Polycrystalline samples of novel Sr₅Pb₃ZnO₁₂ oxide were synthesized by solid-state reaction method. Structure of the compound was studied using powder x-ray diffraction (XRD) together with Rietveld refinement method. Sr₅Pb₃ZnO₁₂ exhibit hexagonal lattice (space group P-62m, no. 189) with infinite chains of  edge-sharing PbO₆-ZnO₆ polyhedra surrounded by Sr²⁺ ions. Several hundred micrometer long needle-like single crystals were succesfully grown from polycrystalline powder using flux method employing NaCl as the flux. Obtained crystals were characterized by means of confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS).

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