Report No 1951/AP - Instytut Fizyki JÄ drowej PAN
Report No 1951/AP - Instytut Fizyki JÄ drowej PAN
Report No 1951/AP - Instytut Fizyki JÄ drowej PAN
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INDIRECT NUCLEAR INTERACTIONS IN MPtSn SEMICONDUCTORS<br />
(M=Ti, Zr, Hf, Th) : 119Sn AND 195Pt MAS NMR STUDY<br />
Agnieszka Grykałowska and Bogdan <strong>No</strong>wak<br />
W. Trzebiatowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research,<br />
Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, 50-950 Wrocław 2, Poland<br />
The semi-Heusler-type compounds MPtSn (M=Ti,Zr,Hf,Th) crystallize in the cubic<br />
MgAgAs-type of structure. This structure may be considered as zinc-blende crystal structure<br />
of tin and platinum atoms in which the M atoms occupy the octahedral interstitial sites. Thus<br />
each Sn and M atom is tetrahedrally coordinated by Pt atoms, whereas each Pt atom is doubly<br />
tetrahedrally coordinated by Sn and M atoms. The tetrahedral geometry implies that the<br />
bonding is primarily covalent with sp 3 bonds. Thus the family of MPtSn compounds appears<br />
to be an appropriate system to search for electron-coupled interactions. In favorable cases<br />
(TiPtSn and ZrPtSn) the 119 Sn and 195 Pt MAS NMR spectra reveal expected J coupling<br />
patterns originating from indirect spin coupling between Pt and Sn nuclei.<br />
119 Sn MAS NMR spectrum of TiPtSn at 111.9 MHz (7.05<br />
T) and T=294 K. J iso (Sn-Pt) = 1920 Hz. Spinning rate<br />
8 kHz, accumulation number 2056.<br />
1670<br />
1620<br />
(ppm )<br />
1570<br />
195 Pt MAS NMR spectra of ZrPtSn at 64.4 MHz<br />
(7.05 T) and T=294K. J iso (Pt-Sn) = 1550 Hz. Spinning<br />
rate 6.5 kHz, accumulation number16384.<br />
3450<br />
3400<br />
(p p m )<br />
3350<br />
32