RE2MAl6Si4 (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy; M = Au, Pt): Layered Quaternary Intermetallics Featuring CaAl2Si2-Type and YNiAl4Ge2-Type Slabs Grown from Aluminum Flux
Susan E. Latturner; Daniel Bilc; S. D. Mahanti; Mercouri G. Kanatzidis; Inorganic Chemistry 42 (2003) 7959–7966; doi:10.1021/ic0346432

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_publ_contact_author
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     Prof. M. G. Kanatzidis
     Department of Chemistry
     Michigan State University
     East Lansing, MI  48824    
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_publ_contact_author_email       kanatzid@cem.msu.edu
_publ_contact_author_phone       '(517) 355-9715'
_publ_section_title
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 RE2MAl6Si4 (RE = Gd, Tb, Dy; M = Au, Pt): Layered Quaternary
 Intermetallics Featuring CaAl2Si2-Type and YNiAl4Ge2-Type Slabs Grown
 from Aluminum Flux
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_journal_name_full               'Inorganic Chemistry'
_journal_page_first              7959
_journal_page_last               7966
_journal_paper_doi               10.1021/ic0346432
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0314P)^2^+19.8920P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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