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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. PoeppelmeierSingle 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.