2016 年 26 巻 2 号 p. 178-188
Pb- and Bi- containing perovskites exhibit exotic properties owing to the presence of 6s electrons. High-pressure technique is promising method for synthesizing a wide variety of the perovskites. In this paper, the exotic properties of Pb- or Bi- containing perovskites, such as the origin of a large tetragonal distortion in PbVO3, structural transformation of PbMnO3 under high pressure, a large volume collapse accompanied with spin state transition in BiCoO3, polarization rotation in BiCo1−xFexO3 solid solution, and negative thermal expansion in BiNiO3 based materials are demonstrated. These properties are attributed to the correlation between 6s orbital of Pb and Bi and 3d orbital of transition metal elements.