A misfit layer oxideTl
0.41(Sr
0.9O)
1.12CoO
2has been synthesized, and its structural modelestablished by ED and HREM. The cell parameters of the twosubsystems have been refinedfrom XRPD data. The subsystem S
1 (
a =4.9498(5) Å,
b1 = 5.0222(6) Å,
c = 11.656(1) Å,
= 97.755(7)
) characterizes the strontium-deficient rock-saltlayers [(Sr
0.90.1)O]
,whereasthe subsystem S
2 (
a = 4.9498(5) Å,
b2 = 2.807(2) Å,
c =11.656(1) Å,
= 97.755(7)
)corresponds to the octahedral [CoO
2]
layers that exhibit the CdI
2 structure. Thethalliumatoms are located between the two kinds of layers, with a distordedtetrahedral coordination,ensuring the cohesion of the structure.