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Two-dimensional molecular ordering of Os(II) complexes in organo-clay hybrid ultrathin films
Yasushi Umemura1, Emi Shinohara
1Department of Applied Chemistry, National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8686, Japan. umemura@nda.ac.jp
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|April 30, 2004
Abstract:
An ordered structure of [OsL(3)](2+)(L = 2, 2'-bipyridine or 1, 10-phenanthroline) layer in an ultrathin film composed of the complex cations, clay nanosheets and alkylammonium cations is reported on the basis of its in-plane X-ray diffraction and polarized electronic spectral data.
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