Abstract
We report a new structure determination of the Sr1.2872NiO3 incommensurate composite hexagonal perovskite compound. Three different refinement strategies are presented: (i) a 3D supercell approximation with a nonharmonic development of the atomic displacement factor, (ii) an original (3+1)D incommensurate composite description with the use of crenel functions, and (iii) a (3+1)D commensurate composite model. The three strategies are discussed and compared to previous refinements carried out for the hexagonal perovskites in a classical way or with the superspace group formalism. Out of the three methods, the incommensurate composite approach gives slightly better results with a final global R value of 2.89% for 635 independent reflections (at a I/σ(I) > 2 level) and only 60 parameters (R3m(00γ)0s superspace group; a = 9.5177(7) A, c = 2.5739(2) A, q = 0.64359(4)c*, V = 201.93(4) A3, and Z = 3). The use of crenel functions notably improves previously reported results. New structural features are evidenced...
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