Materials Data on Gd5(RuO7)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Gd5(RuO7)2 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/m space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Gd sites. In the first Gd site, Gd is bonded to seven O atoms to form distorted GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids that share corners with two RuO6 octahedra, corners with three equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids, edges with two RuO6 octahedra, and edges with two equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 30–37°. There are a spread of Gd–O bond distances ranging from 2.21–2.51 Å. In the second Gd site, Gd is bonded in a distorted square co-planar geometry to eight O atoms. There are four shorter (2.25 Å) and four longer (2.82 Å) Gd–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent Ru sites. In the first Ru site, Ru is bonded to six O atoms to form RuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent RuO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 39°. There is four shorter (1.91 Å) and two longer (2.02 Å) Ru–O bond length. In the second Ru site, Ru is bonded to six O atoms to form RuO6 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent RuO6 octahedra, corners with four equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids, and edges with four equivalent GdO7 pentagonal bipyramids. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 39°. There is four shorter (1.90 Å) and two longer (2.00 Å) Ru–O bond length. There are four inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three Gd atoms. In the second O site, O is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Gd and one Ru atom. In the third O site, O is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Gd and one Ru atom. In the fourth O site, O is bonded to two equivalent Gd and two Ru atoms to form distorted corner-sharing OGd2Ru2 trigonal pyramids.