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The zeolate ligand; zeolite encapsulated semiconductor nanomaterials
Author(s) -
Ozin Geoffrey A.,
Steele Mark R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19940800105
Subject(s) - nanoclusters , zeolite , ligand (biochemistry) , nanomaterials , crown ether , aluminosilicate , materials science , semiconductor , nanotechnology , supramolecular chemistry , denticity , chemistry , metal , crystal structure , organic chemistry , ion , catalysis , biochemistry , receptor , optoelectronics
Consolidation of the results of structural, spectroscopic and kinetic studies of a range of intrazeolite guests and their reactions have led to the development of the “crown ether‐zeolite ligand analogy” and the concept of the “zeolate” as a macrospheroidal or macrocylindrical multidentate anionic ligand. This view of a zeolite cavity or channel as a collection of interconnected aluminosilicate crown ether‐like building blocks, permits a coordination chemistry approach to the understanding of metal‐ligand bonding (capping, anchoring, complexing, stabilizing and structure‐directing phenomena) in a variety of zeolite guest‐host inclusion systems. In this paper we focus attention on the role that the zeolate ligand plays in the organization of semiconductor precursors and their assembly to semiconductor nanoclusters with particular reference to II‐VI nanomaterials.