intercalation compounds

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.I03076
Compounds resulting from reversible inclusion, without covalent bonding, of one kind of molecule in a solid matrix of another compound, which has a laminar structure. The host compound, a solid, may be @M03667@, crystalline or amorphous.
See also:
inclusion compounds
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1344 [Terms] [Paper]