Band-Structure Properties of One-Dimensional Polydecker Sandwich Systems

Abstract

The one-dimensional polydecker compounds collected in fig. IV.7 are suitable model systems for a transparent investigation of the dependence of band structure porperties on the type of the central 3d atom and the stoichiometry of the organic π ligand [IV.23]. The synthesis, and the physical and chemical characterization of the first infinite 1D model in this class of low-dimensional solids has been reported recently [IV.24]. The polymer is formed by a 13 valence electron fragment of the general stoichiometry Ni(R₅C₃B₂). The band structure and other electronic properties of this 1D system are reviewed in [IV.25].