DOE OSTI2020
Ba8Sr2Yb5(Cu3O7)5 crystallizes in the monoclinic Pm space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are eight 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 2.73–2.98 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 2.74–2.96 Å. In the third 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 2.75–2.96 Å. In the fourth 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 2.73–2.95 Å. In the fifth 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 2.73–2.98 Å. In the sixth 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 2.75–2.96 Å. In the seventh Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.80–2.94 Å. In the eighth 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 2.75–2.95 Å. There are two inequivalent Sr2+ sites. In the first Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.66–2.93 Å. In the second Sr2+ site, Sr2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Sr–O bond distances ranging from 2.66–2.94 Å. There are five inequivalent Yb3+ sites. In the first Yb3+ site, Yb3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.44 Å. In the second Yb3+ site, Yb3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.45 Å. In the third Yb3+ site, Yb3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.45 Å. In the fourth Yb3+ site, Yb3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.44 Å. In the fifth Yb3+ site, Yb3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Yb–O bond distances ranging from 2.42–2.45 Å. There are fifteen inequivalent Cu+2.33+ sites. In the first 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 1.92–2.39 Å. 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 1.92–2.39 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 1.92–2.38 Å. In the fourth 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 1.92–2.40 Å. In the fifth 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 1.92–2.39 Å. In the sixth 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 1.92–2.31 Å. In the seventh 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 1.92–2.36 Å. In the eighth 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 1.92–2.31 Å. In the ninth 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 1.92–2.31 Å. In the tenth 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 1.92–2.32 Å. In the eleventh Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–1.93 Å. In the twelfth Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–1.93 Å. In the thirteenth Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–1.95 Å. In the fourteenth Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.86–1.93 Å. In the fifteenth Cu+2.33+ site, Cu+2.33+ is bonded in a rectangular see-saw-like geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.87–1.93 Å. There are thirty-five inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+, one Sr2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two Ba2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+, one Sr2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+, one Sr2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Ba2+, one Sr2+, two Yb3+, and two equivalent Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four 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 16–17°. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four 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 16–17°. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four 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 0–16°. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four 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 16–17°. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four 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 16–17°. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 0°. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Sr2+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+ and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sr2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms. In the thirty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sr2+, two equivalent Yb3+, and two Cu+2.33+ atoms.