Crystal structure and optical properties of the new 8O polytype of Ca2Ta2O7

Single crystals of the new 8O modification of Ca2Ta2O7 were grown by optical floating zone melting and their structure was solved by X-ray diffraction. 8O Ca2Ta2O7 crystallizes in space group C2221 with a = 7.3690(2) Å, b = 12.7296(3) Å, c = 48.263(1) Å. The structure is related to the weberite structure type and can be described as a stacking of 8 basic building units per unit cell. Each building unit consists of one Ta3Ca and one Ca3Ta layer with a cubic close packed arrangement. Transmission measurements in the UV-Vis and IR region reveal a high transparency in a wide energy range from 0.2–3.5 eV. Dielectric measurements yield a high ɛ′ value of 60 at room temperature.

On the Presence of Fe(IV) in Fe-ZSM-5 and FeSrO3-xUnequivocal Detection of the 3d4 Spin System by Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering

The contribution of a 3d(4) spin configuration to the valence electronic structure of Fe compounds can be probed via spin-selective Fe K-pre-edge absorption spectra, using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). The 3d(4) configuration of Fe(IV) can be unequivocally detected even in a mixture with the high-spin 3d(5) configuration of Fe(III). This is demonstrated on the perovskite FeSrO(3-x) with formal oxidation state Fe(IV). When the technique was applied to an Fe-ZSM-5 catalyst during reaction with N(2)O, no 3d(4) configuration was detected. The formation of Fe(IV) upon reaction of Fe-ZSM-5 with N(2)O can, therefore, be ruled out.

Two Ti-doped distrontium ruthenium tetraoxides: Sr2Ru0.93Ti0.07O4 and Sr2Ru0.81Ti0.19O4

Crystals of titanium-doped distrontium ruthenium tetraoxide, Sr(2)Ru(1-x)Ti(x)O(4), with x = 0.07 and 0.19, were grown by floating-zone melting, and their structures were solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Increasing Ti content leads to a distinctive systematic variation of cell parameters and interatomic distances with respect to the undoped material.