title: An Inorganic Tire-Tread Lattice: Hydrothermal Synthesis of the Layered Vanadate
abstract: Two distinct V(9)O(23) building blocks having different vanadium coordination environments are intergrown in the unusual layered vanadate [N(CH(3))(4)](5)V(18)O(46) (see picture). Lattice strain is relieved by alternation of the vanadate strips formed from the blocks in both directions (akin to a three-dimensional tire tread). The formation of this lattice has implications for the assembly mechanism of this compound and related materials in hydrothermal synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1 (Canada).
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Koene
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Nazar