Transition metal phosphides exhibit high structural diversity and interesting physical properties. Phosphides found applications as semiconductors, thermoelectrics, magnetocalorics, and battery materials, just to name a few. We have explored compounds with Zn-P frameworks encapsulating rare-earth cations, such as La and Ce. In these compounds Zn exhibits high flexibility in local coordination by phosphorus atoms ranging from trigonal-planar ZnP<sub>3</sub> to tetrahedral ZnP<sub>4</sub> units. In this work we discussed the synthesis, crystal structures, transport properties and magnetism of ternary and quaternary zinc phosphides.

Crystal chemistry and magnetism of complex compounds with Zn-P frameworks

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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