Magnetic Molecular Conductors

Molecular Materials Combining Magnetic and Conducting Properties

Polarized neutron diffraction and Mössbauer spectral study of short-range magnetic correlations in the ferrimagnetic layered compounds(PPh4)[FeIIFeIII(ox)3]and(NBu4)[FeIIFeIII(ox)3]

Short-range antiferromagnetic correlations have been studied in the layered compounds (PPh 4 ) [Fe I I Fe I I I (ox) 3 ] and (NBu 4 ) [Fe I I Fe I I I (ox) 3 ] by neutron polarization analysis and Mossbauer spectroscopy. Polarized neutron diffraction profiles obtained between 2 and 50 K on (d 2 0 -PPh 4 ) [Fe I I Fe I I I (ox) 3 ] show no magnetic Bragg scattering; the lack of such scattering indicates the absence of long-range magnetic order. However, a broad asymmetric feature observed at a Q of ca. 0.8 A - 1 is attributed to two-dimensional short-range magnetic correlations, which are described by a Warren function. The correlation length is ca. 50 A between 2 and 30 K and then decreases…

Mössbauer Spectral Study of Two Layered Honeycomb Molecular Magnets: PPh4FeIIFeIII(ox)3 and NBu4FeIIFeIII(ox)3

The Mossbauer spectra of the layer ferrimagnets PPh4FeIIFeIII(ox)3 and NBu4FeIIFeIII(ox)3 have been measured between 1.9 and 315 K. The paramagnetic spectra exhibit both high-spin iron(II) and iron(III) doublets. The iron(II) quadrupole splittings are negative and decrease substantially upon cooling as a result of a low-symmetry crystal field splitting. In contrast, the iron(III) splittings are small, positive, and virtually independent of temperature. The respective magnetic ordering temperatures of 30 and 42.5 K agree well with the phase observed by bulk magnetometry and the magnetic sextets yield hyperfine fields of ca. 60 kOe for iron(II) and 540 kOe for iron(III). The unusually low iro…

TTF charge transfer salts containing cyanometallate anions [M(phen)(CN)4]− (M=Cr or Fe; phen=1,10-phenanthroline)

Abstract Two new charge transfer salts of TTF with the counter anions [M(phen)(CN) 4 ] − (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, M = Cr ( I ) and Fe ( II )) are described. The structures consist of alternating stacks of dimerised TTF + cations and [M(phen)(CN) 4 ] − anions and they are linked together by many short S⋯S contacts and hydrogen bonds. Within the organic stack, two dimerised TTF + cations are arranged in a slipped face-to-face mode with short intra-dimer and long inter-dimer S⋯S distances. Strong antiferromagnetic exchange was found in the TTF + dimers. Conductivity measurements show that compound I is a semiconductor.