Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jan 2010)

LaZnB5O10, the first lanthanum zinc borate

  • Zhi-Wei Jiao,
  • Ru-Ji Wang,
  • Xiao-Qing Wang,
  • De-Zhong Shen,
  • Guang-Qiu Shen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809050922
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 1
pp. i1 – i1

Abstract

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Lanthanum zinc pentaborate, LaZnB5O10, was synthesized by flux-supported solid-state reaction. It is a member of the LnMB5O10 (Ln = rare earth ion and M = divalent metal ion) structure type. The crystal shows a three-dimensional structure constructed from two-dimensional {[B5O10]5−}n layers with the lanthanum (coordination number nine) and zinc (coordination number six) ions filling in the interlayers.