title: Semiconductive Nanotube Array Constructed from Giant [Pb(II)18I54(I2)9] Wheel Clusters.
abstract: Crystalline nanotube array would create great opportunity for novel electrical application. Herein we report the first example of a metal halide based crystalline nanotube array which is constructed from an unprecedented giant [Pb(II)18I54(I2)9] wheel cluster, as determined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction. The electrical properties of the single crystal were studied and the present compound shows typical semiconductivity and highly anisotropic conductivity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangqiao west road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China).
authors.forename: Guan-E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangqiao west road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China). gxu@fjirsm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangqiao west road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China).
authors.forename: Bin-Wen
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangqiao west road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China).
authors.forename: Ming-Sheng
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ming-Shui
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yangqiao west road 155#, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China). gcguo@fjirsm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Guo-Cong
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guo
keywords: inorganic-organic hybrid composites; lead; nanotube arrays; semiconductors; wheel clusters