We observed high proton conductivities of 1.2 x 10(-3) and 1.6 x 10(-3) S cm(-1) on Co[Cr(CN)(6)](2/3).zH(2)O and V[Cr(CN)(6)](2/3).zH(2)O, respectively, and an interference effect between magnetic ordering and ionic conduction below the magnetic phase transition temperature.
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.
Development of nanometer-sized magnetic particles exhibiting a large coercive field (Hc) is in high demand for densification of magnetic recording. Herein, we report a single-nanosize (i.e., less than ten nanometers across) hard magnetic ferrite. This magnetic ferrite is composed of ε-Fe2O3, with a sufficiently high Hc value for magnetic recording systems and a remarkably high magnetic anisotropy constant of 7.7 × 106 erg cm−3. For example, 8.2-nm nanoparticles have an Hc value of 5.2 kOe at room temperature. A colloidal solution of these nanoparticles possesses a light orange color due to a wide band gap of 2.9 eV (430 nm), indicating a possibility of transparent magnetic pigments. Additionally, we have observed magnetization-induced second harmonic generation (MSHG). The nonlinear optical-magnetoelectric effect of the present polar magnetic nanocrystal was quite strong. These findings have been demonstrated in a simple iron oxide, which is highly significant from the viewpoints of economic cost and mass production.
Lanthanide(III)-based
coordination complexes have been explored
as a source of bifunctional molecular materials combining Single-Molecule
Magnet (SMM) behavior with visible-to-near-infrared photoluminescence.
In pursuit of more advanced multifunctionality, the next target is
to functionalize crystalline solids based on emissive molecular nanomagnets
toward high proton conductivity and an efficient luminescent thermometric
effect. Here, a unique multifunctional molecule-based material, (H5O2)2(H)[YbIII(hmpa)4][CoIII(CN)6]2·0.2H2O (1, hmpa = hexamethylphosphoramide), composed of molecular
{YbCo2}3– anions noncovalently bonded
to acidic H5O2
+ and H+ ions, is reported. The resulting YbIII complexes present
a slow magnetic relaxation below 6 K and room temperature NIR 4f-centered
photoluminescence sensitized by [Co(CN)6]3– ions. The microporous framework, built on these emissive magnetic
molecules, exhibits a high proton conductivity of the H-hopping mechanism
reaching σ of 1.7 × 10–4 S·cm–1 at 97% relative humidity, which classifies 1 as a superionic conductor. Moreover, the emission pattern
is strongly temperature-dependent which was utilized in achieving
a highly sensitive single-center luminescent thermometer with a relative
thermal sensitivity, S
r > 1% K–1 in the 50–175 K range. This work shows an
unprecedented combination
of magnetic, optical, and electrical functionalities in a single phase
working as a proton conductive NIR-emissive thermometer based on Single-Molecule
Magnets.
Commonly available heat-storage materials cannot usually store the energy for a prolonged period. If a solid material could conserve the accumulated thermal energy, then its heat-storage application potential is considerably widened. Here we report a phase transition material that can conserve the latent heat energy in a wide temperature range, T<530 K and release the heat energy on the application of pressure. This material is stripe-type lambda-trititanium pentoxide, λ-Ti3O5, which exhibits a solid–solid phase transition to beta-trititanium pentoxide, β-Ti3O5. The pressure for conversion is extremely small, only 600 bar (60 MPa) at ambient temperature, and the accumulated heat energy is surprisingly large (230 kJ L−1). Conversely, the pressure-produced beta-trititanium pentoxide transforms to lambda-trititanium pentoxide by heat, light or electric current. That is, the present system exhibits pressure-and-heat, pressure-and-light and pressure-and-current reversible phase transitions. The material may be useful for heat storage, as well as in sensor and switching memory device applications.
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