Site-specific substitution in the structure of Ni<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>11</sub> by the coinage metals (<i>Cn</i> = Ag and Au) to alter the magnetism
The factors influencing the site preference of Ni in the structure of Ni<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>11</sub> (<i>I</i>4̄3<i>m</i>) are discussed in this study. The insertion of the coinage metals (<i>Cn</i> = Ag and Au) in the structure of the ternary Ni-Zn-<i>Cn γ</i>-brass system is site-specific, and this site specificity of nonmagnetic <i>Cn</i> surprisingly modifies the magnetic behaviour. While Ni<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>11</sub> shows diamagnetic behavior, Ni<sub>2</sub>Zn<sub>10.25</sub><i>Cn</i><sub>0.75</sub> exhibits itinerant electron paramagnetism.
Authors
- Amit Mondal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-0024)
- Weiwei Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-8195)
- Sandip K. Kuila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3348-5820)
- Rahul Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7791-0202)
- Ahin Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-2562)
- Partha P. Jana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-4150)
- Sunjay Sethi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6736-7443)
- Jayanta Dutta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9140-4825)
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IN)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dalton Transactions
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5dt01703c
- Primary Topic
- Rare-earth and actinide compounds
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00