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
macromolecular, crystalline or amorphous.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1344