Crystal Structure
The crystal structure of gadolinium oxysulfide has trigonal symmetry and the space group with one formula unit per unit cell. Each gadolinium ion is coordinated by four oxygen atoms and three sulfur atoms in a non-inversion symmetric arrangement. The Gd2O2S structure is a sulfur layer with double layers of gadolinium and oxygen in between.
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