The NO intercalation properties of substituted double-layeredcuprates,La
2-xBa
xSrCu
2O
6,have been studied by means of XRD, ED, HREM, and FT-IR. The NOabsorbability wasstrongly influenced not only by the amount of Ba substitution but alsoby the pretreatmentwith saturated water vapor at 60
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C. The Ba substitution leadsto
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2
a ×
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2
a and 3
a ×3
asuperstructures, which are associated with the ordering of Ba andoxygen vacancies,respectively. The sample with the superstructure showed rapid NOuptake at 250
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C onlyafter water vapor treatment. The XRD measurement demonstrates atwo-stage latticeexpansion along the
c axis after reactions with water vaporand subsequently with NO.The parallel HREM study suggests that the expanded structure isdue to the insertion ofH
2O and NO species into interlayers between bottom planesof CuO
5 pyramids. Aging thesample in water vapor leads to the formation of interlayer hydroxylgroups, which areeffective in promoting NO intercalation by expanding the interlayerspacing between theCuO
5 sheets.