Inorganic Chromotropism

Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

2D-1D structural phase transformation of Co(II) 3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate frameworks with chromotropism.

Two new metal-organic frameworks [Co(pydc)(H(2)O)(2)](n) (1) and [Co(pydc)(H(2)O)(4)](n)(H(2)O)(n) (2), (pydc = 3,5-pyridinedicarboxylate) have been synthesized by a diffusion method and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure of 1 reveals an infinite 2D layer with honeycomb-like cavities in which each pydc ligand bridges three Co(II) ions. The adjacent 2D layers are or...

Inorganic Biochemistry

Inorganic Synthesis

Materials for the New Millennium- Synthetic Inorganic, Semi-inorganic, and Organic-inorganic Hybrid Polymers

The properties of mineralogical and covalent inorganic polymers are brieffy described in the introductory part. Glass is an important polymer made up of rings and chains of silicate units which contain negatively charged oxygen atoms neutralized by positive metal ions. Glass and few other mineralogical types of inorganic polymers, like aluminum oxyde, could be fabricated into fibers and used as...