Ordering of Pd(2+) and Pd(4+) in the mixed-valent palladate KPd(2)O(3)

Rodion V Panin1, Nellie R Khasanova, Catherine Bougerol

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia.

Inorganic Chemistry
|January 14, 2010
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