An electride with a large six-electron ring
@article{Wagner1994AnEW, title={An electride with a large six-electron ring}, author={Michael J. Wagner and Rui Huang and Judith L. Eglin and James L. Dye}, journal={Nature}, year={1994}, volume={368}, pages={726-729} }
ELECTRIDES are crystalline salts that contain complexed alkali metal cations whose charge is balanced by trapped electrons1. Theory2,3 and experiment4,5 indicate that the excess electron distribution is concentrated in cavities and channels formed by close-packing of the large complexed cations. Thus electrides might serve as models of a confined electron gas. Only three electrides have been structurally characterized previously6–8. Here we report the structure of a new electride, [Cs + (15C5…
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