On the Low Stability of Molecular Magnets Based on Transition Metal Hexacyanochromates (III)

In the research area of molecular magnets for Prussian blue analogues interesting and unusual effects have been observed, particularly for mixed transition metal salts of the hexacyanochromate (III) anion, TA 3-xTB x[Cr(CN)6]2·yH2O. For single metal salts, T3[Cr(CN)6]2·yH2O, with T = Mn(2+), Fe(2+),...

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Autores: REGUERA, B., REGUERA, E., RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ, J., TELLEZ, C., CENTENO, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Institución:Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital del IPN
OAI Identifier:oai:www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx:123456789/10786
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/314
http://www.repositoriodigital.ipn.mx/handle/123456789/10786
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Molecular Magnets
Prussian Blue Analogues
Crystal Structure
Porous Solids
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Sumario:In the research area of molecular magnets for Prussian blue analogues interesting and unusual effects have been observed, particularly for mixed transition metal salts of the hexacyanochromate (III) anion, TA 3-xTB x[Cr(CN)6]2·yH2O. For single metal salts, T3[Cr(CN)6]2·yH2O, with T = Mn(2+), Fe(2+), Co(2+), three paramagnetic ions where long range magnetic order is observed, the materials show low stability. The structural change can be envisaged as a flipping of the CN ligand, from T-NhC-Cr-ChN-T to Cr-NhC-T-ChN-Cr. The material containing these metals (Mn, Fe, Co) could be stabilized by the incorporation of a second metal that does not form stable hexacyano complexes (Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd). In this contribution such possibility is explored. The role of the porous framework in the material low stability is also discussed. For analog compact solids, TCs[Cr(CN)6], a relatively high stability on aging was observed. The study of the mixed compositions is preceded by a structural characterization of the simple series where the effect of the crystal water removal is also considered.