Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1331723 Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2012 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

The synthesis and structural features of a newly emerged class of salt-inclusion solids (SISs) are reviewed. The descriptive chemistry with respect to the role of ionic salt and its correlation with bulk noncentrosymmetricity and polarity of the covalent oxide lattice in question is discussed by means of structure analysis. These unprecedented discoveries have opened doors to novel materials synthesis via the utilities of salt-inclusion chemistry (SIC) that are otherwise known as the molten-salt approach. The result of these investigations prove that the bulk acentricity, or cancellation of which, can be accounted for from the perspective of ionic and/or salt lattices.

Graphical abstractFigure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slideHighlights► Synthesis and structure of newly emerged salt-inclusion solids are reviewed. ► Salt lattice and its symmetry correlation with polar framework are discussed. ► Preservation of acentricity is accounted for from the perspective of ionic and salt lattices.

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