M. O'Keeffe et Om. Yaghi, Germanate zeolites: Contrasting the behavior of germanate and silicate structures built from cubic T8O20 units (T = Ge or Si, CHEM-EUR J, 5(10), 1999, pp. 2796-2801
A brief review of germanate-based zeolitelike structures is given. The fram
eworks of new germanates containing cubic Ge8O20 clusters are analyzed in d
etail and compared with those of related silicates. It is shown that some t
opologies are suitable far silicates, but not for germanates; that others a
re suitable for germanates but not for silicates; and that a third class is
suitable for both types of material.