F. Leberre et al., PHYSICAL AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF CHEVREL-PHASE SELENIDES MO3SE4 AND RE(X)MO(6)SE(8) - CRYSTAL-GROWTH AND MUTUAL SOLUBILITY, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 144, 1995, pp. 1171-1172
We present the synthesis and superconducting behaviours of the Chevrel
-phase selenides series RE(x)Mo(6)Se(8) (x > 0.5; RE = La, Ce, Ho, Yb)
. X-ray diffraction, lattice parameters and T-c variations clearly sho
w that no solid solution exists between the binary and the appropriate
ternary compounds despite of their isostructural character. Prelimina
ry results obtained on single crystals of ternary compounds are also p
resented and discussed for comparison.