D. Chidambaram, S. Natarajan
Aug 1, 1998
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Materials Research Bulletin
Abstract
A new open-framework zinc phosphate, [Zn 3 (PO 4 ) 2 (HPO 4 ) 0.5 ] - [0.5(NH 3 (CH 2 ) 2 (NH 3 )] 2+ H 2 O, having Zn-O-Zn linkages was synthesized by hydrothermal technique. The structure consists of a network of ZnO 4 and PO 4 tetrahedra in which the vertices are shared. Water molecules are present in a 6-membered channel and the protonated ethylenediamine molecule is in the middle of a 8-membered channel, creating alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic channels.