“…Some of them are hydrated as In(IO 3 ) 3 Á 2H 2 O [22], In(IO 3 ) 3 Á 3H 2 O [23], Bi(IO 3 ) 3 Á 2H 2 O [24] and Yb(IO 3 ) 3 Á 2H 2 O [25]. Among the characterized anhydrous phases, many of them possess an acentric structure such as mercury iodate [26], cadmium iodate [27], isostructural phases M(IO 3 ) 2 (with M ¼ Mg, Mn, Co, Ni, Zn) [28] and M(IO 3 ) 3 (with M ¼ Ga, In) [29]. We demonstrated close structural relationships between these two last categories of metal iodates and a-LiIO 3 [29].…”