Metal-ligand bonding and rutile- versus CdI2-type structural preference in platinum dioxide and titanium dioxide

摘要

First principles electronic structure calculations were carried out to determine the relative stabilities of the rutile- and CdI2-type structures of platinum dioxide (PtO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2). The orbital interactions between the transition metal d- and oxygen p-orbitals were analyzed to gain insight into why PtO2 has both the rutile- and CdI2-type structures, but TiO2 has only the rutile-type structure. The cause for the large difference in the c/a ratios of the CdI2-type structures of TiO2 and PtO2 was examined. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. [References: 21]