Jolin A. Jegier

The use of aluminum and gallium hydrides in materials science

Abstract The use of aluminum and gallium hydrides as molecular precursors has been an important development in the field of materials science. Alanes and gallanes have been used in a variety of techniques, such as chemical vapor deposition and solution-based methodologies, to synthesize materials ranging from aluminum thin films to nanocrystalline 13–15 materials. This review is intended to capture the general features of the use of alanes and gallanes in the synthesis of solid state materials.

Factors affecting cation formation in group 13 alkyl halide complexes

The demarcation for the formation of cationic aluminium complexes is the transition between the use of chloride as a ligand (Me2AlCl–NH2But 1) and the relatively more polarizable bromide {[Me2Al(NH2But)2]Br 2} as determined by X-ray diffractometry.