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Transformation of a 4-membered ring zinc phosphate SBU to a sodalite-related 3-dimensional structure through a linear
Meenakshi Dan1, D Udayakumar, C N R Rao
1Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P. O., Bangalore 560064, India.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|September 19, 2003
Abstract:
A zero-dimensional zinc phosphate, comprising a 4-membered ring, is shown to spontaneously transform at room temperature, to a linear chain structure consisting of corner-shared 4-membered rings, the latter transforming to a 3-dimensional sodalite-related structure under mild conditions.