We report the discovery and characterization of a novel 112-type iron pnictide EuFeAs2, with La-doping induced superconductivity in a series of Eu1- xLaxFeAs2. The polycrystalline samples were synthesized through soli...We report the discovery and characterization of a novel 112-type iron pnictide EuFeAs2, with La-doping induced superconductivity in a series of Eu1- xLaxFeAs2. The polycrystalline samples were synthesized through solid state reaction method only within a very narrow temperature window around 1073 K. Small single crystals were also grown from a flux method with the size about 100μm. The crystal structure was identified by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis as a monoclinic structure with space group of P2 1/m. From resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements, we found that the parent compound EuFeAs2 shows distinct anomalies probably due to the Fe2+ related antiferromagnetic/structural phase transition near 110K and the Eu2+ related antiferromagnetic phase transition near 40K. La-doping suppressed both phase transitions to lower temperatures and induced superconducting transitions with a Tc - 11 K for Eu0.85La0.15FeAs2.展开更多
A new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor, [Cu(dabcoCH2Br)(H2O)Br3] (dabcoCH2Br+=1-(2-bromethyl)-1,4-diazoniabi- cyclo[2.2.2]octane cation), which belongs to a family of balomethyl-substituted molecular rot...A new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor, [Cu(dabcoCH2Br)(H2O)Br3] (dabcoCH2Br+=1-(2-bromethyl)-1,4-diazoniabi- cyclo[2.2.2]octane cation), which belongs to a family of balomethyl-substituted molecular rotors, was synthesized and struc- turally characterized. The reversible phase transition at ca. 250 K was well established for this molecular rotor by thermal analyses, variable-temperature X-ray diffraction, and variable temperature dielectric measurements. The order-disorder trans- formation of the rotator part (dabco moiety) causes ferroelastic phase transition with an Aizu notation of mmmF2/m from high- temperature orthorhombic phase (Pbnm) to low-temperature monoclinic phase (P21/n). More important, in reference to the density functional theory calculations and structural analyses, the key factors to tune the phase transition behaviors were dis- cussed in detail for this family of halomethyl-substituted molecular rotors.展开更多
基金the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11474339)the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2016YFA0300301, 2010CB923000 and 2011CBA00100)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘We report the discovery and characterization of a novel 112-type iron pnictide EuFeAs2, with La-doping induced superconductivity in a series of Eu1- xLaxFeAs2. The polycrystalline samples were synthesized through solid state reaction method only within a very narrow temperature window around 1073 K. Small single crystals were also grown from a flux method with the size about 100μm. The crystal structure was identified by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis as a monoclinic structure with space group of P2 1/m. From resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements, we found that the parent compound EuFeAs2 shows distinct anomalies probably due to the Fe2+ related antiferromagnetic/structural phase transition near 110K and the Eu2+ related antiferromagnetic phase transition near 40K. La-doping suppressed both phase transitions to lower temperatures and induced superconducting transitions with a Tc - 11 K for Eu0.85La0.15FeAs2.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21290173,21301198)the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB821706)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong(S2012030006240)
文摘A new bromethyl-substituted molecular rotor, [Cu(dabcoCH2Br)(H2O)Br3] (dabcoCH2Br+=1-(2-bromethyl)-1,4-diazoniabi- cyclo[2.2.2]octane cation), which belongs to a family of balomethyl-substituted molecular rotors, was synthesized and struc- turally characterized. The reversible phase transition at ca. 250 K was well established for this molecular rotor by thermal analyses, variable-temperature X-ray diffraction, and variable temperature dielectric measurements. The order-disorder trans- formation of the rotator part (dabco moiety) causes ferroelastic phase transition with an Aizu notation of mmmF2/m from high- temperature orthorhombic phase (Pbnm) to low-temperature monoclinic phase (P21/n). More important, in reference to the density functional theory calculations and structural analyses, the key factors to tune the phase transition behaviors were dis- cussed in detail for this family of halomethyl-substituted molecular rotors.