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- Title
Peierls-Distorted Monoclinic MnB<sub>4</sub> with a MnMn Bond.
- Authors
Knappschneider, Arno; Litterscheid, Christian; George, Nathan C.; Brgoch, Jakoah; Wagner, Norbert; Beck, Johannes; Kurzman, Joshua A.; Seshadri, Ram; Albert, Barbara
- Abstract
Tetraborides of chromium and manganese exhibit an unusual boron-atom framework that resembles the hypothetical tetragonal diamond. They are believed to be very hard. Single crystals of MnB4 have now been grown. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P21/ c) with a structure that has four crystallographically independent boron-atom positions, as confirmed by 11B MAS-NMR spectroscopy. An unexpected short distance between the Mn atoms suggests a double Mn-Mn bond and is caused by Peierls distortion. The structure was solved using group-subgroup-relationships. DFT calculations indicate MnI centers and paramagnetism, as confirmed by magnetic measurements. The density of states shows a pseudo-band gap at the Fermi energy and semiconducting behavior was observed for MnB4.
- Subjects
BORON; FERMI energy; CHROMIUM; MANGANESE; NONMETALS
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, Vol 53, Issue 6, p1684
- ISSN
1433-7851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/anie.201306548