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  • Materials Science
  • Solid-State Chemistry
  • Crystallography

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  • Material functionality is dictated by structure, a key principle in materials design.
  • Synthesizing complex extended solids with tailored structures remains a significant challenge.
  • Controlling reaction pathways to achieve specific structural outcomes is difficult with current methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel synthesis science approach for controlling the structure and bonding of complex extended solids.
  • To enable the rational design and synthesis of new materials with desired properties.
  • To overcome limitations in selectively controlling reaction paths for complex solid synthesis.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a two-component flux system comprising mixed hydroxides and halides as the reaction medium.
  • Manipulated reaction temperature and solvent basicity (via flux component ratio) to control structure dimensionality and composition.
  • Employed a synthesis science strategy to guide the formation of specific structural motifs.

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized 23 previously unreported compositions and 6 unique structure types.
  • Demonstrated precise control over structural motifs through manipulation of synthetic variables.
  • Achieved a direct correlation between synthetic parameters and resulting material properties.

Conclusions:

  • The developed mixed-flux method provides a broadly applicable approach for new materials discovery.
  • The new materials are predicted to exhibit a range of properties, including metallic and semiconducting behavior.
  • Calculations suggest potential for emergent phenomena, such as Dirac semimetals, in the synthesized materials.