Materials Data on NdMnGe by Materials Project
NdMnGe is Matlockite structured and crystallizes in the tetragonal P4/nmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Nd is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to four equivalent Mn and five equivalent Ge atoms. All Nd–Mn bond lengths are 3.19 Å. There are four shorter (3.03 Å) and one longer (3.59 Å) Nd–Ge bond lengths. Mn is bonded to four equivalent Nd and four equivalent Ge atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and face-sharing MnNd4Ge4 tetrahedra. All Mn–Ge bond lengths are 2.53 Å. Ge is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to five equivalent Nd and four equivalent Mn atoms.