DOI: 10.17188/1752138
title: Materials Data on Dy2Si2O7 by Materials Project

description: Dy2Si2O7 crystallizes in the triclinic P1 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are twelve inequivalent Dy3+ sites. In the first Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.26–2.63 Å. In the second Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.71 Å. In the third Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.77 Å. In the fourth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.28–2.77 Å. In the fifth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.25–2.77 Å. In the sixth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.27–2.80 Å. In the seventh Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded to six O2- atoms to form distorted DyO6 octahedra that share corners with seven SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.22–2.42 Å. In the eighth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to six O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.21–2.42 Å. In the ninth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.29–2.56 Å. In the tenth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.28–2.59 Å. In the eleventh Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to seven O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.24–2.49 Å. In the twelfth Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.23–2.65 Å. There are twelve inequivalent Si4+ sites. In the first Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent DyO6 octahedra and corners with two SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 61–68°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.67 Å. In the second Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one DyO6 octahedra and corners with two SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 66°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.67 Å. In the third Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one DyO6 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 51°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.67 Å. In the fourth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.66 Å. In the fifth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share a cornercorner with one DyO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 56°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.73 Å. In the sixth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.75 Å. In the seventh Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form SiO4 tetrahedra that share corners with two equivalent DyO6 octahedra and a cornercorner with one SiO4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 49–65°. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.68 Å. In the eighth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.68 Å. In the ninth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded in a tetrahedral geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.68 Å. In the tenth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.69 Å. In the eleventh Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.62–1.74 Å. In the twelfth Si4+ site, Si4+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing SiO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of Si–O bond distances ranging from 1.61–1.73 Å. There are forty-two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal non-coplanar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two Dy3+ and two Si4+ atoms. In the twenty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the twenty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirtieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 3-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one Dy3+ and two Si4+ atoms. In the thirty-fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to two Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two Si4+ atoms. In the thirty-sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two Si4+ atoms. In the thirty-seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the thirty-ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the fortieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three Dy3+ and one Si4+ atom. In the forty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Dy3+ and two Si4+ atoms. In the forty-second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted trigonal planar geometry to one Dy3+ and two Si4+ atoms.