Using high pressure to prepare polymorphs of the Ba2Co(1-x)Zn(x)S3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) compounds.

In this work, high pressure was used as a tool to induce structural transition and prepare metastable polymorphs of ternary sulfides. Structural transformations under high pressure of compounds belonging to the Ba(2)Co(1-x)Zn(x)S(3) (0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0) series were studied using X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy.

Synthesis and characterisation of the quaternary nitride-fluoride Ce2MnN3F(2-delta).

Ce(2)MnN(3)F(2-delta) has been synthesised via low-temperature fluorination of the ternary nitride Ce(2)MnN(3). To the best of our knowledge, Ce(2)MnN(3)F(2-delta) is the first quaternary nitride-fluoride to be reported. The reaction of Ce(2)MnN(3) with 10% F(2)/N(2) at 95-115 degrees C yields the fluorinated phase Ce(2)MnN(3)F(2-delta), with tetragonal symmetry (P4/nmm a = 3.