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Crystal structure of SrGeO(3) in the high-pressure perovskite-type phase
Single crystals of the SrGeO(3) (strontium germanium trioxide) high-pressure phase have been synthesized successfully at 6 GPa and 1223 K. The compound crystallizes with the ideal cubic perovskite-type structure (space group Pm-3m), which consists of a network of corner-linked regular GeO(6) octahe...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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International Union of Crystallography
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4420111/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25995866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S2056989015007264 |
Sumario: | Single crystals of the SrGeO(3) (strontium germanium trioxide) high-pressure phase have been synthesized successfully at 6 GPa and 1223 K. The compound crystallizes with the ideal cubic perovskite-type structure (space group Pm-3m), which consists of a network of corner-linked regular GeO(6) octahedra (point-group symmetry m-3m), with the larger Sr atoms located at the centers of cavities in the form of SrO(12) cuboctahedra (point-group symmetry m-3m) in the network. The degrees of covalencies included in the Sr—O and the Ge—O bonds calculated from bond valences are 20.4 and 48.9%, respectively. Thus, the Ge—O bond of the GeO(6) octahedron in the SrGeO(3) perovskite has a strong covalency, comparable to those of the Si—O bonds of the SiO(4) tetrahedra in silicates with about 50% covalency. The thermal vibrations of the O atoms in the title compound are remarkably suppressed in the directions of the Ge—O bonds. This anisotropy ranks among the largest observed in stoichiometric cubic perovskites. |
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