Materials Data on Ba4GdY(Cu3O7)2 by Materials Project

Abstract

Ba4GdY(Cu3O7)2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pmmm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are two inequivalent Ba2+ sites. In the first Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.04 Å. In the second Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.07 Å. Gd3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.43 Å) and four longer (2.45 Å) Gd–O bond lengths. Y3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are four shorter (2.41 Å) and four longer (2.43 Å) Y–O bond lengths. There are three inequivalent Cu+2.33+ sites. In the first Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There is two shorter (1.88 Å) and two longer (1.97 Å) Cu–O bond length. In the second Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.95–2.28 Å. In the third Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.29 Å. There are seven inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–11°. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–11°. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Gd3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Y3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+ and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Gd3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Y3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms.