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High Resolution Physical Characterization of Single Metallic Nanoparticles
Published on: June 28, 2019
Redetermination of CaMn2O4
H G Giesber1, W T Pennington, J W Kolis
1Clemson University, Chemistry Department, H. L. Hunter Research Laboratories, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA.
Abstract:
The title compound, calcium dimanganese tetraoxide, CaMn(2)O(4), was synthesized hydrothermally and is made up of edge-sharing Mn(3+) distorted octahedral layers and eight-coordinate Ca(2+) centered polyhedral layers.
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