Between single ion magnets and macromolecules: a polymer/transition metal-based semi-solid solution.

ABSTRACT: The creation of functional magnetic materials for application in high-density memory storage or in the new field of molecular spintronics is a matter of widespread interest among the material research community. Herein, we describe a new approach that combines the qualities of single ion magnets, displaying slow magnetic relaxations, and the merits of polymers, being easy to process and widely used to produce thin films. Basing the idea on cobalt(ii) ions and pyridine-based single ion magnets, a new macromolecular magnetic material was obtained - a polymeric matrix of poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) cross-linked by a cobalt(ii) salt bound within it, effectively forming a network of single ion magnets, with field-induced magnetic relaxations preserved in both bulk and thin film forms. The bind

SUBMITTER: Majcher AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6148685 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature