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Magnetometric Characterization of Intermediates in the Solid-State Electrochemistry of Redox-Active Metal-Organic Frameworks
Published on: June 9, 2023
Interplay between magnetism and conductivity derived from spin-polarized donor radicals
Tadashi Sugawara1, Hideji Komatsu, Kentaro Suzuki
1Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. suga@pentacle.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Abstract:
Tutorial review: to achieve molecule-based spintronic devices, an organic conducting magnet that exhibits both conductivity and magnetism in a cooperative manner must be constructed. As a building block for such new materials, a spin-polarized donor radical, which serves as a molecular "spin-filter" in its singly oxidized state, was designed and synthesized. The resistivity of ion radical salts of selenium-substituted, tetrathiafulvalene-based spin-polarized donor radicals decreased substantially in the presence of a magnetic field, thus indicating cooperative conductivity and magnetism.
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