Materials Data on NdGaO3 by Materials Project

Abstract

NdGaO3 is Orthorhombic Perovskite structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. Nd3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Nd–O bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.75 Å. Ga3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form corner-sharing GaO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 28°. There are four shorter (2.01 Å) and two longer (2.03 Å) Ga–O bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 5-coordinate geometry to three equivalent Nd3+ and two equivalent Ga3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded to two equivalent Nd3+ and two equivalent Ga3+ atoms to form distorted corner-sharing ONd2Ga2 tetrahedra.