Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Growth and structural refinement of orthorhombic SrCuO{sub 2} crystals

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Orthorhombic SrCuO{sub 2} single crystals are grown between 1050-950{degrees}C under ambient pressure using CuO self-flux method. SrCuO{sub 2}:M{sub r} = 183.16, orthorhombic, Cmcm(No.63), a = 3.577(1) {angstrom}, b = 16.342(1) {angstrom}, c = 3.9182(7) {angstrom}, Z = 4, D{sub x} = 5.311 g/cm{sup 3}, {mu}(MoK{alpha}) = 321.79 cm{sup {minus}1}, F(000) = 332.00. The anisotropic temperature factors converge to the values of R = 0.0289 and wR = 0.286 for 532 independent reflections. The crystal structure has two kinds of cation-polyhedral double layers of SrO{sub 7} and CuO{sub 4} that alternately connect parallel to the b axis direction, and the stacking along the c axis is closely related to the NaCl-like TII-type structure. The NaCl-related structure is formed by cell-twinning parallel to the (110){sub NaCl} direction. The periodic units (N) are 5 and the lengths (D) are 14.23 {angstrom} for the cations arrangements and 14.24 {angstrom} for the anion arrangements, respectively. The formula is determined to be Sr{sub 0.964}Cu{sup 2+} {sub 0.950}O{sub 1.91} from X ray refinements and bond-valence calculations.
OSTI ID:
552743
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Solid State Chemistry Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 114; ISSN 0022-4596; ISSN JSSCBI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Synthesis and structure of a new perovskite, SrCuO{sub 2.5}
Journal Article · Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1996 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry · OSTI ID:223747

The crystal structure of {delta}-Na{sub 2}Si{sub 2}O{sub 5}
Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry · OSTI ID:696671

The crystal structure of [delta]-Na[sub 2]Si[sub 2]O[sub 5]
Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Journal of Solid State Chemistry · OSTI ID:6105757