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Figure 1
The crystal structure of β-VOSO4. (a) A single distorted VO6 octahedron with short (vanadyl, S) and long (L) bonds. The octahedra are connected in chains, propagating along the a-axis with alternating bonding patterns. (b) Schematics of the bonding patterns for the two neighboring chains, gray crossed dots indicate inversion centers. (c) The VO6 substructure, viewed down the a-axis, showing the alternating vanadyl bonding pattern. |