[Cu58(SeC6H5)24(Dppe)6Se16]2+ assembled from tetrahedra and octahedra: synthesis, characterization, structure and

Tao Yang1, Jianmei Jia1, Lin Xiong2

  • 1Key Laboratory of Structure and Functional Regulation of Hybrid Materials, Anhui University, Ministry of Education, Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Department of Chemistry and Center for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui University, Anhui 230601, P. R. China. jinshan@ahu.edu.cn.

Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 16, 2024
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