Crystal and Electronic Structure Analyses of Inorganic Materials by Single-crystal X-ray Diffraction and First Principles Calculations

Abstract

Crystal structures and electron density distributions of some manganese and cobalt oxide materials have been studied by the maximum entropy method using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data measured at room temperature. The nature of chemical bonding in these oxides is understood from the present structural and electron density analyses. The features of electron density distribution obtained theoretically by FLAPW calculations for these oxides were in good agreement with the present experimental observations.