TY - GEN A1 - Zeugner, Alexander A1 - Kaiser, Martin A1 - Schmidt, Peer A1 - Menshchikova, Tatiana V. A1 - Rusinov, Igor P. A1 - Markelov, Anton V. A1 - Van den Broek, Wouter A1 - Chulkov, Evgueni V. A1 - Doert, Thomas A1 - Ruck, Michael A1 - Isaeva, Anna T1 - Modular Design with 2D Topological-Insulator Building Blocks: Optimized Synthesis and Crystal Growth and Crystal and Electronic Structures of BiₓTeI (x = 2, 3) T2 - Chemistry of Materials N2 - Structural engineering of topological bulk materials is systematically explored with regard to the incorporation of the buckled bismuth layer [Bi₂], which is a 2D topological insulator per se, into the layered BiTeI host structure. The previously known bismuth telluride iodides, BiTeI and Bi₂TeI, offer physical properties relevant for spintronics. Herewith a new cousin, Bi₃TeI (sp.gr. R3m, a = 440.12(2) pm, c = 3223.1(2) pm), joins the ranks and expands this structural family. Bi₃TeI = [Bi₂][BiTeI] represents a stack with strictly alternating building blocks. Conditions for reproducible synthesis and crystal-growth of Bi₂TeI and Bi₃TeI are ascertained, thus yielding platelet-like crystals on the millimeter size scale and enabling direct measurements. The crystal structures of Bi₂TeI and Bi₃TeI are examined by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. DFT calculations predict metallic properties of Bi₃TeI and an unconventional surface state residing on various surface terminations. This state emerges as a result of complex hybridization of atomic states due to their strong intermixing. Our study does not support the existence of new stacking variants BiₓTeI with x > 3; instead, it indicates a possible homogeneity range of Bi₃TeI. The series BiTeI–Bi₂TeI–Bi₃TeI illustrates the influence of structural modifications on topological properties. KW - Crytal growth KW - Topological insulator KW - Crystal structure KW - Electronic structure KW - Bismuth layered compounds Y1 - 2017 UR - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05038 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05038 SN - 0897-4756 SN - 1520-5002 VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 1321 EP - 1337 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Knies, Maximilian A1 - Kaiser, Martin A1 - Lê Anh, Mai A1 - Efimova, Anastasia A1 - Doert, Thomas A1 - Ruck, Michael T1 - Low-Temperature Ordering in the Cluster Compound (Bi₈)Tl[AlCl₄]₃ T2 - Inorganics N2 - The reaction of Bi, BiCl₃, and TlCl in the ionic liquid [BMIm]Cl·4AlCl₃ (BMIm = 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) at 180 °C yielded air-sensitive black crystals of (Bi₈)Tl[AlCl₄]₃. X-ray diffraction on single crystals at room temperature revealed a structure containing [Tl(AlCl₄)₃]∞12− strands separated by isolated Bi₈²⁺ square antiprisms. The thallium(I) ion is coordinated by twelve Cl⁻ ions of six [AlCl₄]⁻ groups, resulting in a chain of face-sharing [TlCl₁₂]¹¹⁻ icosahedra. The Bi₈²⁺ polycation is disordered, simulating a threefold axis through its center and overall hexagonal symmetry (space group P6₃/m). Slowly cooling the crystals to 170 K resulted in increased order in the Bi₈ cluster orientations. An ordered structure model in a supercell with a’ = 2a, b’ = 2b, c’ = 3c and the space group P6₅ was refined. The structure resembles a hexagonal perovskite, with complex groups in place of simple ions. KW - bismuth KW - cluster compounds KW - hexagonal perovskite KW - ionic liquids KW - low-valen KW - low-valent compounds KW - order–disorder transition KW - orientational disorder KW - polycations KW - pseudosymmetry Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics7040045 VL - 7 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Tolksdorf, Johann Friedrich A1 - Kaiser, Knut A1 - Petr, Libor A1 - Herbig, Christoph A1 - Kočár, Petr A1 - Heinrich, Susann A1 - Wilke, Franziska D.H. A1 - Theuerkauf, Martin A1 - Fülling, Alexander A1 - Schubert, Matthias A1 - Schröder, Frank A1 - Křivánek, Roman A1 - Schulz, Lars A1 - Bonhage, Alexander A1 - Hemker, Christiane T1 - Past human impact in a mountain forest: geoarchaeology of a medieval glass production and charcoal hearth site in the Erzgebirge, Germany T2 - Regional Environmental Change Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01638-1 SN - 1436-378X SN - 1436-3798 VL - 20 IS - 3 ER -