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Report No 1951/AP - Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej 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 />

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