A. Meerschaut et al., MISFIT LAYERED COMPOUNDS - POLYTYPISM, MULTILAYER STAGES, NONSTOICHIOMETRY AND ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, SELF-MISFIT COMPOUNDS, Journal of alloys and compounds, 219, 1995, pp. 157-160
The field of misfit layered compounds is evolving in several direction
s. Current questions are (i) polytypism in the TX(2) layers and its in
fluence on the physical properties, (ii) non-stoichiometry of the LnX
layers and (iii) compounds which are also layered but commensurate alo
ng the a direction. All these fields are treated and looked upon espec
ially towards their influence on the electronic structure.