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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Aug 04;53(32):8343-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201403223. Epub 2014 Jun 24.

Synthesis and properties of lanthanide ruthenium(III) oxide perovskites.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Alexandra Sinclair, Jennifer A Rodgers, Craig V Topping, Martin Míšek, Ross D Stewart, Winfried Kockelmann, Jan-Willem G Bos, J Paul Attfield

Affiliations

  1. Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC) and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ (UK).

PMID: 24962649 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403223

Abstract

An extensive series of new LnRuO3 perovskites has been synthesized at high pressure. These ruthenium(III)-based oxides are ruthenium deficient, and high-pressure samples have compositions close to LnRu(0.9)O3. These phases stabilize ruthenium(III) which is very unusual in oxides. X-ray and neutron powder diffraction studies show that the materials adopt orthorhombic perovskite superstructures in which the RuO6 octahedra are tetragonally compressed. These distortions, and the Mott insulator properties of the materials, are driven by strong spin-orbit coupling.

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Keywords: X-ray diffraction; oxides; perovskites; ruthenium; spin-orbit coupling

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