The empirical relations between cubic spinel oxides of different compositions were investigated using data from 349 refined crystal structures. The results show that the spinel structure is able to tolerate many constituents (at least 36) by enlarging and decreasing the tetrahedra and octahedra. This is reflected in a large variation in tetrahedral and octahedral bond distances. The oxygen positional parameter (u) may be regarded as a measure of the distortion of the spinel structure from cubic close packing or of the angular distortion of the octahedron. The distortion can best be explained in terms of ionic potential (IP), which merges the size and charge properties of an ion. Sterically induced distortion depends on ion size, whereas electrostatically induced distortion is caused by cation–cation repulsion across faces of tetrahedra and shared edges of octahedra. The strong correlations between the u parameter and the IP at the T and M sites are consistent with the main role played by the both charge and size. Large distortions (u ≫ 0.27) result in oxygen–oxygen distances of the octahedron shorter than 2.50 Å, which would lead to structural instability because of increased non-bonded repulsion forces between the oxygen atoms.
Chemical and structural variability in cubic spinel oxides / Bosi, F.. - In: ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION B, STRUCTURAL SCIENCE, CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS. - ISSN 2052-5192. - 75:2(2019), pp. 279-285. [10.1107/S2052520619002282]
Chemical and structural variability in cubic spinel oxides
Bosi F.
2019
Abstract
The empirical relations between cubic spinel oxides of different compositions were investigated using data from 349 refined crystal structures. The results show that the spinel structure is able to tolerate many constituents (at least 36) by enlarging and decreasing the tetrahedra and octahedra. This is reflected in a large variation in tetrahedral and octahedral bond distances. The oxygen positional parameter (u) may be regarded as a measure of the distortion of the spinel structure from cubic close packing or of the angular distortion of the octahedron. The distortion can best be explained in terms of ionic potential (IP), which merges the size and charge properties of an ion. Sterically induced distortion depends on ion size, whereas electrostatically induced distortion is caused by cation–cation repulsion across faces of tetrahedra and shared edges of octahedra. The strong correlations between the u parameter and the IP at the T and M sites are consistent with the main role played by the both charge and size. Large distortions (u ≫ 0.27) result in oxygen–oxygen distances of the octahedron shorter than 2.50 Å, which would lead to structural instability because of increased non-bonded repulsion forces between the oxygen atoms.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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