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Chemical Synthesis of Porous Barium Titanate Thin Film and Thermal Stabilization of Ferroelectric Phase by Porosity-Induced Strain
Published on: March 27, 2018
Monoclinic polymorph of poly[[di-μ-aqua-triaquadi-μ-oxalato-barium(II)-copper(II)] monohydrate]
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A monoclinic polymorph of the title compound, {[BaCu(C(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)(5)]·H(2)O}(n), is reported. The structure is best described as a coordination polymer where the Cu(II) and Ba(II) centers are coordinated by five and nine O atoms, respectively, in capped quadratic antiprismatic and tetragonal pyramidal geometries. The polymerization arises due to the presence of bridging mono- and bidentate oxalate ligands as well as bridging water mol-ecules. The crystal structure is consolidated by a three-dimensional network of hydrogen bonding.
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