Niobium oxide related structures

Apart from structures that are built of slabs, modular structures that can be constructed of columns in a jigsawlike assembly are well known. In the complex chemistry of the cuprate superconductors and related inorganic oxides, series of structures that are described as tubular, stairlike, and so on have been characterized. Alloy structures that are built of columns of intersecting structures are also well known. Structures built of linked columns, tunnels, and intersecting slabs are also found in minerals. Only one of these more complex structure types will be described, the niobium oxide block structures, chosen as they played a significant role in the history of nonstoichiometry. 

Compounds Containing Perovsldte Layers. A second class of layered oxides have structures related to the three-dimensional perovsldte lattice and include the Auriv-iUius phases, the Ruddlesden Popper phases and the Dion-Jacobson phases. The general composition can be written M [A iB 03 +i] where A is an alkaline or rare earth metal, and B is niobium or titanium. In the AurivUhus phases M = Bi202 +, whereas M is an aUcah metal cation in the ion-exchangeable Ruddlesden Popper a = 2) and Dion-Jacobson a = 1) phases. The relationships between the three structure types is shown in Figure 14. The intercalation chemistry of the Dion Jacobson phases was the first to be studied. 

Simple Binary and Related Compounds.—Reviews have been published which describe crystal structures of, and chemical bonding in, the Ta-O system. Structural aspects of niobium and tantalum oxides and oxide fluorides have... 

This long-standing symposium received presentations on a wide variety of topics thus providing the opportunity for researchers in different areas of related fields to interact. This volume emphasizes some practical aspects of real-world engineering applications of materials such as oxidation, fatigue, wear, nondestructive evaluation, and mechanical behavior as associated with systems ranging from niobium carbide to metallic-ceramic sandwich structures to ceramic matrix composites. Symposium topics included ... 

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