Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
A family of one-dimensional oxides was synthesized by solid state techniques and their structures determined by powder X-ray and powder neutron Rietveld refinement. The compounds are structurally related to A4PtO6 (A = Ca, Sr, Ba), which contains infinite chains of alternating face-sharing PtO6 octahedra and AO6, trigonal prisms. The compounds exhibit a variety of magnetic properties. The structures and magnetic properties of some of these one-dimensional oxides are discussed.