Mixed Valence Chemistry—A Survey and

Mixed Valence Chemistry—A Survey and Classification Melvin B. Robin and Peter Day... 

Robin MB, Day P (1967) Mixed valence chemistry, a survey and classification. Adv Inorg Chem Radiochem 10 247 22... 

A survey of the literature from 1980 to 1993 shows that over 2500 articles have been published during this period that contain mixed valence or mixed valent in the title. From 1994-2003, Mixed Valence was in 3 9 8 8 titles and there were an additional 1095 that contain Mixed Valent . Four of these are reviews. Thus, the 1967 statement of Robin and Day that stated mixed valence chemistry represented a neglected class ofinorganic compounds is no longervalid. Mixed valency, the... 

This review is divided into four major sections (i) a general survey of n molecular conductors, including the chemistry and the structural classification of radical-ion salts (ii) a summary of the physics of these electronic and magnetic low-dimensional systems (iii) a discussion of the present "state-of-the-art" in these materials, with an emphasis on their mix -valence character, and the impetus to create new compounds with specific low-temperature physical properties (iv) a description of the current trends, which show an explosion in different directions, l cause one can get new materials with specific properties, by playing with the molecular organization in stable or metastable phases. 

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