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SUBMITTER: Colman RH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7880551 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Colman Ross H RH Okur H Esma HE Kockelmann Winfried W Brown Craig M CM Sans Annette A Felser Claudia C Jansen Martin M Prassides Kosmas K
Inorganic chemistry 20191021 21
Cs<sub>4</sub>O<sub>6</sub> is a mixed-valence molecular oxide with a cubic structure, comprising valency-delocalized O<sub>2</sub><sup>4/3-</sup> units and with properties highly sensitive to cooling protocols. Here we use neutron powder diffraction to authenticate that, while upon deep quenching the cubic phase is kinetically arrested down to cryogenic temperatures, ultraslow cooling results in an incomplete structural transition to a contracted tetragonal phase. Two dioxygen anions in a 1:2 r ...[more]