Nanostructured lithium metal orthosilicate materials hold a lot of promise as next generation cathodes but their full potential realization is hampered by complex crystal and electrochemical behavior. In this work Li2FeSiO4 crystals are synthesized using organic-assisted precipitation method. By varying the annealing temperature different structures are obtained, namely the monoclinic phase at ...

With the increase of the lattice distortion, the orthorhombic manganites RMnO3 (R= La, Pr, Nd, Tb, and Ho) are known to undergo the phase transition from the layered A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) state to the zigzag E-type AFM state. We consider the microscopic origin of this transition. Our approach consists of the two parts. First, we construct an effective lattice fermion model for the mang...

The title compound, C(3)H(8)NO(2)S(+)·C(2)HO(4)(-), (I), crystallizes in the monoclinic C2 space group and is a new form (possibly a hydrate) of L-cysteinium semioxalate with a stoichiometric cation-anion ratio of 1:1. In contrast to the previously known orthorhombic form of L-cysteinium semioxalate, (I) has a layered structure resembling those of monoclinic L-cysteine, as well as of DL-cystein...

Effects of water on the catalytic performances of MoVTeNbO catalyst in the oxidation of propane to acrylic acid have been investigated at different reaction temperatures and different steam contents. Obtained results show that both catalytic performances and catalyst structure are very sensitive to the presence of water vapor in the reaction feed. Presence of water induces some structural modif...

We have chosen an Ising ASYNNNI (ASYmmetric Next Nearest Neighbor Interaction)   model under a grand canonical regime to investigate structural phase transition from a high symmetric tetragonal (Tet) to a low symmetric orthorhombic in YBa2Cu3O6+x , 0<x<1,  HTc system. Ordering process for absorbed oxygens from an external gas bath into the basal plane of the layered system is studied by Monte C...

We have determined the crystal structure of the single-phase stoichiometric high-temperature superconductor in the Y-Ba-Cu-O system using high-resolution neutron powder diffraction. This compound has an orthorhombic structure with space group Pmmm and lattice constants a = 3.8231 A, b = 3.8864 A, and c = 11.6807 A. The structure consists of "dimpled" Cn02 layers in the a-b planes loosely bonded...