Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)

The crystal structure of Sr4CuIr2O9is very sensitive to the conditions of synthesis. Prolonged heating of a commensurate trigonal sample prepared at 1120°C leads to the adoption of an incommensurate structure which can be regarded as a composite of two substructures having common unit cell parameter...

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Main Authors: Battle, P, Blake, G, Sloan, J, Vente, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998
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Blake, G
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description The crystal structure of Sr4CuIr2O9is very sensitive to the conditions of synthesis. Prolonged heating of a commensurate trigonal sample prepared at 1120°C leads to the adoption of an incommensurate structure which can be regarded as a composite of two substructures having common unit cell parametersaandbbut different parametersc1andc2. No detectable change in chemical composition accompanies the structural transition, nor do the magnetic properties of the sample change significantly. The structure of the commensurate form has been determined from neutron powder diffraction data collected at 4.5 K (space groupP321,a=9.68540(3) Å,c=8.04726(6) Å). Ir2O9octahedral dimers and CuO6trigonal prisms alternate in chains parallel toz, with the Sr cations located between the chains; the Cu2+cations are disordered within the prisms. The incommensurate form has been studied by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy (a=9.7020(6) Å,c1=4.0069(5) Å,c2=2.6993(4) Å). The relationship between the commensurate and incommensurate unit cells is discussed (c~2c1~3c2). No commensurate Ba4A′Ir2O9phases could be prepared, but incommensurate samples havingA′=Cu, Zn showed behavior similar to that of Sr4CuIr2O9. © 1998 Academic Press.
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spelling oxford-uuid:39191624-2570-4b28-8f95-65d05c41f1bf2022-03-26T13:53:38ZCommensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:39191624-2570-4b28-8f95-65d05c41f1bfEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1998Battle, PBlake, GSloan, JVente, JThe crystal structure of Sr4CuIr2O9is very sensitive to the conditions of synthesis. Prolonged heating of a commensurate trigonal sample prepared at 1120°C leads to the adoption of an incommensurate structure which can be regarded as a composite of two substructures having common unit cell parametersaandbbut different parametersc1andc2. No detectable change in chemical composition accompanies the structural transition, nor do the magnetic properties of the sample change significantly. The structure of the commensurate form has been determined from neutron powder diffraction data collected at 4.5 K (space groupP321,a=9.68540(3) Å,c=8.04726(6) Å). Ir2O9octahedral dimers and CuO6trigonal prisms alternate in chains parallel toz, with the Sr cations located between the chains; the Cu2+cations are disordered within the prisms. The incommensurate form has been studied by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy (a=9.7020(6) Å,c1=4.0069(5) Å,c2=2.6993(4) Å). The relationship between the commensurate and incommensurate unit cells is discussed (c~2c1~3c2). No commensurate Ba4A′Ir2O9phases could be prepared, but incommensurate samples havingA′=Cu, Zn showed behavior similar to that of Sr4CuIr2O9. © 1998 Academic Press.
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Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title_full Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title_fullStr Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title_full_unstemmed Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title_short Commensurate and Incommensurate Phases in the SystemA4A′Ir2O9(A=Sr, Ba;A′=Cu, Zn)
title_sort commensurate and incommensurate phases in the systema4a ir2o9 a sr ba a cu zn
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