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Elsevier, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, (227), p. 60-67

DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2015.03.003

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Crystal chemistry of the orthorhombic Ln2TiO5 compounds with Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy

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Abstract

The crystal structures of seven samples of orthorhombic (Pnma) Ln2TiO5 compounds with Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy were refined by Rietveld analysis of synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (S-XRD) data. With increasing size of the lanthanide cation, the lattice parameters increase systematically: c by only ~1.5% whereas both a and b by ~6% from Dy2TiO5 to La2TiO5.The mean Ti-O bond length only increases by ~1% with increasing radius of the Ln cation from Gd to La, primarily due to expansion of the pair of Ti-O3 bonds to opposite corners of the Ti-O5 square based pyramid polyhedra. For Dy2TiO5 and Tb2TiO5, a significant variation in Ti-O1 and Ti-O4 bond lengths results in an increased deformation of the Ti-O5 base.The particular configuration consists of large rhombic shaped tunnels and smaller triangular tunnels along the b axis, which have implications for defect formation and migration caused by radiation damage or the ionic conductivity.