Semiconductive Nanotube Array Constructed from Giant [Pb(II)18I54(I2)9] Wheel Clusters

Guan-E Wang; Gang Xu; Bin-Wen Liu; Ming-Sheng Wang; Ming-Shui Yao; Guo-Cong Guo

doi:10.1002/anie.201507083

Semiconductive Nanotube Array Constructed from Giant [Pb(II)18I54(I2)9] Wheel Clusters

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2016 Jan 11;55(2):514-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201507083. Epub 2015 Nov 9.

Authors

Guan-E Wang¹, Gang Xu², Bin-Wen Liu¹, Ming-Sheng Wang¹, Ming-Shui Yao, Guo-Cong Guo³

Affiliations

¹ 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).
² 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.
³ 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.

PMID: 26549327
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201507083

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.

Keywords: inorganic-organic hybrid composites; lead; nanotube arrays; semiconductors; wheel clusters.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't