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Intercalation compounds definition

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Compounds resulting from inclusion, usually without covalent bonding, of one kind of molecule (the guest molecule) in a matrix of another compound (the host compound), which has a layered structure. The host compound, with a rather rigid structure, may be macromolecular, crystalline, or amorphous.


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