Charge-ordering transition in iron oxide Fe4O5 involving competing dimer and trimer formation

Authors:

Ovsyannikov, Sergei V.; Bykov, Maxim; Bykova, Elena; Kozlenko, Denis P.; Tsirlin, Alexander A.; Karkin, Alexander E.; Shchennikov, Vladimir V.; Kichanov, Sergei E.; Gou, Huiyang; Abakumov, Artem M.; Egoavil, Ricardo; Verbeeck, Johan; McCammon, Catherine; Dyadkin, Vadim; Chernyshov, Dmitry; van Smaalen, Sander; Dubrovinsky, Leonid S.

Journal:

Nature Chemistry 8 501-508 (2016)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2478

B-IncStrDB ID: 11542E01ukP Entry date: 2016-02-12 Last revision: 2022-01-02

Fe4O5_4K

Chemical data


Full Name: iron (II,III) oxide [ Help ]

Formula moiety: Fe4 O5 [ Help ]

Structural Formula Sum: Fe4 O5 [ Help ]

Formula weight: 303.4 Da [ Help ]

Crystallographic data and experimental details


Crystal system: monoclinic [ Help ]

Superspace group name: C21/m(αβ0)0s [ Help ]

Symmetry operations of the superspace group: [ Help ]

Operation code Operation in algebraic form
1 x1,x2,x3,x4
2 -x1,-x2,x3+1/2,-x4+1/2
3 -x1,-x2,-x3,-x4
4 x1,x2,-x3+1/2,x4+1/2
5 x1+1/2,x2+1/2,x3,x4
6 -x1+1/2,-x2+1/2,x3+1/2,-x4+1/2
7 -x1+1/2,-x2+1/2,-x3,-x4
8 x1+1/2,x2+1/2,-x3+1/2,x4+1/2

a: 2.861(4) Å [ Help ]

b: 9.8123(5) Å [ Help ]

c: 12.5425(11) Å [ Help ]

α: 90 ° [ Help ]

β: 90 ° [ Help ]

γ: 90 ° [ Help ]

Volume: 352.11(6) Å3 [ Help ]

Modulation dimension: 1 [ Help ]

Measured independent wave vectors: [ Help ]

Wave vector id q_x q_y q_z
1 0.333333 0.7293 0

Z: 4 [ Help ]

Cell determination reflection Nb.: 2536 [ Help ]

θ(min) for cell determination: 1.616 ° [ Help ]

θ(max) for cell determination: 31.273 ° [ Help ]

Cell measurement temperature: 4 K [ Help ]

μ: 14.214 mm-1 [ Help ]

Absorption correction type: multi-scan [ Help ]

Absorption correction remarks: CrysAlisPro, Agilent Technologies, Version 1.171.36.28 (release 01-02-2013 CrysAlis171 .NET) (compiled Feb 1 2013,16:14:44) Empirical absorption correction using spherical harmonics, implemented in SCALE3 ABSPACK scaling algorithm. [ Help ]

Minimum transmission factor: 0.32722 [ Help ]

Maximum transmission factor: 1 [ Help ]

Refinement details


Total nb. of reflections: 2241 [ Help ]

Nb. of observed reflections: 1603 [ Help ]

Intense reflections threshold: I>3σ(I) [ Help ]

Refinement based on: F [ Help ]

R(obs): 0.0518 [ Help ]

wR(obs): 0.0845 [ Help ]

R(all): 0.0582 [ Help ]

wR(all): 0.085 [ Help ]

S(all): 3.62 [ Help ]

S(obs): 4.27 [ Help ]

Nb. of reflections: 2241 [ Help ]

Nb. of parameters: 59 [ Help ]

Weighting scheme: sigma [ Help ]

Weighting scheme remarks: w=1/(σ2(F)+0.0001F2) [ Help ]

Δ/σ(max): 0.0002 [ Help ]

Δ/σ(mean): 0.0000 [ Help ]

Δρ(max): 1.36 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Δρ(min): -2.47 e_Å-3 [ Help ]

Extinction method: none [ Help ]

Structural Information


Average Structure: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom symbol x y z ADP type Uiso/equiv Symmetry multiplicity Occupancy Coords from (d)iffraction or (c)alculated Coords restraints or constraints Disordered cluster Disordered group
Fe1 Fe 0.7517(3) 0.2551(5) 0.25 Uani 0.0071(2) 4 1 d ? ? ?
Fe2 Fe 0.25 0.25 0 Uani 0.0067(2) 4 1 d ? ? ?
Fe3 Fe 0.2495(2) 0.51083(4) 0.11781(3) Uani 0.0071(2) 8 1 d ? ? ?
O1 O -0.261(11) 0.39105(17) 0.04391(15) Uiso 0.0063(4) 8 1 d ? ? ?
O2 O 0.2337(15) 0.4103(3) 0.25 Uiso 0.0058(5) 4 1 d ? ? ?
O3 O 0.2434(9) 0.15859(18) 0.14238(15) Uiso 0.007(4) 8 1 d ? ? ?

ADP components: [ Help ]

Atom site label Atom site symbol U11 U22 U33 U12 U13 U23
Fe1 Fe 0.0115(6) 0.0052(3) 0.0048(3) 0.0034(6) 0 0
Fe2 Fe 0.0128(5) 0.0041(3) 0.0032(3) -0.0009(4) -0.0008(4) 0.00027(14)
Fe3 Fe 0.0133(5) 0.0039(2) 0.004(3) -0.0001(4) 0.0013(3) 0.00029(10)

Fourier Wave Vectors (explicit: q_x,q_y,q_z or coefficients: q_1,q_2,...): [ Help ]

Wave vector code q_1
1 1

Definition of the displacive (translational) Fourier series: [ Help ]

Modulation code Atom site label Displacement axis Wave vector code
Fex1 Fe1 x 1
Fey1 Fe1 y 1
Fez1 Fe1 z 1
Fex2 Fe2 x 1
Fey2 Fe2 y 1
Fez2 Fe2 z 1
Fex3 Fe3 x 1
Fey3 Fe3 y 1
Fez3 Fe3 z 1
O1x1 O1 x 1
O1y1 O1 y 1
O1z1 O1 z 1
O2x1 O2 x 1
O2y1 O2 y 1
O2z1 O2 z 1
O3x1 O3 x 1
O3y1 O3 y 1
O3z1 O3 z 1

Displacive (translational) Fourier coefficients: [ Help ]

Modulation code Cosine coefficient Sine coefficient
Fex1 0 0
Fey1 0 0
Fez1 0.00039(5) -0.00052(5)
Fex2 0 -0.0329(2)
Fey2 0 -0.00096(5)
Fez2 0 0.00132(5)
Fex3 -0.02293(15) 0.00966(13)
Fey3 -0.00072(4) 0.00283(3)
Fez3 0.00024(3) 0.001(3)
O1x1 0.0035(6) -0.0005(6)
O1y1 0.00441(15) 0.00345(16)
O1z1 0.00162(15) 0.00105(15)
O2x1 0 0
O2y1 0 0
O2z1 -0.0007(2) -0.001(2)
O3x1 0.0027(5) -0.0058(5)
O3y1 -0.00114(15) -0.0028(15)
O3z1 0.00072(16) -0.00029(15)