Centrosymmetric to Noncentrosymmetric Structure Transition of the RbREP 2 Se 6 (RE = La -Nd, Sm, Ho -Yb) Series: Crystal Growth, Magnetic and Optical Properties
Kashem, Habiba B.; Muhit, Md Abdullah Al; Smith, Hope E.; Gabilondo, Eric; Halasyamani, P. Shiv; Zur Loye, Hans-Conrad; Dalton Transactions  (2026) –; doi:10.1039/D6DT00254D

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_publ_section_title
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 Centrosymmetric to noncentrosymmetric structure transition of the
 RbREP<sub>2</sub>Se<sub>6</sub> (RE = La-Nd, Sm, Ho-Yb) series: crystal
 growth, magnetic and optical properties.
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_journal_issue                   13
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'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
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Olex2 1.5
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2026-01-08 deposited with the CCDC.	2026-03-05 downloaded from the CCDC.
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SADABS-2016/2 (Bruker,2016/2) was used for absorption correction.
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The Ratio of minimum to maximum transmission is 0.6088.
The \l/2 correction factor is Not present.
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 Refined as an inversion twin.
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'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0027P)^2^+1.3939P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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'Adding full bibliography for 7720608--7720616.cif.'
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1. Twinned data refinement
 Scales: 0.954(12)
 0.046(12)
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