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Five different mixed-perovskite (AA′)(BB′)O3 single crystals were grown, where A = La, Nd; A′ = Sr; B = Al, Ga; and B′ = Ta, Nb. The as-grown crystals were yellowish/brownish. After annealing in air, the coloration was more intense. Annealing in a reducing atmosphere decreased coloration. The crystals were investigated by transmission spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA), and single-crystal x-ray diffraction. Additional broad absorption bands in the transmission spectra were observed for the as-grown samples. They are in line with the changes of the shape of O(1s) ESCA peaks. Redundant interstitial oxygen ions were recognized as the reason for the crystal coloration. All structures were solved and refined in different space groups of the regular system. Some of the unit cells have a doubled lattice constant: (i) lanthanum strontium gallium niobate, Pm3m, 3.9323(5) Å, at 100 K, 3.9270(5) Å; (ii) neodymium strontium aluminum tantalate, Pm3m, 3.8353(4) Å; (iii) lanthanum strontium aluminum tantalate, Pn3m, 7.720(1) Å, annealed in reducing atmosphere, 7.708(1) Å; (iv) neodymium strontium aluminum niobate, Fm3m, 7.744(4) Å.
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Pawlak, D.A., Ito, M., Dobrzycki, L. et al. Structure and spectroscopic properties of (AA′)(BB′)O3 mixed-perovskite crystals. Journal of Materials Research 20, 3329–3337 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2005.0412
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