Steric and electronic effects relating to the Cu2+ Jahn-Teller Distortion in Zn1-xCuxAl2O4 spinels

Anne Le Nestour (1) , Manuel Gaudon (1) , Gérard Villeneuve (2) , Ronn Andriessen (3) , Alain Demourgues (1)

1 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
2 IRAMAT - Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux
3 Agfa-Gevaert

Zn1-xCuxAl2O4 (0 < x < 1) compositions have been synthesized by solid-state route, and a color scale going from white (x = 0) to brownish-red (x = 1) with intermediate colors as pale green for x = 0.10 and pale brown for x = 0.30 can be observed...

Mots clés: Solid solution; Jahn-Teller effect; Spinel; Copper; Electronic effect; Colors

Domaines: Matériaux

Anne Le Nestour, Manuel Gaudon, Gérard Villeneuve, Ronn Andriessen, Alain Demourgues. Steric and electronic effects relating to the Cu2+ Jahn-Teller Distortion in Zn1-xCuxAl2O4 spinels. Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46 (7), pp.2645 - 2658. ⟨10.1021/ic062329c⟩. ⟨hal-00139466⟩