Renaissance of the Stella Quadrangula: The Lanthanoid Nitride Tellurides Ln13N5Te12 (Ln = La–Nd)

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Thomas Schleid from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. The cover image shows how both cationic components [N2Ln6]12+ and [N3Ln7]12+ in the title compounds Ln13N5Te12 (Ln = La–Nd) derive from a hypothetic stella quadrangula [N4Ln8]12+ of four edg...

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Published in:European journal of inorganic chemistry 2018-07, Vol.2018 (26), p.2994-2994
Main Authors: Lissner, Falk, Foltin, Markus L., Schleid, Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Inorganic chemistry
Intermetallic compounds
Tellurides
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Summary:Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Thomas Schleid from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. The cover image shows how both cationic components [N2Ln6]12+ and [N3Ln7]12+ in the title compounds Ln13N5Te12 (Ln = La–Nd) derive from a hypothetic stella quadrangula [N4Ln8]12+ of four edge‐sharing [NLn4]9+ tetrahedra by removal of the appropriate number of LnN equivalents. Our cover design highlights the stella quadrangula (tetrahedral star) and its two LnN‐depleted oligomers as rising stars on a night‐sky firmament to convey some vision of the unexpected… Read more about the story behind the cover in the Cover Profile and about the research itself in the Full Paper by T. Schleid et al.
ISSN:1434-1948
1099-0682
DOI:10.1002/ejic.201800735