Direct synthesis of organic and organometallic-containing MICA-type aluminosilicates.

摘要

Layer-silicate clay structures can provide supramolecular organization for catalysis, chiral reactions, colloid science, and electron transfer. The authors have successfully modified the experimental preparations of several different layer silicates in order to incorporate a wide variety of organic and organometallic molecules in the clay galleries. Synthesis and physical characterization of these materials are described and compared to ion-exchanged natural clay analogs. In addition, the photophysical properties of organometallic Ru(II) complexes incorporated by direct hydrothermal crystallization into synthetic clays were measured. 3 tabs, 21 refs.