Metal-complex-decorated homochiral heterobimetallic telluride single-stranded helix.
Solvothermal reaction of a mixture of Sn, Mn, and Te at 200 degrees C using teta as the solvent yields a novel inorganic-organic hybrid solid [Mn(teta)(en)].[Mn(teta)][Mn(SnTe4)2.Mn(teta)] (teta=triethylenetetramine and en=ethylenediamine; 1), which has a homochiral single-stranded helical structure. The material is a semiconductor with a band gap of 0.88 eV and shows paramagnetic behavior between 2 and 300 K.
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Qichun
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Zhang
Xianhui
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Bu
Zhien
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Lin
Maurizio
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Biasini
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Beyermann
Pingyun
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Feng
D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013691:Tellurium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature
D008670:Metals; D013691:Tellurium