Modulated structure of the composite crystal InCr1-xTi xO3+x/2

Yuichi Michiue, Mitsuko Onoda, Francisco Brown, Noboru Kimizuka

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Abstract

Incommensurately modulated structure of the composite crystal InCr 1-xTixO3+x/2 was refined by the profile fitting of powder X-ray diffraction based on the four-dimensional superspace group. The crystal consists of two monoclinic subsystems mutually incommensurate in b. The first subsystem is the alternate stacking of an edge-shared InO6 octahedral layer and a Cr/Ti triangle-lattice plane along c*. A sheet of oxygen atoms constructing the second subsystem is also extending on the Cr/Ti plane. The whole structure is the alternate stacking of an edge-shared InO 6 octahedral layer and a Cr/Ti-O plane, where displacive modulation of O ions is prominent. Metal ions on the Cr/Ti-O plane are surrounded by three or four oxygen ions on the plane and, in addition, two axial ones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2644-2648
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume177
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2004

Keywords

  • Composite crystal
  • InCrTiO
  • Incommensurate structure
  • Modulated structure

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