One-Dimensional Building Principles in Organometallic Solids and General Band (Electronic) Structure Properties

Low-dimensional (1D) solids which are formed by organometallic building blocks can be divided into four structure types. The relevant geometric distinctive marks are discussed in the present section. Additionally we give a short review of global electronic structure properties determined for representative model solids. The building principles realized in 1D organometallic materials are discriminated on the basis of the metal and ligand orientation relative to the direction of the stacking axis as well as on the electronic nature of the coupling between adjacent molecular building units. A schematic display of the suggested structure types is shown in fig. II. 1.