Abstract
A new lithium zinc iodate, LiZnO(IO3), has been prepared by hydrothermal reactions at 200 C. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiment revealed that the compound crystallizes in a noncentrosymmetric orthorhombic space group Ama2 with cell parameters: a = 6.3386(6) Å, b = 11.2613(11) Å, c = 4.6840(5) Å, Z = 4. In the structure, the basic building units are the distorted ZnO6 octahedron, LiO4 tetrahedron and the IO3 group. These groups are linked together to form a three-dimensional structure by sharing the oxygen atoms. The DSC measurement demonstrates that the compound is stable up to 490 C. Powder second-harmonic generation (SHG) test shows that the SHG effect is about 2 × KH 2PO4.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 130-133 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Solid State Sciences |
| Volume | 25 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51002119 ), the Fund of Education Committee of Shaanxi Province (No. 12JK0976 ) and NWU Graduate Innovation and Creativity Funds (No. YZZ12086 ). The authors thank Prof. Zhanggui Hu and Dr. Yinchao Yue for the measurement of the SHG.
Keywords
- Iodate
- Noncentrosymmetric structure
- SHG effect
- Single-crystal structure