DOI: 10.17188/1350904
title: Materials Data on La4B10O21 by Materials Project

description: La4B10O21 crystallizes in the monoclinic P2_1/c space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent La3+ sites. In the first La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.83 Å. In the second La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.48–2.84 Å. In the third La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 1-coordinate geometry to eleven O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.35–3.12 Å. In the fourth La3+ site, La3+ is bonded in a 12-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of La–O bond distances ranging from 2.46–2.97 Å. There are ten inequivalent B3+ sites. In the first B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.45–1.53 Å. In the second B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.46–1.53 Å. In the third B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.46–1.52 Å. In the fourth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.47–1.53 Å. In the fifth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.44–1.52 Å. In the sixth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.45–1.57 Å. In the seventh B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.44–1.54 Å. In the eighth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded to four O2- atoms to form corner-sharing BO4 tetrahedra. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.46–1.55 Å. In the ninth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.36–1.41 Å. In the tenth B3+ site, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.35–1.40 Å. There are twenty-one inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to one La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three La3+ and one B3+ atom. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three La3+ and one B3+ atom. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three La3+ and one B3+ atom. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to three La3+ and one B3+ atom. In the sixteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the seventeenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the eighteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the nineteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to one La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the twentieth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted water-like geometry to two La3+ and two B3+ atoms. In the twenty-first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent La3+ and two B3+ atoms.