Electron density distribution and crystal structure of Ca1-x/2AlSi(N3-xOx):Eu2+ (x ∼ 0.11)

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. S38-S43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Urushihara ◽  
Toru Asaka ◽  
Takashi Takeda ◽  
Naoto Hirosaki ◽  
Koichiro Fukuda

Crystal structure of Ca1-x/2AlSi(N3-xOx):Eu2+ (x ∼ 0.11) has been characterized using an X-ray powder diffractometer and a transmission electron microscope equipped with an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDX) and an electron energy loss spectrometer (EELS). The title compound is orthorhombic with space group Cmc21, Z = 4, unit-cell dimensions a = 0.979780(7) nm, b = 0.565197(4) nm, c = 0.506356(3) nm, and V = 0.280404(3) nm3. The atom ratio Al:Si was determined to be 1:1 by EDX, and the presence of O atoms in the crystal structure was confirmed by EELS. The x-value and the atomic coordinates of the final structural model were determined by the Rietveld method. The maximum-entropy methods-based pattern fitting (MPF) method was used to confirm the validity of the structural model, in which conventional structure bias caused by assuming intensity partitioning was minimized. The reliability indices calculated from MPF are Rwp = 9.18%, S = 1.17, Rp = 6.77%, RB = 1.91%, and RF = 0.86%. Atomic arrangements of the final structural model are in an excellent agreement with the three dimensional electron-density distributions determined by MPF.

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Hirano ◽  
Tomoyuki Iwata ◽  
Koichi Momma ◽  
Koichiro Fukuda

Crystal structure of Li2SrSiO4 was reinvestigated by laboratory X-ray powder diffraction. The title compound was trigonal with space group P3121, Z=3, unit-cell dimensions a=0.502 281 (4) nm and c=1.245 520(8) nm, and V=0.272 129(3) nm3. The initial structural model was derived by the direct methods and further refined by the Rietveld method. The maximum-entropy method-based pattern fitting (MPF) method was used to confirm the validity of the structural model, in which conventional structure bias caused by assuming intensity partitioning was minimized. The final reliability indices calculated from MPF were Rwp=8.04%, S=1.22, Rp=6.01%, RB=1.50%, and RF=0.66%. Atomic arrangements of the final structural model were in excellent agreement with the three-dimensional electron-density distributions determined by MPF.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 300-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Fukuda ◽  
Tomoyuki Iwata ◽  
Eric Champion

The crystal structure of La2SiO5 was refined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data (CuKα1) using the Rietveld method. The crystal structure is monoclinic (space group P21∕c,Z=4) with lattice dimensions a=0.93320(2) nm, b=0.75088(1) nm, c=0.70332(1) nm, β=108.679(1)°, and V=0.46687(1) nm3. The final reliability indices were Rwp=7.14%, RP=5.52%, and RB=3.83%. There are two La sites in the structural model, La1 and La2. La1 is ninefold coordinated to oxygen, forming a tricapped trigonal prism with a mean La1-O distance of 0.263 nm. The La2O7 coordination polyhedron is a distorted capped octahedron with a mean La2-O distance of 0.251 nm. The La1O9 polyhedra share faces and the La2O7 polyhedra share edges, forming two sets of sheets that alternate parallel to the (100) plane. These sheets are linked through SiO4 tetrahedra and non-silicon-bonded oxygen atoms to form a three-dimensional structure. This compound is isomorphous with the low-temperature (X1) phases of R2SiO5 (R=Y and Gd). The volumes of RO9 polyhedra steadily increase with increasing ionic radius of R, from Y3+ to Gd3+ to La3+, which causes substantial volumetric expansion of the crystals.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Banno ◽  
Takaaki Hanai ◽  
Toru Asaka ◽  
Koji Kimoto ◽  
Hiromi Nakano ◽  
...  

