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  • Title: Rare-earth manganese copper pnictides RE2Mn3Cu9Pn7 (Pn = P, As): quaternary ordered variants of the Zr2Fe12P7-type structure.
    Author: Stoyko SS, Ramachandran KK, Mullen CS, Mar A.
    Journal: Inorg Chem; 2013 Jan 18; 52(2):1040-6. PubMed ID: 23294154.
    Abstract:
    The pnictides RE(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)Pn(7) (Pn = P, As) have been prepared by stoichiometric reaction of the elements at 800 °C. They are quaternary ordered variants of the hexagonal Zr(2)Fe(12)P(7)-type structure (Pearson symbol hP21, space group P6, Z = 1; a = 9.6444(3)-9.5970(7) Å, c = 3.9027(1)-3.7761(3) Å for RE(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)P(7) (RE = La-Nd, Sm, Gd-Dy); a = 9.9376(6)-9.9130(3) Å, c = 4.0194(2)-3.9611(1) Å for RE(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)As(7) (RE = La-Nd)). Of the four possible sites available for the transition metal, the square pyramidal site (CN5) is occupied preferentially by Mn atoms, whereas the three tetrahedral sites (CN4) are occupied by Cu atoms. On proceeding to smaller RE members in the RE(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)Pn(7) series, one of the transition-metal-centered polyhedra (Cu1) tends to become less distorted, while the remaining three (Cu2, Cu3, Mn4) become more distorted. Band structure calculations on La(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)P(7) confirm that Mn-P and Cu-P contacts provide the strongest bonding interactions. Electrical resistivity measurements on Ce(2)Mn(3)Cu(9)P(7) reveal metallic behavior with transitions at 165 and 18 K, probably of magnetic origin.
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