Condensation mehanisms of monomeric tin hydroxide molecules and formation of polymorphic stannic acids: a quantum chemical study
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The Hartree-Fock method (valence-only basis set SBKJC, expanded by with polarization d and p functions (sbkjc(d,p))) was used to analyze possible formation mechanisms of hydrated tin dioxide nanoparticles, which are polymeric forms of stannic acids. It has been shown that the interaction of two Sn(OH)4 molecules leads to the formation of distannate bridges (Sn–O(H)–Sn), characteristic of bulk samples of tin dioxide.
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