Flux crystal growth, structure, and optical properties of non-centrosymmetric oxysulfides Ln<sub>3</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>Ge<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>O<sub>10</sub> (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd).
Yan, Hong; Fujii, Kotaro; Matsushita, Yoshitaka; Yashima, Masatomo; Yamaura, Kazunari; Tsujimoto, Yoshihiro; Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 54 (2025) 10433–10440; doi:10.1039/d5dt01100k

data_7718871
_publ_section_title
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 Flux crystal growth, structure, and optical properties of
 non-centrosymmetric oxysulfides
 Ln<sub>3</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>Ge<sub>2</sub>S<sub>3</sub>O<sub>10</sub> (Ln
 = La, Ce, Pr, Nd).
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'Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)'
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_journal_page_last               10440
_journal_paper_doi               10.1039/d5dt01100k
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_chemical_formula_moiety         'Ga3 Ge2 Nd3 O10 S3'
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2025-05-07 deposited with the CCDC.	2025-06-12 downloaded from the CCDC.
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List of Runs (angles in degrees, time in seconds):

  # Type    Start    End  Width  t~exp~   \w     \q     \k     \f   Frames
  1  \w     21.00 106.00   0.50   11.46    --   20.00  54.00 -60.00  170
  2  \w    -49.00  32.00   0.50   11.46    --   20.00  54.00   0.00  162
  3  \w     66.00  91.00   0.50   11.46    --   20.00  54.00   0.00   50
  4  \w    -74.00 -35.00   0.50   11.46    --   20.00  54.00 -60.00   78
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'CrysAlisPro convention (1999,Acta A55,543-557)'
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CrysAlisPro 1.171.42.63a (Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, 2022)
Analytical numeric absorption correction using a multifaceted crystal
model based on expressions derived by R.C. Clark & J.S. Reid.
(Clark, R. C. & Reid, J. S. (1995). Acta Cryst. A51, 887-897)
Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics,
implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm.
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_refine_ls_abs_structure_details
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 Flack x determined using 239 quotients [(I+)-(I-)]/[(I+)+(I-)]
 (Parsons, Flack and Wagner, Acta Cryst. B69 (2013) 249-259).
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_refine_ls_R_factor_gt           0.0190
_refine_ls_shift/su_max          0.001
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_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
_refine_ls_weighting_details     'w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
_refine_ls_weighting_scheme      calc
_refine_ls_wR_factor_gt          0.0328
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_cod_depositor_comments
'Adding full bibliography for 7718868--7718871.cif.'
_cod_original_cell_volume        647.89(8)
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_chemical_oxdiff_formula         'Nd3 Ga3 Ge2 S3 O10'
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_olex2_refinement_description
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Empirical correction (ABSPACK) includes:
- Absorption correction using spherical harmonics
- Frame scaling
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