IONIZATION AND DELOCALIZATION IN POTASSIUM ZEOLITE-L - A COMBINED NEUTRON-DIFFRACTION AND ELECTRON-SPIN-RESONANCE STUDY

In the reaction of dehydrated zeolite L with potassium vapor the guest metal atoms are spontaneously ionized and the resulting electrons delocalized among potassium cations that line the one‐dimensional channels of the zeolite host (see structure on the right). This phenomenon points out a possible approach to compounds containing ultrafine, conducting wires. (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1994 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Germany