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Acc Chem Res. 2017 Jun 20;50(6):1459-1467. doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00153. Epub 2017 Jun 07.

Structural Characterization of Intermetallic Compounds by .

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Christopher Benndorf, Hellmut Eckert, Oliver Janka

Affiliations

  1. Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
  2. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Corrensstraße 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
  3. Institut für Mineralogie, Kristallographie und Materialwissenschaften, Universität Leipzig , Scharnhorststraße 20, 04275 Leipzig, Germany.
  4. Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo , São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil.
  5. Institut für Chemie, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg , Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.

PMID: 28590712 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00153

Abstract

Intermetallic compounds are of broad interest for solid state chemists, condensed matter physicists, and material scientists due to their intriguing crystal chemistry, their physical properties, and their potential applications, ranging from lab curiosities to everyday objects. To characterize and understand the properties of new compounds and novel materials, the availability of structural information, particularly single-crystal X-ray diffraction data, is a mandatory prerequisite. Especially when it comes to the formation of compounds with deficient or mixed site occupancies, superstructures, or representatives crystallizing in other, thus far unknown structure types, a complementary method for structural analysis is of great value. Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been a valuable tool in many areas of chemistry, being an element-selective, site-specific, and inherently quantitative tool for detailed structural characterization. Magic-angle spinning conditions eliminate or reduce the effect of anisotropic interactions in the solid state, producing high-resolution spectra. Until recently,

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