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  • Materials Science
  • Solid-State Chemistry
  • Crystallography

Background:

  • Understanding cation-anion bond lengths is crucial for predicting material properties.
  • The Crystallography Open Database (COD) provides extensive structural data for inorganic compounds.
  • The ChemEnv tool facilitates the analysis of cation coordination environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the distribution of cation-anion bond lengths in nitrides, oxides, and fluorides.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the ionic radius concept in describing these bonds.
  • To identify and observe chemical trends in bond length distributions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing structural data from the Crystallography Open Database (COD).
  • Decomposing bond length distributions based on cation coordination environments analyzed with the ChemEnv tool.
  • Comparing bond length distributions across different compound types (nitrides, oxides, fluorides).

Main Results:

  • The analysis demonstrates the general applicability of the ionic radius concept.
  • Observed chemical trends, such as similarities in Sc-O and Zr-O bond length distributions.
  • Noteworthy similarities were found in the Mo-O and V-O bond length distributions.
  • Reproducible results and additional data for nitrides and fluorides are available.

Conclusions:

  • The study validates the utility of ionic radii in understanding cation-anion interactions in inorganic solids.
  • Observed chemical trends provide insights into structure-property relationships.
  • The methodology offers a robust framework for analyzing bond lengths and coordination in crystalline materials.