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A calcium aluminum rhenium sodalite with reducible rhenium in the sodalite cage

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An unreported rhenium-based calcium aluminum sodalite (CARe sodalite) has been synthesized by a traditional solid-state method. The rhenium is located in the sodalite β-cage and can be reduced under 5% H2 forming gas without breaking the cage framework. Preliminary characterizations of the structural, optical, and magnetic properties are reported.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Gordon and betty Moore Foundation grant number GBMF-9066. The authors acknowledge the use of Princeton’s Imaging and Analysis Center, which is partially supported by the Princeton Center for Complex Materials, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-MRSEC program (DMR-2011750).

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This study was funded by Gordon and betty Moore Foundation Grant Number GBMF-9066 and National Science Foundation (NSF)-MRSEC program (DMR-2011750).

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    Danrui Ni, Lun Jin, Chen Yang & Robert J. Cava

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    Guangming Cheng & Nan Yao

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Danrui Ni contributed toward conceptualization, methodology, investigation, formal analysis, visualization, and writing—original draft; Guangming Cheng contributed toward validation, investigation, formal analysis, visualization, and writing—reviewing and editing; Lun Jin contributed toward validation, investigation, and formal analysis; Chen Yang contributed toward validation and investigation; Nan Yao contributed toward resource, supervision, and project funding acquisition; Robert J. Cava* contributed toward conceptualization, resource, supervision, project funding acquisition, administration, and writing- reviewing and editing.

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Ni, D., Cheng, G., Jin, L. et al. A calcium aluminum rhenium sodalite with reducible rhenium in the sodalite cage. MRS Communications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00550-7

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