posted on 2009-06-01, 00:00authored byLei Liu, Stanislav Ferdov, Cristina Coelho, Ying Kong, Luís Mafra, Jin P. Li, Jin X. Dong, Uwe Kolitsch, Rute A. Sá Ferreira, Ekkehart Tillmanns, João Rocha, Zhi Lin
A novel layered zinc phosphate, [N2C6H12]2[Zn7H3(HPO4−x)5(PO4)3]H2O, with unique 10-membered-ring ellipsoidal channels running perpendicularly to ladder-shaped tetrahedral layers, has been synthesized ionothermally via in situ generation of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane.