%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis and crystal structure analysis of the magnetic ternary compound Mn2GeTe4
%A Gerzon E. Delgado
%A Luis Betancourt
%A Asilo¨¦ J. Mora
%A Jines E. Contreras
%J Avances en Qu¨ªmica
%D 2009
%I Universidad de los Andes
%X Samples of the ternary phase Mn2GeTe4 were synthesized by direct fusion using the anneal method. X-ray powder diffraction results indicated that this material crystallizes with orthorhombic symmetry, space group Pnma, and unit cell parameters: a = 13.950(2)  , b = 8.115(1)  , c = 6.592(1)  , V = 746.2(2)  3. The Rietveld refinement converged to the figures of merit Rp = 6.9%, Rwp = 8.6%, Rexp = 5.6% and 2 = 2.4. Mn2GeTe4 is the first telluride of the II2-IV-VI4 family that crystallizes with olivine-type structure.
%K Chalcogenides
%K Semiconductors
%K Chemical synthesis
%K X-ray powder diffraction
%K Crystal structure
%U http://www.saber.ula.ve/bitstream/123456789/28258/1/articulo1.pdf