Departmental Papers (MSE)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
12-7-2006
Abstract
We report here our high-resolution neutron powder diffraction and neutron vibrational spectroscopy study of CaSiD1+x along with first-principles calculations, which reveal the deuterium structural arrangements and bonding in this novel alloy hydride. Both the structural and spectroscopic results show that, for x > 0, D atoms start occupying a Ca3Si interstitial site. The corresponding Si-D bond length is determined to be 1.82 Å, fully 0.24 Å larger than predicted by theory. Thus, our neutron measurements are at odds with the strongly covalent Si-H bonding in CaSiH1+x that such calculations suggest, a result which may have implications for a number of ongoing studies of metal-hydrogen systems destabilized by Si alloying.
Date Posted: 07 July 2011
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Suggested Citation:
Wu, H., Zhou, W. Udovic, T.J., Rush, J.J. and Yildirim, T. (2006). Structure and hydrogen bonding in CaSiD1+x: Issues about covalent bonding. Physical Review B 74, 224101.
© 2006 American Physical Society
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysREvB.74.224101