Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties
of Li6CuB4O10:  a Congruently Melting Compound with
Isolated [CuB4O10]6- Units

Pan, Shilie; Smit, Jared P.; Watkins, Byron; Marvel, Michael R.; Stern, Charlotte L.; Poeppelmeier, Kenneth R.

doi:10.1021/ja0633114.s002

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Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Li₆CuB₄O₁₀: a Congruently Melting Compound with Isolated [CuB₄O₁₀]^6- Units

journal contribution

posted on 2006-09-06, 00:00 authored by Shilie Pan, Jared P. Smit, Byron Watkins, Michael R. Marvel, Charlotte L. Stern, Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier

Single crystals of Li₆CuB₄O₁₀ have been synthesized, and its crystal structure has been determined. Li₆CuB₄O₁₀ crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric triclinic space group P1 (No. 1). The structure consists of isolated [CuB₄O₁₀]^6- polyanions that are bridged by six LiO₄ tetrahedra. Li₆CuB₄O₁₀ is a congruently melting compound. It produces SHG intensity similar to that produced by KH₂PO₄ and is phase-matchable.