Homomeric Chains of intermolecular bonds scaffold octahedral germanium perovskites
Morteza Najarian, Amin; Dinic, Filip; Chen, Hao; Sabatini, Randy; Zheng, Chao; Lough, Alan J.; Maris, Thierry; Saidaminov, Makhsud I.; Garcia de Arquer, F. Pelayo; Voznyy, Oleksandr; Hoogland, Sjoerd; Sargent, Edward H.; Nature 620 (2023) 328–335; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06209-y

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 Homomeric Chains of intermolecular bonds scaffold octahedral germanium
 perovskites
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catena-[bis(2-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)ethanaminium) 
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