The compound described by Dy3La5(CuO4)4 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4mm space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(6) and four equivalent O(8) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(6) and four equivalent O(9) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(10) and four equivalent O(5) atoms. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(3), four equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(7) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(4), four equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(8) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), four equivalent O(3), and four equivalent O(9) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(2), four equivalent O(10), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(5) and four equivalent O(7) atoms. There are four inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to one O(1) and four equivalent O(7) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the second Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to one O(2) and four equivalent O(8) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the third Cu site, Cu(3) is bonded to one O(3) and four equivalent O(9) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the fourth Cu site, Cu(4) is bonded to one O(4) and four equivalent O(10) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(3), four equivalent La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(4), four equivalent La(2), and one Cu(2) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(1), four equivalent La(3), and one Cu(3) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(2), four equivalent La(4), and one Cu(4) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3) and two equivalent La(5) atoms to form OLa2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-70°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form ODy4 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 12-69°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(5), and two equivalent Cu(1) atoms to form distorted OLa4Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent Cu(2) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent Cu(3) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent La(4), and two equivalent Cu(4) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_La5Dy3(CuO4)4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.868
_cell_length_b   3.868
_cell_length_c   24.996
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   374.025
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  La  La0  1  0.000  0.000  0.194  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.000  0.000  0.691  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.500  0.500  0.310  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.500  0.500  0.807  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.000  0.000  0.047  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.000  0.000  0.546  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.500  0.500  0.454  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.500  0.500  0.949  1.0
  Cu  Cu8  1  0.500  0.500  0.125  1.0
  Cu  Cu9  1  0.500  0.500  0.620  1.0
  Cu  Cu10  1  0.000  0.000  0.381  1.0
  Cu  Cu11  1  0.000  0.000  0.878  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.500  0.500  0.218  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.500  0.500  0.715  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.000  0.000  0.286  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.000  0.000  0.783  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.500  0.000  0.995  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.000  0.500  0.995  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.500  0.000  0.124  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.500  0.000  0.619  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.000  0.500  0.382  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.000  0.500  0.878  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.500  0.000  0.382  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.500  0.000  0.878  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.000  0.500  0.124  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.000  0.500  0.619  1.0
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The compound described by Dy3La5(CuO4)4 crystallizes in the tetragonal P4mm space group. There are three inequivalent Dy sites. In the first Dy site, Dy(1) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(6) and four equivalent O(8) atoms. In the second Dy site, Dy(2) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(6) and four equivalent O(9) atoms. In the third Dy site, Dy(3) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(10) and four equivalent O(5) atoms. There are five inequivalent La sites. In the first La site, La(1) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(3), four equivalent O(1), and four equivalent O(7) atoms. In the second La site, La(2) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(4), four equivalent O(2), and four equivalent O(8) atoms. In the third La site, La(3) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(1), four equivalent O(3), and four equivalent O(9) atoms. In the fourth La site, La(4) is bonded in a 9-coordinate geometry to one O(2), four equivalent O(10), and four equivalent O(4) atoms. In the fifth La site, La(5) is bonded in a distorted body-centered cubic geometry to four equivalent O(5) and four equivalent O(7) atoms. There are four inequivalent Cu sites. In the first Cu site, Cu(1) is bonded to one O(1) and four equivalent O(7) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the second Cu site, Cu(2) is bonded to one O(2) and four equivalent O(8) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the third Cu site, Cu(3) is bonded to one O(3) and four equivalent O(9) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. In the fourth Cu site, Cu(4) is bonded to one O(4) and four equivalent O(10) atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are ten inequivalent O sites. In the first O site, O(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(3), four equivalent La(1), and one Cu(1) atom. In the second O site, O(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(4), four equivalent La(2), and one Cu(2) atom. In the third O site, O(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(1), four equivalent La(3), and one Cu(3) atom. In the fourth O site, O(4) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one La(2), four equivalent La(4), and one Cu(4) atom. In the fifth O site, O(5) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3) and two equivalent La(5) atoms to form OLa2Dy2 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 10-70°. In the sixth O site, O(6) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1) and two equivalent Dy(2) atoms to form ODy4 tetrahedra that share corners with six equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with four equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, and edges with four equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles range from 12-69°. In the seventh O site, O(7) is bonded to two equivalent La(1), two equivalent La(5), and two equivalent Cu(1) atoms to form distorted OLa4Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(7)La4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the eighth O site, O(8) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(1), two equivalent La(2), and two equivalent Cu(2) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(8)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the ninth O site, O(9) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(2), two equivalent La(3), and two equivalent Cu(3) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(6)Dy4 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(9)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 1°. In the tenth O site, O(10) is bonded to two equivalent Dy(3), two equivalent La(4), and two equivalent Cu(4) atoms to form distorted OLa2Dy2Cu2 octahedra that share corners with two equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra, corners with six equivalent O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, edges with two equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra,  an edgeedge with one O(5)La2Dy2 tetrahedra, and faces with four equivalent O(10)La2Dy2Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra are not tilted. is represented by the CIF file [CIF]
data_La5Dy3(CuO4)4
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.868
_cell_length_b   3.868
_cell_length_c   24.996
_cell_angle_alpha   90.000
_cell_angle_beta   90.000
_cell_angle_gamma   90.000
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_cell_volume   374.025
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
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  La  La0  1  0.000  0.000  0.194  1.0
  La  La1  1  0.000  0.000  0.691  1.0
  La  La2  1  0.500  0.500  0.310  1.0
  La  La3  1  0.500  0.500  0.807  1.0
  La  La4  1  0.000  0.000  0.047  1.0
  Dy  Dy5  1  0.000  0.000  0.546  1.0
  Dy  Dy6  1  0.500  0.500  0.454  1.0
  Dy  Dy7  1  0.500  0.500  0.949  1.0
  Cu  Cu8  1  0.500  0.500  0.125  1.0
  Cu  Cu9  1  0.500  0.500  0.620  1.0
  Cu  Cu10  1  0.000  0.000  0.381  1.0
  Cu  Cu11  1  0.000  0.000  0.878  1.0
  O  O12  1  0.500  0.500  0.218  1.0
  O  O13  1  0.500  0.500  0.715  1.0
  O  O14  1  0.000  0.000  0.286  1.0
  O  O15  1  0.000  0.000  0.783  1.0
  O  O16  1  0.500  0.000  0.995  1.0
  O  O17  1  0.500  0.000  0.500  1.0
  O  O18  1  0.000  0.500  0.995  1.0
  O  O19  1  0.000  0.500  0.500  1.0
  O  O20  1  0.500  0.000  0.124  1.0
  O  O21  1  0.500  0.000  0.619  1.0
  O  O22  1  0.000  0.500  0.382  1.0
  O  O23  1  0.000  0.500  0.878  1.0
  O  O24  1  0.500  0.000  0.382  1.0
  O  O25  1  0.500  0.000  0.878  1.0
  O  O26  1  0.000  0.500  0.124  1.0
  O  O27  1  0.000  0.500  0.619  1.0
[/CIF]
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