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The succession of phase transformations in the La2Ti2O7-LaTaO4 system on he
at treatment of the co-precipitated crystallized hydroxides has been studie
d. We have studied the possibility of the formation of a number of heterobl
ock polar slab phases La4p+2qTi4pTa2qO14p+8q (p=1, q=1, 2, 3, 5) having an
ordered arrangement of alternating perovskite-type blocks of two and four B
O6 octahedron slabs. The crystal structure has been determined and the spon
taneous polarization has been estimated. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Sci
ence B.V.