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Area of Science:

  • Solid-state chemistry
  • Materials science
  • Crystallography

Background:

  • Crystalline materials with stimuli-responsive structural and optical properties are of significant interest.
  • Hybrid organic-inorganic materials offer tunable frameworks for advanced applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel crystalline hybrid copper phosphate exhibiting solvent-programmable switching.
  • To investigate the relationship between structural transformations, solvent interactions, and optical changes.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of Cu4(4,4'-bipy)4(H2PO4)4·6H2O crystalline hybrid copper phosphate.
  • Variable temperature X-ray diffraction (XRD) to analyze crystallographic transformations.
  • UV-vis spectroscopy to study optical changes and metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) bands.
  • Exposure to dehydration and methanol uptake as external stimuli.

Main Results:

  • Dehydration induces a reversible color change from yellow to red, coupled with a phase transition from triclinic to monoclinic symmetry.
  • Methanol uptake triggers a distinct symmetry-breaking transformation, stabilizing trigonal planar Cu(i) centers and resulting in a cyan color.
  • Structural changes correlate with shifts in the MLCT band, demonstrating tunable optical responses.

Conclusions:

  • Hybrid phosphate frameworks can be designed for post-synthetic structural and optical switching.
  • Solvent identity, hydrogen bonding, and coordination geometry are key factors in controlling optical responses.
  • This work provides a platform for accessing novel crystalline phases with multiple optical switching capabilities.