perovskite atlas Structures, modes and phase transitions · Josu M. Igartua · UPV/EHU

SrNdNiRuO6 · P21/n · 300 K

SrNdNiRuO6 · P21/n · 300 K

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Material
SrNdNiRuO6
Space group
P21/n · No. 14
Setting
P 1 21/n 1 (non-standard setting of No. 14)
Phase
room temperature
Temperature
300 K

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Cell

a (Å) b (Å) c (Å) α (°) β (°) γ (°) V (ų)
5.5301(2) 5.5388(2) 7.8166(3) 90 90.015(8) 90 239.42(1)

Atoms

label element Wyckoff x y z occ. Biso (Ų)
Sr/Nd Sr 4e -0.0053(9) 0.4697(3) 0.756(1) 0.5/0.5 (Sr/Nd) 0.55(3)
O1 O 4e -0.272(1) 0.224(1) -0.0286(7) 1 0.61(2)
O2 O 4e -0.790(1) 0.293(1) 0.0396(7) 1 0.61(2)
O3 O 4e 0.0778(7) 0.0083(6) 0.759(1) 1 0.61(2)
Ru Ru 2a 0 0 0 1 0.5 (fixed)
Ni Ni 2b 0 0 0 1 0.5 (fixed)

Structure for calculations

CIF: absent. Bilbao Crystallographic Server input (AMPLIMODES, SYMMODES, PSEUDO), uncertainties stripped:

# Perovskite Atlas · str:srndniruo6.p21n.300k.iturbe2012
# Space group P2_1/n (No. 14) · setting: P 1 21/n 1 (non-standard setting of No. 14)
# BCS structure format: space-group number / cell / number of atoms / element index Wyckoff x y z
14
5.5301 5.5388 7.8166 90 90.015 90
6
Sr 1 4e -0.0053 0.4697 0.756   # Sr/Nd, occupancy 0.5/0.5 (Sr/Nd)
O 1 4e -0.272 0.224 -0.0286   # O1
O 2 4e -0.790 0.293 0.0396   # O2
O 3 4e 0.0778 0.0083 0.759   # O3
Ru 1 2a 0 0 0   # Ru
Ni 1 2b 0 0 0   # Ni
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Refinement

software method variant Rp Rwp Rexp RBragg χ² parameters
FullProf symmetry-mode all-modes 4.32 5.52 2.11 6.79 6.84

Symmetry-mode decomposition

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Parent
Fm3m
Software
AMPLIMODES
Convention
amplimodes-cell
Variant
all-modes
irrep k direction dim isotropy subgroup amplitude (Å) role physical meaning
GM1+ (0,0,0) 1 Fm3m 0.02(2)
GM3+ (0,0,0) 1 I4/mmm 0.11(2)
GM4+ (0,0,0) 1 C2/m 1.152(5) primary octahedral rotation about the monoclinic b axis (pseudo-cubic [110])
GM5+ (0,0,0) 4 C2/m 0.23(2)
X2+ (0,1,0) 1 P42/mnm 0.036(8)
X3+ (0,1,0) 1 P4/mnc 0.733(6) primary octahedral rotation about c
X5+ (0,1,0) 3 Pnnm 0.376(6) octahedral rotation about a and A-site displacement along b

Geometry (as reported)

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Tilt angles

angle value (°)
ψ_[001]p 5.6(1)
φ_[110]p 12.9(3)

Octahedra: bond lengths, mean and predicted (bond-valence) distances, volumes

octahedron bond length (Å) predicted (Å) V (ų)
MO6 mean 2.023(3) 2.0605 10.99(1)
RuO6 mean 1.968(3) 1.9675 10.14(1)

Bond lengths

bond length (Å)
M-O1(×2) 1.996(6)
M-O2(×2) 2.000(6)
M-O3(×2) 2.073(9)
Ru-O1(×2) 1.960(6)
Ru-O2(×2) 2.015(6)
Ru-O3(×2) 1.930(9)

Bond angles

angle value (°)
O1-M-O2 94.7(2)
O1-M-O3 87.7(2)
O2-M-O3 90.1(2)
O1-Ru-O2 87.3(2)
O1-Ru-O3 92.7(2)
O2-Ru-O3 90.2(2)
M-O1-Ru 163.1(2)
M-O2-Ru 154.2(2)
M-O3-Ru 155.0(1)

Bond-valence sums

cation BVS
M 2.22(2)
Ru 5.01(4)

Transitions involving this phase

Rietveld refinement of NPD data by symmetry-mode parametrisation (AMPLIMODES for FullProf). Original files expected from data rescue.

Evidence