Theoretical Study on the Difference in Electron Conductivity of a One-Dimensional Penta-Nickel(II) Complex between Anti-Ferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic States-Possibility of Molecular Switch with Open-Shell Molecules.

ABSTRACT: The electron conductivity of an extended metal atom chain (EMAC) that consisted of penta-nickel(II) ions bridged by oligo-α-pyridylamino ligands was examined by density functional theory (DFT) and elastic scattering Green's functions (ESGF) calculations. The calculated results revealed that an intramolecular ferromagnetic (FM) coupling state showed a higher conductivity in comparison with an anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) coupling state. The present results suggest the potential of the complex as a molecular switch as well as a molecular wire.

SUBMITTER: Kitagawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6571866 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature