Framework-type structure

Crystal chemistry ofTa and Nb fluorides - compounds with framework type structures 101... 

Framework-type structure Coordination-type structure... 

Distance least squares (DLS), a method developed by Meier and Vill-iger (1) for generating model structures (DLS models) of prescribed symmetry and optimum interatomic distances, can supply atomic coordinates which closely approach the values obtained by extensive structure refinement. DLS makes use of the available information on interatomic distances, bond angles, and other geometric features. It is primarily based on the fact that the number of crystallographically non-equivalent interatomic distances exceeds the number of coordinates in framework-type structures. A general DLS program is available (8) which allows any combination of prescribed parameters (interatomic distances, ratios of distances, unit cell constants etc). In addition, subsidiary conditions (as discussed in Refs. 1 and 8) can also be prescribed. 

Atlas of Zeolite Framework Types. Structure Commission of the International Zeolite Association, 5th Edn, eds Ch. Baerlocher, W.M. Meier, and D.H. Olson, Elsevier, 2001... 

In recent years, molecular sieves have found new uses as hosts for the preparation of small metal- and semiconductor clusters that can be grown in confined zeolite spaces and are envisioned for uses in photo-catalysis, non-linear optics, sensors, flat panel displays, etc..[31] The framework-type structures of zeolites can be described with the presence of the n- rings, e.g., 4-, 6-, 8-, 12-rings or double 5-, 6-, 8- rings, or secondary building units, e.g. the sodalite cavity, super cages, and others. These confined spaces can be used for the preparation of optical and electronic materials with desired properties. 

Doedens and co-workers reported a symmetrical cyclic water hexamer, (H20)6, observed in the polyoxovanadate-based crystalline hydrate Li6[Ni3Vig042 (H20)i2(S04)] 24H2O, that forms a framework type structure in its crystalline state in which the building unit is the cage-like polyoxovanadate cluster... 

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