A
new type of composite structure is described co
nsisti
ng of t
he todorokite-type [M
n6O
12] frameworkwit
h large square tu
nnels accommodati
ng colum
nar fragme
nts of t
he rock-salt structure. T
he crystalstructure of t
he
new todorokite-type [SrF
0.8(OH)
0.2]
2.526[M
n6O
12] compou
nd is solved from tra
nsmissio
nelectro
n microscopy, a
nd t
he structure of its a
nhydrous form [SrF
0.8O
0.1]
2.526[M
n6O
12] is refi
ned fromX-ray powder diffractio
n data. T
he [M
n6O
12] framework co
nsists of mutually perpe
ndicular walls builtof t
hree edge-s
hari
ng rutile-type stri
ngs of M
nO
6 octa
hedra delimiti
ng large square tu
nnels wit
h t
he sizeof 3 × 3 octa
hedra. T
he i
nterior space i
n t
he tu
nnels is filled wit
h rock-salt type [Sr(F,OH)]
4 colum
ns.T
he structure ca
n be i
nterpreted as bei
ng a
n i
ncomme
nsurate composite structure wit
h t
he modulatio
nvector
q1 =
hars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 >
c1* (
hars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 0.63157(3)) parallel to t
he directio
n of tu
nnel propagatio
n. T
he octa
hedral tu
nnelwalls compose subsystem
I wit
h a [M
n6O
12] compositio
n a
nd a periodicity
c1 = 2.84 &Ari
ng;, w
hereas t
he[Sr(F,OH)]
4 colum
ns belo
ng to subsystem
II wit
h a periodicity
c1/
hars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 > = 4.49 &Ari
ng;, resulti
ng i
n a [Sr(F,OH)]
4hars/gamma.gif" BORDER=0 >[M
n6O
12] compositio
n. [SrF
0.8(OH)
0.2]
2.526[M
n6O
12] demo
nstrates a muc
h larger
number of catio
nsi
nside t
he tu
nnels i
n compariso
n wit
h t
he k
now
n sy
nt
hetic a
nd
natural mari
ne todorokites. T
he [SrF
0.8(OH)
0.2]
2.526[M
n6O
12] compou
nd s
hows a spi
n-glass be
havior below
T*
ntities/ap.gif"> 26 K wit
h a domi
na
nta
ntiferromag
netic correlatio
n.