B-site deficiencies in A-site-ordered perovskite LaCu3Pt(3.75)O12

Inorg Chem. 2013 Apr 1;52(7):3985-9. doi: 10.1021/ic302809v. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

Abstract

An A-site-ordered perovskite LaCu3Pt(3.75)O12 was synthesized by replacing Ca(2+) with La(3+) in a cubic quadruple AA'3B4O12-type perovskite CaCu3Pt4O12 under high-pressure and high-temperature of 15 GPa and 1100 °C. In LaCu3Pt(3.75)O12, 1/16 of B-site cations are vacant to achieve charge balance. The B-site deficiencies were evidenced by crystal structure refinement using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, hard X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, leading to the ionic model La(3+)Cu(2+)3Pt(4+)(3.75)O(2-)12. Magnetic susceptibility data for this compound indicated a spin-glass-like behavior below T(g) = 3.7 K, which is attributed to disturbance of the antiferromagnetic superexchange interaction by the B-site deficiencies.