubes with concave planes via g-irradiation

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1322

Weifeng Miao, Huarong Liu*, Zengming Zhang, Jiafu Chen Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Joint Laboratory of Polymer Thin Films and Solution, University of Science and Technology of China, Jinzai Road, Hefei, Anhui 230026, PR China Single-crystalline micrometer-sized Cu2O cubes with concave planes were synthesized through nucleation and anisotropic crystal growth processes via gamma-irradiation under ambient conditions without using any surfactant. Unlike most of other methods, our experiments are carried out under mild conditions, hydrated electrons generated through g-radiolysis of water act as reducing agent. The band gap of the asprepared products calculated from the UVevis spectrum corresponds to 2.53 eV, another value of 1.97 eV hints excitonic discrete energy level in forbidden band of as-prepared Cu2O material.

Synthesis of short palladium nanoparticle chains and their application in catalysis

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1327

Caihong Fenga, Lin Guoa,b,*, Zhigang Shena, Jinming Gongb, Xiao-Yuan Lib, Chenmin Liub, Shihe Yangb,** a

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing 100083, China b Department of Chemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

Images and microstructure of the typical linear assembly of Pd NPs was studied by TEM and HRTEM.

Synthesis, characterisation and delamination behaviour of lactate-intercalated Mg,Al-hydrotalcite-like compounds M.S. San Roma´n, M.J. Holgado, C. Jaubertie, V. Rives* GIR-QUESCAT, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Departamento de Quı´mica Inorga´nica, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1333

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Comparative studies of ferric green rust and ferrihydrite coated sand: Role of synthesis routes

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1342

Varsha Kharea,*, Martine Mulleta, Khalil Hannaa, Mathias Blumersb, Mustapha Abdelmoulaa, Go¨star Klingelho¨ferb, Christian Rubya a

Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour L’Environnement (LCPME), UMR-7564 CNRS-UHP Nancy Universite´ Equipe Microbiologie et Physique, 405 rue de Vandoeuvre, F-54600 Villers-les-Nancy, France b Institut fu¨r Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Universita¨t Mainz, MIMOS Group, Staudinger Weg 9, D5509 Mainz, BRD Germany

One-dimensional coordination polymers constructed from bicapped Keggin polyoxometalate and cyclic tetranuclear CuI cluster bridged by asymmetrical bipyridine derivative

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1352

Aixiang Tian, Zhangang Han, Jun Peng*, Jingquan Sha, Yulong Zhao, Haijun Pang, Pengpeng Zhang, Min Zhu Key Laboratory for Polyoxometalate Science of the Ministry of Education, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Ren Min Street No. 5268, Changchun, 130024 Jilin, PR China

The CuI ions and the cppy molecules construct the square tetranuclear [CuI4(cppy)4]4þ circuit, with ‘windstick’-style. The circuits are connected by the bicapped polyoxoanions to construct a 1D chain. The two neighboring chains arrange across like a ‘zipper’.

A novel 3-dimensional metallacrown supramolecule: Synthesis, crystal structure and magnetic properties

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1358

Fengping Xiaoa, Longfei Jinb, Wei Luoa, Gongzhen Chenga, Zhenping Jia,* a

College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, PR China College of Chemistry and Material Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China b

Exploration of charge-transfer complexes of a nucleobase: Crystal structure and properties of cytosineeEt2TCNQ salt Tsuyoshi Murataa,*, Yuichiro Enomotoa, Gunzi Saitoa,b,* a

Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan b Low Temperature and Materials Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1364

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Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1369

Experimental investigation of the band edge anisotropy of the b-FeSi2 semiconductor Maya Marinovaa, Mitra Balevaa,*, Ekaterina Goranovab a

Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, 5 J. Boucher Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria b

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1374

Optical investigation of nuclear spin coherence in Tm:YAG A. Louchet, Y. Le Du, T. Brouri, F. Bretenaker, T. Chanelie`re, F. Goldfarb, I. Lorgere´, J.-L. Le Goue¨t* Laboratoire Aime´ Cotton, CNRS-UPR 3321, Universite´ Paris Sud, Baˆtiment 505, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1379

Characterization and their photocatalytic properties of Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln [ La, Nd, Sm, Dy, Er) nanocrystals by stearic acid method Yuping Tong, Lude Lu*, Xujie Yang, Xin Wang Materials Chemistry Laboratory, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Xiaolingwei Road 200#, Nanjing 210094, China

Fine-particle Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln ¼ La, Nd, Sm, Dy, Er) with cubic structure were prepared by stearic acid method at relatively low temperature.

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1384

Structural investigation of xMnO$(100 L x)[As2O3$PbO] glass system by FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies

x (mol% MnO)

x (mol% MnO)

Raman Intensity [a.u.]

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602 124

1116

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840

794 821

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337

1 0.5

597

Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

5 3

431

Ioan Ardelean*, Simona Lupsor, Dorina Rusu

Absorption [a.u.]

