Malliakas Christos, Billinge Simon J L, Kim Hyun Jeong, Kanatzidis Mercouri G
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2005 May 11;127(18):6510-1. doi: 10.1021/ja0505292.
The distortions in the square tellurium nets long known to exist in the structures of the charge-density wave materials, RETe3, have been elucidated. The (Te2)1- nets contain polytelluride oligomers which propagate in a fashion incommensurate from the adjacent (RETe)+ sublattice. The new information sets the stage for a much deeper understanding of these systems.
