Nd4Cu2O7: A Copper(I) Oxide with a Novel Cooperatively Distorted T′ Type Structure
✍ Scribed by D.R. Pederzolli; J.P. Attfield
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Volume
- 136
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4596
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✦ Synopsis
The crystal structure of Nd 4 Cu 2 O 7 (monoclinic, space group A2/m, a ؍ 8.4493(2) A s , b ؍ 3.7591(1) A s , c ؍ 12.6006(5) A s , ؍ 109.576(4)°, Z ؍ 2), prepared by topotactic reduction of the high-T c superconductor parent phase Nd 2 CuO 4 , has been determined by Rietveld fitting of time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction data (R wp ؍ 1.90%). A novel oxygen-vacancy-ordered arrangement of cooperatively distorted Cu 2 O 3 planes containing 2-and 4-coordinate Cu ؉ sites is found.
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