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Wavenumber [cm ]

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EPR and magnetization studies on single crystals of a heterometallic (CuII and CrIII) complex: Zero-field splitting determination

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1387

Nikolina Novosela, Dijana Zˇilic´b,*, Damir Pajic´a, Marijana Juric´c, Berislav Peric´c, Kresˇo Zadroa, Boris Rakvinb, Pavica Planinic´c a

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenicka cesta 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia b Division of Physical Chemistry, RuCer Bosˇkovic´ Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia c Division of Materials Chemistry, RuCer Bosˇkovic´ Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

A 119Sn Mo¨ssbauer and 45Sc solid state NMR spectroscopic study of the stannides ScTSn (T [ Ni, Pd, Pt)

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1395

Thomas Harmeninga, C. Peter Sebastiana, Long Zhangb, Constanze Fehseb, Hellmut Eckertb, Rainer Po¨ttgena,* a

Institut fu¨r Anorganische und Analytische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Universita¨t Mu¨nster, Corrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Mu¨nster, Germany b Institut fu¨r Physikalische Chemie and NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Universita¨t Mu¨nster, Corrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Mu¨nster, Germany

Solid state NMR as a new approach for the structural characterization of rare-earth doped lead lanthanum zirconate titanate laser ceramics

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1401

Daniel Mohr, Andrea S.S. de Camargo, Jose´ F. Schneider, Thiago B. Queiroz, Hellmut Eckert*, E´riton R. Botero, Ducinei Garcia, Jose´ A. Eiras Institut fu¨r Physikalische Chemie, Westfa¨lische Wilhelms-Universita¨t Mu¨nster, Corrensstrasse 30, D-48149 Mu¨nster, Germany The spatial distribution of the rare-earth ions in doped PLZT laser materials can be followed by solid state NMR. The 207 compositional evolution of the average Pb shift correlates well with the appearance of secondary phases in XRD data.

The crystal structure of SrLaFeRuO6: A new double perovskite oxide R. Shaheena, J. Bashira,*, M. Nasir Khana, Raabya Rauf b, M. Siddiquea a

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

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Fe Mo¨ssbauer spectrum and perspective view of the orthorhombic crystal structure of SrLaFeRuO6. Fe/Ru are at the center of octahedra.

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1408

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Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1412

Jianying Lva,*, Bingwen Yaob, Xiangfeng Liua, Songbai Hana, Zhongbo Hua a

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, Shijiazhuang 050043, China

Intensity (arb. units)

Structure and magnetic properties of Nd3LxDyxFe23LyCo6Moy (x [ 0.5e3) compounds

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Electrical conductivity and crystallization kinetics of amorphous Ag10Te90 and Ag20Te80 thin films

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1416

A. Abu El-Fadla,*, M.M. Hafiza, M.M. Wakkadb, A.S. Aashoura a

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt Physics Department, Sohag Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Sohag, Egypt

b

DSC thermograms for (a) Ag10Te90 (b) Ag20Te80 powdered glasses at different heating rates.

Thermoelectric properties of EuyCo4Sb12 filled skutterudites

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1422

Y.Z. Pei, S.Q. Bai, X.Y. Zhao, W. Zhang, L.D. Chen* State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, China

Preparation of new lithium ion composite electrolyte 3Li4SiS4e0.5La2S3 by mechanical milling Zhanqiang Liu, Fuqiang Huang*, Jianhua Yang, Yaoming Wang, Junkang Sun State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Road, Shanghai 200050, PR China

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1429

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Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1434

Influence of aluminium on the valence electron density of the interface between the bond-coat and the thermally grown oxide of thermal barrier coatings Zhilin Lia,*, Jin Xua, Baoqin Fua, Wei Liub a

College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, China b College of Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 15 Beisanhuan East Road, Beijing 100029, China

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1445

Band structure features of nonlinear optical yttrium aluminium borate crystal Ali H. Reshaka,b,*, S. Auluckc, A. Majchrowskid, I.V. Kityke,f a

Institute of Physical Biology, South Bohemia University, Zamek 136, Nove Hrady 37333, Czech Republic Institute of System Biology and Ecology, Academy of Sciences, Nove Hrady 37333, Czech Republic c Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India d Institute of Applied Physics MUT, Warsaw, 2 Kaliskiego Street, 00-908 Warsaw, Poland e Institute of Physics, J.Dlugosz University Czestochowa, Al.Armii Krajowej 13/15, 42-217 Czestochowa, Poland f Department of Physical Chemistry, Silesian Technicla University, Gliwice, Strzody 9, Poland b

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1449

Susceptibility of the quasi-one-dimensional electrons in a periodic potential Keita Kishigia,*, Yasumasa Hasegawab a

Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Kurokami 2-40-1, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan b Department of Material Science, Graduate School of Material Science, University of Hyogo, Ako, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan

Contour plot of c(Q) as a function of qxnF/tb and bqy/p. >: q1, B: q2, 6: q3 and ,: q4; C: maximum peak. In (c), the position of a maximum peak is coincident with B and 6.

Solid State Sci. 2008, 10, 1453

Study on the electronic structures of the CsI:Eu2D crystal 4000

College of science, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

Calculated results reveal that Eu2þ 4f state is composed of seven closed peaks located at 0.387, 0.359, 0.346, 0.179, 0.234, 0.256 and 0.288e. Eu2þ 5d state is composed of two peaks located at 3.340 and 4.348 eV. Electronic transition energies from the Eu2þ 4f state to the Eu2þ 5d state are in ranges of 3.05e3.73 eV and 4.06e4.74 eV, which correspond to two groups of absorption bands ranging from 263 to 306 nm and from 336 to 407 nm, respectively. The result is in good agreement with the experiment.

Density of States

Chunying Pu, Tingyu Liu*, Qiren Zhang, Jianyu Chen 3000

4f7/2 4f5/2

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Quantum transport through finite width mesoscopic ring: Enhancement of the current amplitude with the increase of the edge disorder strength in the limit of strong disorder

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Santanu K. Maitia,b,* a

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India b Department of Physics, Narasinha Dutt College, 129, Belilious Road, Howrah 711 101, West Bengal, India

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Drain Ring