| Autor: |
Żogał, O. J., Fojud, Z., Herzig, P., Pietraszko, A., Lyashchenko, A. B., Jurga, S., Paderno, V. N. |
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Journal of Applied Physics; Aug2009, Vol. 106 Issue 3, p033514-033519, 5p, 5 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 3 Graphs |
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We have grown a single crystal of ReB2 and refined its crystal structure. Our structural studies confirmed the hexagonal structure (space group P63/mmc) with lattice parameters a=2.8982(1) Å and c=7.4723(3) Å. We also report the observation of first order satellites in the 11B nuclear magnetic resonance, which indicated the presence of a nonzero quadrupole coupling frequency, νQ=276±3 kHz, and an asymmetry parameter η=0 at the boron atom sites. These values are in excellent agreement with electric-field-gradient (EFG) tensor calculations based on first principles. These calculations showed that the principal axis of the most negative EFG-tensor component, VZZ, is parallel to the c-axis of the crystal. This behavior is in agreement with the observed excess of B pz charge (c direction) over the px and py charges and is related to stronger metal-boron bonds compared to previously studied YB12 and LaB6, where the B–B bonds are stronger. Finally, the bonding properties of ReB2 are discussed in terms of densities of states, valence-electron densities, and partial charges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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