Synthesis and crystal structure of phosphate Ba<Subscript>1.5</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>2</Subscript>(PO<Subscript>4</Subscript>)<Subscript>3</Subscript>

Double phosphate Ba_1.5Fe₂(PO₄)₃ was synthesized and structurally studied. Single crystals were synthesized by the fusion method. Cubic crystals, Z = 4, space group P2₁3, a = 9.866(1) Å. This structure is built of polyhedrons of four types: PO₄ tetrahedrons, two virtually regular FeO₆ octahedrons, BaO₁₂ twelve-vertex polyhedrons, and BaO₉ nine-vertex polyhedrons. These polyhedrons share common oxygen vertices to form three-dimensional [Fe₂(PO₄)₃]_3∞ framework containing barium atoms in cavities.     

Molecular Structure of 1-Germatrahol and its Complex With Chloroform

The crystal structures of anhydrous 1-germatranol and its complex with HCCl₃ are centrosymmetrical dimers because of their intermolecular hydrogen bonds. In the germatranol crystal, the axial and equatorial oxygen atoms of its two molecules are hydrogen bonded into an eight-membered coordination cycle. In the complex with HCCl₃, the two molecules of germatranol are likewise linked in dimers, and both axial oxygen atoms are H bonded with HCCl₃. In the investigated structures, the axial Ge—O bond is shorter than the equatorial ones. Depending on the number and strength of the hydrogen bonds, the interatomic Ge—O and Ge ← N distances change markedly. The quantitative estimates of the H bond energy are obtained from quantum chemical calculations of the model systems containing 1-germatranol and HCCl₃ molecules.     

Atom states and interatomic interactions in complex perovskite-like oxides: XXVIII. Magnetic dilution in the La(Sr)CoO<Subscript>3</Subscript>-LaGaO<Subscript>3</Subscript> system

Magnetic susceptibility and ESP spectra of lanthanum gallates doped with cobalt and also with cobalt and strontium in the ratio 5:1 were studied. The introduction of strontium results in the formation of cobalt atom clusters including strontium and an oxygen vacancy, cobalt(III) transferring into the high-spin state.     

Formation of por-Si/SnOx nanocomposite by high-power ion beams of nanosecond duration

Layers of por-Si/SnO _x nanocomposite formed by high-power ion beam irradiation with nanosecond duration have been studied. The results of structural and elemental analyses of these layers are presented. The high sensitivity of this nanocomposite to low NO₂ concentrations at room temperature has been revealed.     

Effect of plastic deformation on physical properties and structure of the shape memory alloy Ti<Subscript>49.5</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>50.5</Subscript>

The effect of severe plastic deformation by torsion (SPDT) in Bridgman anvils at a high pressure (6 GPa) on the physical properties and crystal structure of the shape memory alloy Ti_49.5Ni_50.5 has been studied. The behavior of the thermal expansion, electrical resistivity, absolute differential thermopower, Hall coefficient, magnetic properties, and optical characteristics of the amorphous/nanocrystalline and submicrocrystalline alloys obtained by the SPDT with subsequent heat treatment at 800 K has been discussed.     

Stabilization of unstable stationary points in equations with delayed argument

We solve the problem of localization and stabilization of an unstable stationary point of a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) with a delayed argument for parameter values when the ODE system has chaotic dynamics. Translated from Nelineinaya Dinamika i Upravlenie, pp. 133–141, 1999.     

The influence of a complexing agent ion on the magnitude of the optical anisotropy of lanthanidomesogens

Measurements of the refractive indices and optical anisotropy of a series of liquid crystalline coordination compounds based on lanthanides with an identical ligand environment have been carried out. It was found that the magnitude of the optical anisotropy of the investigated complexes was several times smaller than the anisotropy of organic liquid crystals. Analysis of the results showed that the variation of the ion complexing agent had little effect on the magnitude of the optical anisotropy in the mesogenic complexes containing the same ligands. The even-odd alternation of the optical anisotropy of lanthanidomesogens at the increasing the number of protons in the ions of the lanthanides has been observed.

     

Crystal structure of M<Superscript>I</Superscript>VWO<Subscript>6</Subscript> (M = Li,Na) compounds

Compounds of the composition M^IVWO₆ (M = Li, Na) were prepared by solid-phase synthesis at 600°C. The compounds crystallize in the mineral brannerite structure type. The sodium derivative was prepared and identified for the first time. The crystal structures of the compounds were refined by the Rietveld method (space group C2/m).     

New laves phase in the ternary Nb-Cr-Re system

A new ternary Laves phase Nb(Cr,Re)₂ with a hexagonal MgZn₂-type structure and a rhenium concentration of 6.0–33.0 at % was revealed in the Nb-Cr-Re system.