Materials Data on LaSmI4 by Materials Project
SmLaI4 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Sm2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight I1- atoms. There are a spread of Sm–I bond distances ranging from 3.24–3.41 Å. La2+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight I1- atoms. There are a spread of La–I bond distances ranging from 3.23–3.74 Å. There are two inequivalent I1- sites. In the first I1- site, I1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm2+ and two equivalent La2+ atoms. In the second I1- site, I1- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Sm2+ and two equivalent La2+ atoms.
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