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Subrata Jana1, Bikash Kumar Shaw, Prasanta Bhowmik
1Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Section, Jadavpur University , Kolkata - 700 032, India.
Abstract:
Four new end-on pseudohalide-bridged dinuclear copper(II) complexes, [Cu2(L(1))2(N3)2]·DMF (1), [Cu2(L(2))2(N3)2] (2), [Cu2(L(3))2(NCS)2] (3), and [Cu2(L(4))2(N3)2] (4) {where HL(1), HL(2), HL(3), and HL(4) are tridentate N2O donor Schiff bases}, are synthesized and characterized. Complexes 1, 2, and 3 possess π···π stacking interactions, while in addition hydrogen-bonding interactions are present in 1 and 3. However, by contrast, complex 4 contains neither type of interaction. Field-induced long-range ferromagnetic ordering beyond 0.9 T is observed in complexes 1 and 2 due to π···π stacking interactions, while ferroelectric ordering is observed in complexes 1 and 3 due to hydrogen-bonding interactions. Most interestingly, complex 1, which contains both π···π stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions, shows multiferroic behavior as a result of coupling between the dielectric and magnetic fields with 8% change in the magneto-dielectric effect at room temperature. We believe that from this study will emerge a new class of multiferroic materials.
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