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Fabrication of Spatially Confined Complex Oxides
Published on: July 1, 2013
A three-dimensional complex with a one-dimensional cobalt-hydroxyl chain based on planar nonanuclear clusters showing
Bao Li1, Zhao Li1, Rong-Jia Wei2
1†Key Laboratory for Large-Format Battery Materials and System, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Abstract:
A new three-dimensional magnetic network, [Co9(OH)6(C42H24O18P3N3)2(H2O)8] (1), has been successfully prepared by utilizing the flexible hexacarboxylate ligand derived from cyclotriphosphazene, which had been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurement. This compound consists of one-dimensional (1D) cobalt-hydroxyl chains based on planar nonanuclear clusters, which are located in the b-c plane to form the nearly two-dimensional cobalt layer. Magnetic measurements reveal that 1 shows spin-canted antiferromagnetism with spin-glass behavior. These results suggest that reasonable design and choice of large carboxylate ligand based on a specific scaffold could be effective for the construction of magnetic materials based on a novel 1D magnetic chain.
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