Ternary Borides Cr2AlB2, Cr3AlB4, and Cr4AlB6: The First Members of the Series (CrB2)nCrAl with n = 1, 2, 3 and a Unifying Concept for Ternary Borides as MAB-Phases.

Single crystals of the ternary borides Cr2AlB2, Cr3AlB4, Cr4AlB6, MoAlB, WAlB, Mn2AlB2, and Fe2AlB2 were grown from the elements with an excess of Al. Structures were refined by X-ray methods on the basis of single crystal data. All compounds crystallize in orthorhombic space groups.

Multiple intracranial tuberculomas associated with partial status epilepticus and refractory infantile spasms.

We report the case of a 10 month-old girl presenting with multiple intracranial tuberculomas associated with partial status epilepticus and cerebrovascular accident in the left sylvian territory. She later developed paradoxical enlargement of the tuberculomas during antituberculous treatment and severe neurological sequelae with refractory infantile spasms. The development of infantile spasms in this context is particularly remarkable, and this case is illustrative of the complex interrelationship between intracranial lesions, partial status epilepticus, and infantile spasms.

V2AlC, V4AlC3-x (x approximately 0.31), and V12Al3C8: synthesis, crystal growth, structure, and superstructure.

Single crystals of V2AlC and the new carbides V4AlC3-x and V12Al3C8 were synthesized from metallic melts. V2AlC was formed with an excess of Al, while V4AlC3-x (x approximately 0.31) and V12Al3C8 require the addition of cobalt to the melt.

Ta3AlC2 and Ta4AlC3--single-crystal investigations of two new ternary carbides of tantalum synthesized by the molten metal technique.

Single crystals of the new ternary carbides Ta4AlC3 and Ta3AlC2 were synthesized from molten aluminum and characterized XRD, EDX, and WDX measurements. Crystal structures were refined for the first time on the basis of single-crystal data. Both compounds crystallize in a hexagonal structure with space group P63/mmc and Z = 2.

Synthesis and structural metastability of CdTe nanowires.

A new organometallic preparation method is described for CdTe nanowires with a high aspect ratio and a predominantly metastable wurtzite phase. The optical and morphological properties of the resulting nanowires were studied, as well as the influence of elevated temperatures on the crystallographic properties. A phase transition from wurtzite to sphalerite was observed at about 500 degrees C.

B Tetrahedra for Aluminum Atoms-A Surprising Substitution in τ-Borides Ni Al B and Ni AlB.

Stabilized by the tailor-made coordination in the crystal, B tetrahedra were characterized for the first time in a solid-state structure (shown on the right). Some of the Al atoms are replaced by B tetrahedra in the cubic τ-boride Ni AlB . The B-B distances of 1.