Redetermination of Nd2Ti2O7: a Non-centrosymmetric Structure with Perovskite-type Slabs
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Single crystals of dineodymium(III) dititanium(IV) hepta-oxide, Nd2Ti2O7, were synthesized by the flux method and found to belong to the family of compounds with perovskite-type structural motifs. The asymmetric unit contains four Nd, four Ti and 14 O-atom sites. The perovskite-type slabs are stacked parallel to (010) with a thickness corresponding to four corner-sharing TiO6 octa-hedra. The Nd and Ti ions are displaced from the geometrical centres of respective coordin-ation polyhedra so that the net polarization occurs along the c axis. The investigated crystals were all twinned and have a halved monoclinic unit cell in comparison with the first structure determination of this compound [Scheunemann & Müller-Buschbaum (1975 ▶). J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 37, 2261-2263].
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