La. Bromley et al., INTERACTIONS AT THE INORGANIC-ORGANIC INTERFACE - DISCRIMINATORY BINDING OF HYDROXYBENZENES BY LEPIDOCROCITE SURFACES, Journal of colloid and interface science, 164(2), 1994, pp. 498-502
The morphology of lepidocrocite crystals has been found to be signific
antly modified by the binding of certain hydroxybenzenes and aliphatic
diols. The data have been combined in order to explore the geometric
and stereochemical requirements of the binding process. Replacement of
hydroxides by hydroxyl groups combined with appropriate iron-oxygen o
rbital overlap is found to be an essential requirement. Attempts to fi
nd molecules capable of binding to (010) were unsuccessful due either
to the need for highly strained molecular conformations or due to the
inherent passivity of the (010) surface. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.