Cluster Self-Organization of Intermetallic Systems: Clusters-Precursors K4, K6, and K7 for the Self-Assembly of Crystal Structures Y20Cu20Mg64-oC104, Y20Cu20Mg52-oC92, and Y3(NiAl3)Ge2-hP9

V. Ya. Shevchenko; Шевченко В. Я.; G. D. Ilyushin; Илюшин Г. Д.

doi:10.31857/S0132665123600280

Cluster Self-Organization of Intermetallic Systems: Clusters-Precursors K4, K6, and K7 for the Self-Assembly of Crystal Structures Y20Cu20Mg64-oC104, Y20Cu20Mg52-oC92, and Y3(NiAl3)Ge2-hP9

Authors: Shevchenko V.Y.¹, Ilyushin G.D.²
Affiliations:
1. Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia
2. Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, 119333, Moscow, Russia
Issue: Vol 49, No 5 (2023)
Pages: 485-498
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0132-6651/article/view/139329
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0132665123600280
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/KXLKBK
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Using computer methods (ToposPro software package), a combinatorial topological analysis and modeling of the self-assembly of the following crystal structures are carried out: Y20Cu20Mg64-oC104 (a = 4.136 Å, b = 19.239 Å, c = 29.086 Å, V = 2314.45 Å3, Cmcm), Y20Cu20Mg52-oC92 (a = 4.097 Å, b = 19.279 Å, c = 25.790 Å, V = 2037.30 Å3, Cmcm), and Y3(NiAl3)Ge2-hP9 (a = b = 6.948 Å, c = 4.156 Å, V = 173.78 5 Å3, P-62m). For the Y20Cu20Mg64-oC104 crystal structure, 52 variants of the cluster representation of the 3D atomic network with the 3, 4, and 5 structural units are established. Four crystallographically independent structural units in the form of a tetrahedron are determined: tetrahedron K4 = 0@CuMg3, tetrahedron K4 = 0@YMg3, tetrahedron K4 = 0@YCuMg2, and a supratetrahedron K6 = 0@YCu2Mg3. A variant of self-assembly with the participation of hexamers from six linked structural units is considered (K4B+ K4C)(K4A+ K6)(K4B+ K4C). For the Y20Cu20Mg64-oC92 crystal structure, 27 variants of cluster representation of the 3D atomic mesh with 3, 4, and 5 structural units are established. Three crystallographically independent structural units in the form of a tetrahedron are determined: tetrahedron K4 = 0@YCuMg2, cluster K6 = 0@6(Y2Mg4) in the form of double tetrahedrons YMg3, and a nine-atom supratetrahedron K9 = Mg@Y2Cu2Mg4 consisting of two YMg2Cu and two YMg3 tetrahedrons. A variant of the self-assembly involving trimers of three structural units K4+ K6+ K9 is considered. For the Y3(NiAl3)Ge2-hP9 crystal structure, eight variants of decomposition of the 3D atomic mesh into cluster structures with the participation of two structural units are established. A variant of the self-assembly with the participation of packing generatrices of seven-atom clusters-precursors K7 = 0@Y3(NiAl3) with the participation of Ge atoms-spacers is considered. The symmetry and topological code of the self-assembly processes of 3D-structures is reconstructed from clusters-precursor in the following form: primary chain → layer → framework.

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Y20Cu20Mg64-oC104, Y20Cu20Mg52-oC92, Y3(NiAl3)Ge2-hP9, clusters-precursors K4, K6, K7, self-assembly of the crystal structure

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V. Ya. Shevchenko

Grebenshchikov Institute of Silicate Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

Email: shevchenko@isc.nw.ru
Россия, 199034, Санкт-Петербург, наб. Макарова 2

G. D. Ilyushin

Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, 119333, Moscow, Russia

Author for correspondence.
Email: gdilyushin@gmail.com
Россия, 119333, Москва, Ленинский пр. 59

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