The Templating Effect and Photochemistry of Viologens in Halometalate Hybrid Crystals

• Published in: European journal of inorganic chemistry Vol. 2013; no. 1; pp. 19 - 31
• Main Author: Mercier, Nicolas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.01.2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley-VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Anions; Chains; Charge transfer; Chemical Sciences; Crystal structure; Crystals; Ferroelectric materials; Ferroelectricity; Halometalates; Photochemistry; Photochromism; Radicals; Solid state; Viologens; Charge transfer; halometalates; photochromism; Viologens; ferroelectricity
• ISSN: 1434-1948; 1099-0682
• DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201201125

Although the chemistry of viologens in solution has been thoroughly investigated, their intriguing functions in the crystalline state have been the subject of less attention. Recently, many hybrid structures incorporating viologen cations have been published, and a considerable number of them posses...