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Hiroko Tokoro
Multiferroics by Rational Design: Implementing Ferroelectricity in Molecule-Based Magnets
Multiferroics (MF) are materials that exhibit simultaneouslyseveral ferroic order parameters. Among the multiferroicmaterials, those combining antiferro- or ferroelectricity (FE)and antiferro-, ferri-, or ferromagnetism (FM) within thesame material are highly desirable: the coexistence of thepolar and magnetic orders paves the way towards four-levelmemories while their interactions through the magnetoelec-tric effect makes it possible to control the magnetization byelectric fields and hence to develop electronically tuneablemagnetic devices, which are an essential feature for spin-tronics.
High proton conduction in a chiral ferromagnetic metal-organic quartz-like framework.
A complex-as-ligand strategy to get a multifunctional molecular material led to a metal-organic framework with the formula (NH(4))(4)[MnCr(2)(ox)(6)]·4H(2)O. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction revealed that the anionic bimetallic coordination network adopts a chiral three-dimensional quartz-like architecture. It hosts ammonium cations and water molecules in functionalized channels. In addition to ferromagnetic ordering below T(C) = 3.0 K related to the host network, the material exhibits a very high proton conductivity of 1.1 × 10(-3) S cm(-1) at room temperature due to the guest molecules.
A novel oxalate-based three-dimensional coordination polymer showing magnetic ordering and high proton conductivity
A novel three-dimensional (3D) coordination polymer with the formula (C3N2H5)4[MnCr2(ox)6]·5H2O (2), where ox = oxalate and C3N2H5 = imidazolium cation, is reported. Single crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that this porous coordination polymer adopts a chiral three-dimensional quartz-like architecture, with the guest imidazolium cations and water molecules being hosted in its pores. This novel multifunctional material exhibits both a ferromagnetic ordering at TC = 3.0 K, related to the host MnCr2 network, and high proton conductivity [1.86 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 295 K and 88% relative humidity (RH)] due to the presence of the acidic imidazolium cations and free water molecules. The similarity of…
CCDC 1555659: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Marta Mon, Julia Vallejo, Jorge Pasán, Oscar Fabelo, Cyrille Train, Michel Verdaguer, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Hiroko Tokoro, Kosuke Nakagawa, Emilio Pardo|2017|Dalton Trans.|46|15130|doi:10.1039/C7DT03415F
CCDC 1555658: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Related Article: Marta Mon, Julia Vallejo, Jorge Pasán, Oscar Fabelo, Cyrille Train, Michel Verdaguer, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Hiroko Tokoro, Kosuke Nakagawa, Emilio Pardo|2017|Dalton Trans.|46|15130|doi:10.1039/C7DT03415F