title: Observation of an octameric water cluster containing a book-shaped hexamer in a 4f-3d complex.
abstract: An octameric water cluster consisting of a book-shaped water hexamer and two dangling water molecules has been observed in a 4f-3d ionic pair complex [Y(dpdo)2(H2O)4][Co(CN)6].4H2O.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications & PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory on Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PR China. mabqing@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Bao-Qing
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hao-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao