Crystallization of the chalcogenide compound Sb8Te3
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Combining Solid-state and Solution-based Techniques: Synthesis and Reactivity of Chalcogenidoplumbates(II or IV)
Published on: December 29, 2016
Kouichi Kifune1, Tomoko Fujita, Yoshiki Kubota
1Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan. kifune@las.osakafu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The crystallization of a sputtered Sb(8)Te(3) film was examined in an X-ray powder diffraction experiment. An as-sputtered, amorphous Sb(8)Te(3) film crystallized during heating into a structure of Sb-Te homologous series modulated along the stacking direction. During heating the lattice parameters and the modulation period γ were found to change significantly and continuously; this observation suggests a continuous change in the stacking sequence. A superspace analysis revealed that with heating the modulation period γ increased to a value that seemed to be determined by the atomic composition. Once γ reached this value it remained unchanged with cooling. A three-dimensional projection of the converged four-dimensional superspace structure corresponded to the homologous Sb(8)Te(3) structure.
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