LiDy(PO(3))(4).

ABSTRACT: Single crystals of lithium dysprosium polyphosphate, LiDy(PO(3))(4), were prepared by the flux method. The atomic arrangement is built up by infinite (PO(3))(n) chains extending along the b axis. Dy(3+) and Li(+) cations alternate in the middle of four such chains, with Dy?Li distances of 3.54?(1) and 3.48?(1)?Å. The DyO(8) dodeca-hedra and LiO(4) tetra-hedra deviate significantly from the ideal geometry. Both Dy and Li occupy special positions (Wyckoff position 4e, site symmetry 2).

SUBMITTER: Chehimi-Moumen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2961678 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature