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Published on: June 9, 2023
Structural and Magnetical Studies of Mixed-Valence Hexavanadate Hybrids: How Organic Ligands Affect the Magnetism of
Pingfan Wu1, Yu Wang1, Weizhou Chen1
1Institute of POM-Based Materials, Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, School of Materials and Chemical Engineering,, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China.
Abstract:
In this Communication, we illustrate the influence of organic ligands on magnetic structure and behavior by employing a mixed-valence Lindqvist-type hexavanadate as a research platform. Through covalently attaching to different halogen-containing organic ligands, the derived hybrid materials have different magnetism compared to their parent structure. Single-crystal X-ray analyses show that the introduction of organic ligands can modify the crystal packing manners of the derivatives, leading to further changes of the interaction between magnetic units. This work demonstrates that organic functionalization can remarkably affect the magnetism of polyoxometalates by adjusting the distance and location of the magnetic fractions.
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