Chemistry of Metal Silicates and Germanates: The Largest Metal Polygermanate, K11Mn21Ge32O86(OH)9(H2O), with a 76 Å Periodic Lattice

Megan M. Smart, Colin D. McMillen, Kimberly Ivey, Joseph W. Kolis

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Abstract

An examination of manganese silicates and germanates revealed unusual structural motifs and extremely different chemistries, with identical hydrothermal reactions forming K2Mn2Si3O9 versus K11Mn21Ge32O86(OH)9(H2O). The germanate is exceptional in both its c-axis length (exceeding 76 Å) and unit cell volume (nearly 18000 Å3), the largest known polygermanate structure to our knowledge.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16804-16808
Number of pages5
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume59
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 7 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We are indebted to the National Science Foundation (Grant DMR 1808371) for financial support of this work.

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationDMR 1808371, 1808371

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