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Title: Synthesis and structure of a new layered niobium blue bronze: Rb{sub 2}LaNb{sub 2}O{sub 7}

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry
 [1];  [2]
  1. Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxon (United Kingdom)
  2. Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Rb{sub 2}LaNb{sub 2}O{sub 7} was synthesized and the structure was determined by neutron diffraction. The compound crystallizes in an orthorhombic lattice. In the layered structure, double perovskite layers generated from octahedrally coordinated niobium are separated by paris of rubidium ions.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
457868
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 33, Issue 19; Other Information: PBD: 14 Sep 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English