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George S. Nolas's The Physics and Chemistry of Inorganic Clathrates PDF

By George S. Nolas

ISBN-10: 9401791260

ISBN-13: 9789401791267

ISBN-10: 9401791279

ISBN-13: 9789401791274

The chemistry and physics of staff 14 parts equivalent to silicon and germanium were broadly studied, principally because of their primary significance within the improvement of semiconductor electronics. moreover, crystalline open-framework and nano-porous fabrics are attracting expanding recognition for his or her capability technological functions. Inorganic open-framework fabrics constructed from workforce 14 components crystallizing in crystal constructions often called clathrates are of specific curiosity. those fabrics correspond to elevated varieties, and often times metastable allotropes, of silicon, germanium and tin. the radical crystal constructions those fabrics own are in detail regarding the original actual homes they express. simply as fascinating because the constitution and houses crew 14 clathrates exhibit is the various variety of artificial innovations constructed to synthesize and develop unmarried crystals of those fabrics. This quantity will surround lots of those facets and describe their strength for very important technological applications.

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C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 260, 4764–4767 (1965) 2. C. Cros, Le syste`me silicium-sodium. The`se de Troisie`me Cycle, Universite´ de Bordeaux (1965) 3. S. Kasper, P. Hagenmuller, M. Pouchard, C. Cros, Clathrate structures of silicon. Science 150, 1713–1714 (1965) 4. C. Cros, Sur quelques nouveaux siliciures et germaniures alcalins a` structure clathrate: e´tude cristallographique et physique. The`se Universite´ de Bordeaux (1970) 5. C. Cros, M. Pouchard, Sur les phases de type clathrate du silicium et des e´le´ments apparente´s (C, Si, Ge, Sn): une approche historique.

In the clathrate-I crystal structure with ideal composition X8(H2O)46 (X stands for a small molecule), the framework is built of water molecules connected via hydrogen bonds (Fig. 2, left). The covalent- and hydrogen-bonded O–H–O groups are arranged in such a way that pentagondodecahedral and tetrakaidecahedral cages are formed. The whole network can be described as being formed by neutral [OH4/2] groups. It is therefore uncharged and the cavities can bear neutral molecules of appropriate size according to the balance (X0)8[(OH4/2)0]46 = X8(H2O)46.

The interatomic distances are usually close to the sum of the covalent radii of the constituting atoms. g. 42 Å for Cs8-xSi46 [37]. e. it is a crossing point of six pentagonal faces. All bond angles here are close to the tetrahedral one. Position 3 is located at the crossing point of five pentagonal and one hexagonal face, having one angle within the hexagon which tends to be much larger than the tetrahedral one. Position 1 is located at the crossing point of two perpendicular six-ring faces and four five-ring faces of adjacent tetrakaidecahedrons.

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