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Atomic Layer Deposition of Vanadium Dioxide and a Temperature-dependent Optical Model
Published on: May 23, 2018
Single crystal-to-single crystal irreversible transformation from a discrete vanadium(V)-alcoholate to an
Pabitra Baran Chatterjee1, Anandalok Audhya, Subhajit Bhattacharya
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Abstract:
An unprecedented single crystal-to-single crystal transformation occurs when a binuclear oxovanadium(V) compound [V(V)(2)O(2)(L)(2)] 1 involving 2,6-bis(hydroxymethyl)-p-cresol (H(3)L) as a bridging ligand is exposed simultaneously to white light and aerial oxygen to generate an oligomeric compound [V(IV)(2)O(2)(L*)(2)] 2 (H(2)L* is 3-hydroxymethyl-5-methylsalicylaldehyde). Each vanadium(V) center in 1 is reduced to vanadium(IV) in 2 at the expense of a two-electron alcohol-to-aldehyde oxidation in the coordinated ligand. The additional electron being released is possibly consumed by molecular oxygen to generate hydrogen peroxide.
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