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. 2019 Feb 7;10:637. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08598-z

Table 1.

Refinement of the average structures of stuffed Yb2(Ti2−xYbx)O7−x/2, oxygen-depleted Yb2Ti2O7−δ, as-grown and oxygen-annealed Yb2Ti2O7 from the single-crystal X-ray structure factors measured at T ~ 300 K

Stuffed Depleted As-grown Annealed
Colour Yellow/Brown Black Brown Transparent
Space group Fd-3m Fd-3m Fd-3m Fd-3m
Lattice parameter 10.0838(14) 10.0216(16) 10.0271(2) 10.0313(17)
Yb1 1 1 1 1
Yb2 0.26(3) 0 0 0
Ti 0.74(3) 1 1 1
O(1) 1 1 1 1
O(2) 0.96 0.96(3) 1 1
x 0.3397(14) 0.3300(6) 0.3308(2) 0.3309(10)
R 4.01 1.92 4.23 2.60
R W 4.90 2.60 4.87 2.78

The fractional coordinates are given within the second origin choice of the Fd-3m space group: Yb1 (0.5,0.5,0.5), Yb2 (0,0,0), Ti (0,0,0), O(1) (0.375,0.375,0.375), O(2) (x,0.125,0.125). The goodness of fit is described by the crystallographic R-factor and the weighted R-factor, RW