T. Okuda et al., STRUCTURE AND SUCCESSIVE PHASE-TRANSITIONS OF RGEBR(3) (R EQUALS ALKYLAMMONIUM) STUDIED BY MEANS OF NQR, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 51(5-6), 1996, pp. 686-692
A series of tribromogermanate(II) complexes RGeBr(3) (R = CH3NH3, (CH3
)(2)NH2, (CH3)(4)N, C2H5NH3, (C2H5)(4)N) have been synthesized and cha
racterized by Br-81 NQR, AC conductivity, DTA, and X-rax diffraction.
These measurements revealed the presence of successive phase transitio
ns in these complexes. The crystal structures of Phases I and II in (N
H3)(4)NGeBr3 were derived from the Rietveld analysis of powder X-ray d
iffraction. The electric conductivity was considerably high in CH3NH3G
eBr3 and (NH3)(4)NGeBr3. The conduction mechanism is discussed on the
basis of Br-81 NQR spin-lattice relaxation times and crystal structure
s.