The crystal structure of SiAl5O2N5 was characterized by laboratory X-ray powder diffraction (CuKα1). The title compound is hexagonal with space group P63/mmc (Z = 2). The unit-cell dimensions are a = 0.303153(3) nm, c = 3.28153(3) nm, and V = 0.261178(5)  nm3. The initial structural model was successfully derived by the direct methods and further refined by the Rietveld method. The final structural model showed the positional disordering of two of the four (Si,Al) sites. The maximum-entropy method-based pattern fitting (MPF) method was used to confirm the validity of the split-atom model, in which conventional structure bias caused by assuming intensity partitioning was minimized. The reliability indices calculated from the MPF were Rwp = 5.00%, S (=Rwp/Re) = 1.25, Rp = 3.76%, RB = 1.26%, and RF = 0.90%. The disordered crystal structure was successfully described by overlapping four types of domains with ordered atom arrangements. The distribution of atomic positions in each of the domains can be achieved in the space group P63mc. Two of the four types of domains are related by a pseudo-symmetry inversion, and the two remaining domains also have each other the inversion pseudo-symmetry.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirokazu Kurachi ◽  
Tomoyuki Iwata ◽  
Shuxin Ouyang ◽  
Jinhua Ye ◽  
Koichiro Fukuda

The crystal structure of Ag2GeO3 was determined from laboratory X-ray powder diffraction data (Cu Kα1) using the Rietveld method. The title compound is orthorhombic with space group P212121, Z=4, unit-cell dimensions a=0.463 09(1) nm, b=0.713 93(2) nm, and c=1.040 79(3) nm, and V=0.344 10(2) nm3 . The final reliability indices were Rwp=5.58%, S=1.26, Rp=4.20%, RB=0.67% , and RF=0.35% . The GeO4 tetrahedra form infinite chains of [Ge2O6] along the a axis, with two tetrahedra per identity period of 0.463 nm. Individual chains are connected by Ag atoms, one-half of which are almost linearly coordinated by two O atoms and the rest are coordinated by three O atoms. The relatively short Ag-Ag distances of 0.299 to 0.339 nm indicate Ag(I)-Ag(I) interaction. This compound is isostructural with Ag2SiO3.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 336-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsunari Kudo ◽  
Yoshinori Hirano ◽  
Koichi Momma ◽  
Koichiro Fukuda

Crystal structure of Li2BaSiO4 was reinvestigated by laboratory X-ray powder diffraction. The title compound was hexagonal with space group P63cm, Z=6, unit-cell dimensions a=0.810 408(2) nm, c=1.060 829(4) nm, and V=0.603 370(3) nm3. The initial structural model was successfully derived by the direct methods and further refined by the Rietveld method, with the anisotropic atomic displacement parameters being assigned for all atoms. The reliability indices calculated from the Rietveld refinement were Rwp=6.72%, S=1.17, Rp=5.06%, RB=1.86%, and RF=0.98%. The maximum-entropy method-based pattern fitting (MPF) method was used to confirm the validity of the structural model, in which conventional structure bias caused by assuming intensity partitioning was minimized. The final reliability indices calculated from MPF were Rwp=6.74%, S=1.17, Rp=5.10%, RB=1.49%, and RF=0.69%. Atomic arrangements of the final structural model were in excellent agreement with the three-dimensional electron-density distributions determined by MPF.


2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (S1) ◽  
pp. S2-S5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Podwórny ◽  
Alicja Pawełek ◽  
Jerzy Czechowski

Having synthesised an AlON-bonded ceramic corundum material, Al5O3N3 (15R) polytype coexisting with α-Al2O3 was identified. The sample was prepared from an alumina-rich mixture of Al2O3 and AlN substrates and fired at 1650 °C in a nitrogen atmosphere. Using the X-ray external standard quantitative method, one of the reaction products, α-Al2O3, was quantified. From the remaining substrates the stoichiometric composition of the second phase was calculated. The applied method of crystal structure determination consisted of three stages. In the first stage, the Le Bail method of X-ray pattern decomposition was used for the extraction of Al5O3N3 (15R) diffraction lines from a two-phase diffractogram. The space group and unit-cell dimensions from the isostructural SiAl4O2N4 SiAlON phase, producing the same X-ray pattern, were used as input data. Next, the direct structure determination in real space was applied for initial structural model derivation, which was followed by Rietveld refinement. The solved crystal structure of Al5O3N3 (15R), except the stacking sequence, proved to be closely related to the structure of Al7O3N5 (21R) polytype. The Al5O3N3 (15R) is trigonal with space group R-3m, unit-cell dimensions a0 = 3.0128 Å, c0 = 41.8544 Å, and volume V = 329.00 Å3. The model of Al5O3N3 (15R) polytype structure has positional disordering in one of three (6c) Al sites, which leads to stacking faults in six tetrahedral layers. Every third tetrahedron from LR3 and LR4, LR8 and LR9, LR13 and LR14 layers is rotated by 180°.


2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Chakir ◽  
Abdelaziz El Jazouli ◽  
Jean-Pierre Chaminade

A new Nasicon phosphates series [Na3+xCr2−xCox(PO4)3(0⩽x⩽1)] was synthesized by a coprecipitation method and structurally characterized by powder X-ray diffraction. The selected compound Na3.5Cr1.5Co0.5(PO4)3 (x=0.5) crystallizes in the R3c space group with the following hexagonal unit-cell dimensions: ah=8.7285(3) Å, ch=21.580(2) Å, V=1423.8(1) Å3, and Z=6. This three-dimensional framework is built of PO4 tetrahedra and Cr∕CoO6 octahedra sharing corners. Na atoms occupy totally M(1) sites and partially M(2) sites.


2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Iwata ◽  
Tatsuya Horie ◽  
Koichiro Fukuda

Crystal structure and structural disorder of Ba3MgSi2O8 were reinvestigated by laboratory X-ray powder diffraction. The title compound was found to be trigonal with space group P3m1, Z=1, and unit-cell dimensions a=0.561 453(4) nm, c=0.727 629(4) nm, and V=0.198 641(2) nm3. The initial structural model used for structure refinement was taken from that of glaserite (K3NaS2O8) and modified by a split-atom model. In the split-atom model, one of the two types of Ba sites and that of SiO4 tetrahedra were, respectively, positionally and orientationally disordered. The new crystal structure and structural disorder were refined by the Rietveld method. The maximum-entropy-method-based pattern fitting (MPF) method was used to confirm the validity of the split-atom model, in which conventional structure bias caused by assuming intensity partitioning was minimized. The final reliability indices calculated from MPF were Rwp=6.52%, S=1.36, Rp=4.84%, RB=0.97%, and RF=0.52%. Details of the disorder structure of Ba3MgSi2O8 are shown in the three-dimensional and two-dimensional electron-density distribution maps determined by MPF.


1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 22-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. L. Ziegler ◽  
H.-E. Sasse ◽  
B. Nuber

The structure of the title compound has been determined from three dimensional X-ray data by Patterson and Fourier methods. The crystals are orthorombic, with unit cell dimensions a = 1181,50 pm, b = 943,68 pm, c = 1181,50 pm, space group D2h16 and Z = 4. Least squares refinement, by use of 1540 independent reflections measured on a diffractometer has reached R = 5,9%.There are discrete C7H7Mo(CO)2 SnCl3 molecules, the molybdenum-tin bond has been dicussed together with the corresponding bonds in other C7H7Mo(CO)2 SnR3 compounds.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichiro Fukuda ◽  
Kazuko Fukutani

The crystal structure of CaZr(PO4)2 was determined from conventional X-ray powder diffraction data using direct methods, and it was further refined by the Rietveld method. The structure was orthorhombic (space group P212121, Z=4) with a=1.448 76(4), b=0.672 13(1), c=0.623 47(2) nm, and V=0.607 10(3) nm3. Final reliability indices were Rwp=6.49%, RB=2.43%, and S=1.32. The Ca atom is sevenfold coordinated, and the Ca atom and surrounding oxygen atoms form a distorted capped octahedron with a mean Ca–O distance of 0.243 nm. The ZrO7 coordination polyhedron is a distorted pentagonal bipyramid with a mean Zr–O distance of 0.216 nm. CaO7, ZrO7, and PO4 polyhedra share edges to form infinite chains with the composition [CaO3ZrO3P2O8]12− along the [010]. Individual chains are linked together, forming a two-dimensional sheet parallel to (100). These sheets are stacked in the [100] direction to form a three-dimensional structure.


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