Rearrangement of host layers upon the insertion of organic cations: Synthesis and structure of (CH3NH3)MnTe2

abstract

• Microcrystalline (CH3NH3)MnTe2 was prepared by the reaction of LiMnTe2 and CH3NH3Cl in methanol at room temperature. The rearrangement of hexagonal [MnTeTe3/3] layers in LiMnTe2 to the tetragonal [MnTe4/2] layers found in (CH3NH3)MnTe2 is unprecedented and probably results from the dissolution of a small amount of LiMnTe2 with regrowth to accommodate bigger cations. Molecular mechanics calculations suggest that CH3NH3+ molecules are alternatively aligned ("up" and "down") and tilted about 15 with respect to the c axis.

authors

• Hughbanks, Timothy

published proceedings

• CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

author list (cited authors)

• Kim, J., Byeon, S. H., & Hughbanks, T.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Kim, J||Byeon, SH||Hughbanks, T

publication date

• January 2002

publisher

• American Chemical Society (ACS)  Publisher

published in

• CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1021/cm010548k

start page

• 9

end page

• +

volume

• 14

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm010548k