Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.36, No.10, 1855-1861, 2001
Preparation and X-ray characterization of low-temperature phases of R2SiO5 (R = rare earth elements)
Low-temperature phases of R2SiO5 (R = Y, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb) were synthesized by the sol-gel method. The X-ray powder diffraction patterns for these new phases were indexed with the monoclinic unit cell, arid the unit cell parameters were refined. The structure of Y2SiO5 with the space group P2(1)/c was determined by powder diffraction data.