title: Structural chemistry of A3CuBO6 (A = Ca, Sr; B = Mn, Ru, Ir) as a function of temperature.
abstract: Variable temperature X-ray and neutron powder diffraction techniques have been used to identify structural phase transitions in Cu-rich A(3)A'BO(6) phases. A transition from monoclinic to rhombohedral symmetry was observed by X-ray diffraction between 700 and 500 K in Sr(3)Cu(1-x)M(x)IrO(6) (M = Ni, Zn; 0 < or = x < or = 0.5). The temperature of the phase change decreased in a linear manner with Cu-content and was essentially independent of the nature of M. Ca(3.1)Cu(0.9)MnO(6) was shown to pass from a rhombohedral phase to a triclinic phase on cooling below 290 K; the structure of the triclinic phase was refined against neutron diffraction data collected at 2 K. Ca(3.1)Cu(0.9)RuO(6) undergoes a transition between a disordered rhombohedral phase and an ordered monoclinic phase when cooled below 623 K. Neutron diffraction has been used to determine the structure as a function of temperature in the range 523 < or =T/K < or = 723 and hence to determine an order parameter for the low temperature phase; the second-order transition is shown to be incomplete 100 K below the critical temperature.
authors.affiliation: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QR, UK.,
authors.forename: A Sam
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Aldridge
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Battle
authors.forename: John S O
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Prior
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wiseman