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The first bismuth borate oxyiodide, Bi4BO7I : commensurate or incommensurate? / Volkov, Sergey; Bubnova, Rimma; Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria; Galafutnik, Lydia.
In: Acta crystallographica Section B, Structural science, crystal engineering and materials, Vol. 76, 01.12.2020, p. 992-1000.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - The first bismuth borate oxyiodide, Bi4BO7I
T2 - commensurate or incommensurate?
AU - Volkov, Sergey
AU - Bubnova, Rimma
AU - Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria
AU - Galafutnik, Lydia
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PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - The first bismuth borate oxyiodide, Bi4BO7I, has been prepared by solid-state reaction in evacuated silica ampoules. Its crystal structure [space group Immm(00γ)000] comprises litharge-related layers of edge-sharing OBi4 tetrahedra; the interlayer space is filled by I- and [BO3]3- anions. The wavevector, q = 0.242 (3)c*, is very close to the rational value of c*/4, yet refinement based on commensurate modulation faces serious problems indicating the incommensurate nature of the modulation. The I-/[BO3]3- anions are ordered in a complex sequence along [001], i.e. -<-BO3-BO3-I-I->n = 28-I-I-I-<-BO3-BO3-I-I->n = 28-BO3-BO3-BO3-, leading to a structural modulation. The principal feature of the latter is the presence of -I-I-I- and -BO3-BO3-BO3- sequences that cannot be accounted for in the a × b × 4c supercell. The thermal expansion of Bi4BO7I is weakly anisotropic (αa = 8, αb = 15 and αc = 17 × 10-6 K-1 at 500 K) which is caused by preferential orientation of the borate groups.
AB - The first bismuth borate oxyiodide, Bi4BO7I, has been prepared by solid-state reaction in evacuated silica ampoules. Its crystal structure [space group Immm(00γ)000] comprises litharge-related layers of edge-sharing OBi4 tetrahedra; the interlayer space is filled by I- and [BO3]3- anions. The wavevector, q = 0.242 (3)c*, is very close to the rational value of c*/4, yet refinement based on commensurate modulation faces serious problems indicating the incommensurate nature of the modulation. The I-/[BO3]3- anions are ordered in a complex sequence along [001], i.e. -<-BO3-BO3-I-I->n = 28-I-I-I-<-BO3-BO3-I-I->n = 28-BO3-BO3-BO3-, leading to a structural modulation. The principal feature of the latter is the presence of -I-I-I- and -BO3-BO3-BO3- sequences that cannot be accounted for in the a × b × 4c supercell. The thermal expansion of Bi4BO7I is weakly anisotropic (αa = 8, αb = 15 and αc = 17 × 10-6 K-1 at 500 K) which is caused by preferential orientation of the borate groups.
KW - bismuth
KW - borate
KW - incommensurately modulated structure
KW - thermal expansion
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U2 - 10.1107/S2052520620012640
DO - 10.1107/S2052520620012640
M3 - Article
C2 - 33289711
AN - SCOPUS:85097572461
VL - 76
SP - 992
EP - 1000
JO - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
JF - Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials
SN - 2052-5192
ER -
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