Materials Data on Lu2GeO5 by Materials Project

Abstract

Lu2GeO5 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Lu3+ sites. In the first Lu3+ site, Lu3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted LuO6 octahedra that share corners with four equivalent GeO4 tetrahedra and edges with two equivalent LuO6 octahedra. There are a spread of Lu–O bond distances ranging from 2.15–2.30 Å. In the second Lu3+ site, Lu3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Lu–O bond distances ranging from 2.14–2.68 Å. Ge4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form GeO4 tetrahedra that share corners with four equivalent LuO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 45–69°. There are a spread of Ge–O bond distances ranging from 1.75–1.79 Å. There are five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Lu3+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two equivalent Lu3+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Lu3+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Lu3+ and one Ge4+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Lu3+ atoms to form distorted edge-sharing OLu4 tetrahedra.