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A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
Published on: November 27, 2012
Topological analysis of the three-dimensional coordination polymer
Gao Xiang Meng1, Ya Min Feng1, Xin Tang Huang1
1Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Ag2(C6H4N4)(N3)]n, was obtained under hydrothermal conditions at 433 K. The asymmetric unit of the orthorhombic space group (Pna21) consists of two Ag(+) cations, an anionic 5-(pyridin-4-yl)tetrazolide (4-ptz(-)) ligand and an anionic azide ligand. Both Ag(+) centres are coordinated by four N atoms, forming a distorted tetrahedral coordination environment. When all the component ions are viewed as 4-connected nodes, the whole three-dimensional network can be regarded topologically as a new kind of 4,4,4,4-connected net with the Schläfli symbol (4.8(5))(4(2).8(4))(4(3).8(3))2.
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