Pb- and Bi- containing perovskites exhibit exotic properties owing to the presence of 6
s electrons. High-pressure technique is promising method for synthesizing a wide variety of the perovskites. In this paper, the exotic properties of Pb- or Bi- containing perovskites, such as the origin of a large tetragonal distortion in PbVO
3, structural transformation of PbMnO
3 under high pressure, a large volume collapse accompanied with spin state transition in BiCoO
3, polarization rotation in BiCo
1−xFe
xO
3 solid solution, and negative thermal expansion in BiNiO
3 based materials are demonstrated. These properties are attributed to the correlation between 6s orbital of Pb and Bi and 3d orbital of transition metal elements.
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