Issue 19, 2022

Light actuated single-chain magnet with magnetic coercivity

Abstract

In this study, a pair of cyanide-bridged {Fe2Co}-based coordination polymers, {[(PzTp)Fe(CN)3]2Co(L)2}·4H2O (1) and {[(Tp)Fe(CN)3]2Co(L)2}·3H2O·CH3OH (2), was synthesized by assembling CoII with [(PzTp)FeIII(CN)3] (PzTp: tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borate) and the less hindered [(Tp)FeIII(CN)3] (Tp: tris(pyrazolyl)borate) in the presence of the asymmetric ditopic ligand L (4-(1H-imidazol-5-ylmethylene-amino)-4H-1,2,4-triazole). Both compounds exhibited thermally induced metal-to-metal electron transfer (MMET) accompanied by the dielectric anomaly, resulting in the transformation between a high-temperature (HT) phase of {FeIIILS–CoIIHS–FeIIILS} and a low-temperature (LT) phase of {FeIILS–CoIIILS–FeIIILS}. Contributed by the light-actuated electron transfer from FeII to CoIII ions, the LT phase can be converted into the HT phase by 946 nm light irradiation. Interestingly, compound 1 exhibited the stepwise transition of the dielectric constant with the electron transfer process, presenting a rare example showing the synergetic switching of dielectric and magnetic properties. Moreover, compound 1 showed the photo-induced slow relaxation of magnetization and a coercive field of 400 Oe, being a single-chain magnet. In contrast, compound 2 exhibited metamagnetization behavior after light irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Light actuated single-chain magnet with magnetic coercivity

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
26 Jun 2022
Accepted
06 Aug 2022
First published
23 Aug 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 5093-5104

Light actuated single-chain magnet with magnetic coercivity

Q. Liu, N. Yao, H. Sun, J. Hu, Y. Meng and T. Liu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 5093 DOI: 10.1039/D2QI01371A

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