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Electronic origins of structural distortions in post-transition metal oxides: experimental and theoretical evidence for a revision of the lone pair model

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Structural distortions in post-transition metal oxides are often explained in terms of the influence of s p hybrid "lone pairs". Evidence is presented here showing that this model must be revised. The electronic structures of prototypically distorted α-PbO and α-Bi2O3 have been measured by high-resolution x-ray photoemission and soft x-ray emission spectroscopies. In contrast with the expectations of the lone pair model, a high density of metal 6s states is observed at the bottom of the valen...

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.157403

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MPLS
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Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Institution:
University of Oxford
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MPLS
Department:
Chemistry
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Department of Chemistry
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Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
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Department of Chemistry
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Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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American Physical Society
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Volume:
96
Issue:
15
Pages:
157403
Publication date:
2006-04-01
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1079-7114
ISSN:
0031-9007
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English
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2008-03-14

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