Single crystals of monoclinic Nd(2)W(2)O(9) were obtained by growth from tungsten borate flux in an atmosphere of air. The crystal structure consists of chains of distorted [WO(6)] octa-hedra that run along the c axis of the structure, and of [NdO(9)] polyhedra that are connected via common faces and common edges to form a three-dimensional framework.

In the title compound, C(8)H(10)N(2), the cyclo-hexane ring adopts a chair conformation. he crystal structure of the previously reported monoclinic modification have intramolecular CN⋯CN and C-H⋯N interactions. These types of interaction are not present in this new modification whose crystal structure is built up by van der Waals interactions.

Magnesium amidoborane monoammoniate (Mg(NH(2)BH(3))(2) x NH(3)) which crystallizes in a monoclinic structure (space group P2(1)/a) has been synthesized by reacting MgNH with NH(3)BH(3). Dihydrogen bonds are established between coordinated NH(3) and BH(3) of [NH(2)BH(3)](-) in the structure, promoting stoichiometric conversion of NH(3) to H(2).

It is well known that pressure causes profound changes in the properties of atoms and chemical bonding, leading to the formation of many unusual materials. Here we systematically explore all stable calcium carbides at pressures from ambient to 100 GPa using variable-composition evolutionary structure predictions using the USPEX code. We find that Ca5C2, Ca2C, Ca3C2, CaC, Ca2C3 and CaC2 have sta...

We determine the pressure phase diagram of the 1111 compounds CaFeAsF and SrFeAsF, up to 20 GPa and down to 4 K by electrical resistivity measurements and the change of structure up to 40 GPa at room temperature. The antiferromagnetic transition temperature, as determined by the derivative peak, shows a minimum at ~5 GPa (10 GPa) for the Ca (Sr) compound. For CaFeAsF, superconductivity appears ...

We study the symmetrised rank-one convex hull of monoclinic-I martensite (a twelve-variant material) in the context of geometrically-linear elasticity. We construct sets of T3s, which are (non-trivial) symmetrised rank-one convex hulls of three-tuples of pairwise incompatible strains. In addition, we construct a fivedimensional continuum of T3s and show that its intersection with the boundary o...

The structure of the conjugative coupling protein TrwBDeltaN70 from Escherichia coli plasmid R388 was solved using two crystal forms. This large multimeric membrane protein of 437 residues per monomer is involved in cell-to-cell single-strand DNA transfer. Diffraction data to 2.4 A were available from trigonal crystals obtained from ammonium sulfate and to 2.5 A from monoclinic crystals grown f...