Electronic origins of structural distortions in post-transition metal oxides: experimental and theoretical evidence for a revision of the lone pair model
Structural distortions in post-transition metal oxides are often explained in terms of the influence of s p hybrid "lone pairs". Evidence is presented here showing that this model must be revised. The electronic structures of prototypically distorted α-PbO and α-Bi2O3 have been measured by...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2006
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