Didysprosium hepta­nickel

The title compound, Dy2Ni7, adopts the β-Gd2Co7-type structure type. The asymmetric unit contains two Dy sites (both site symmetry 3m) and five Ni sites (site symmetries .m, .2/m and -3m, and two 3m). The four different Ni coordination polyhedra are Frank–Kasper icosa­hedra formed by five Dy and sev...

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Main Authors: Levytskyy, Volodymyr, Babizhetskyy, Volodymyr, Kotur, Bohdan, Smetana, Volodymyr
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3297205/