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Yang C, Chen Z, Yu C, Cao J, Ke G, Zhu W, Liang W, Huang J, Cai W, Saha C, Sabuj MA, Rai N, Li X, Yang J, Li Y, Huang F, Guo X. Regulation of quantum spin conversions in a single molecular radical. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 19:978-985. [PMID: 38448520 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01632-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
Free radicals, generally formed through the cleavage of covalent electron-pair bonds, play an important role in diverse fields ranging from synthetic chemistry to spintronics and nonlinear optics. However, the characterization and regulation of the radical state at a single-molecule level face formidable challenges. Here we present the detection and sophisticated tuning of the open-shell character of individual diradicals with a donor-acceptor structure via a sensitive single-molecule electrical approach. The radical is sandwiched between nanogapped graphene electrodes via covalent amide bonds to construct stable graphene-molecule-graphene single-molecule junctions. We measure the electrical conductance as a function of temperature and track the evolution of the closed-shell and open-shell electronic structures in real time, the open-shell triplet state being stabilized with increasing temperature. Furthermore, we tune the spin states by external stimuli, such as electrical and magnetic fields, and extract thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of the transition between closed-shell and open-shell states. Our findings provide insights into the evolution of single-molecule radicals under external stimuli, which may proof instrumental for the development of functional quantum spin-based molecular devices.
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- Caiyao Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China.
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- Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Polymer Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, National Biomedical Imaging Centre, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China.
- Centre of Single-Molecule Sciences, Institute of Modern Optics, Frontiers Science Centre for New Organic Matter, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Micro-scale Optical Information Science and Technology, College of Electronic Information and Optical Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, P. R. China.
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Tanuma Y, Kladnik G, Schio L, van Midden Mavrič M, Anézo B, Zupanič E, Bavdek G, Canton-Vitoria R, Floreano L, Tagmatarchis N, Wegner HA, Morgante A, Ewels CP, Cvetko D, Arčon D. Noncontact Layer Stabilization of Azafullerene Radicals: Route toward High-Spin-Density Surfaces. ACS NANO 2023; 17:25301-25310. [PMID: 38085812 PMCID: PMC10753892 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c08717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
Abstract
We deposit azafullerene C59N• radicals in a vacuum on the Au(111) surface for layer thicknesses between 0.35 and 2.1 monolayers (ML). The layers are characterized using X-ray photoemission (XPS) and X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and by density functional calculations (DFT). The singly unoccupied C59N orbital (SUMO) has been identified in the N 1s NEXAFS/XPS spectra of C59N layers as a spectroscopic fingerprint of the molecular radical state. At low molecular coverages (up to 1 ML), films of monomeric C59N are stabilized with the nonbonded carbon orbital neighboring the nitrogen oriented toward the Au substrate, whereas in-plane intermolecular coupling into diamagnetic (C59N)2 dimers takes over toward the completion of the second layer. By following the C59N• SUMO peak intensity with increasing molecular coverage, we identify an intermediate high-spin-density phase between 1 and 2 ML, where uncoupled C59N• monomers in the second layer with pronounced radical character are formed. We argue that the C59N• radical stabilization of this supramonolayer phase of monomers is achieved by suppressed coupling to the substrate. This results from molecular isolation on top of the passivating azafullerene contact layer, which can be explored for molecular radical state stabilization and positioning on solid substrates.
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- Yuri Tanuma
- Jožef
Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Center
for Advanced Research of Energy and Materials (CAREM), Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kitaku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
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- Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics, University of
Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Institut
des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (IMN), UMR 6502 CNRS, Nantes University, 44322 Nantes, France
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- Jožef
Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Faculty
of
Education, University of Ljubljana, Kardeljeva ploščad
16, SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
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- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Institute, National
Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece
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- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Theoretical
and Physical Chemistry Institute, National
Hellenic Research Foundation, 48 Vassileos Constantinou Avenue, Athens 11635, Greece
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- Institute
of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University
Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- Center
for Materials Research (ZfM/LaMa), Justus
Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
- Physics
Department, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 2, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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- Institut
des Matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (IMN), UMR 6502 CNRS, Nantes University, 44322 Nantes, France
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- Jožef
Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics, University of
Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- CNR-IOM, Istituto Officina dei Materiali, Basovizza Area Science Park, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Jožef
Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Faculty
of Mathematics and Physics, University of
Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Li L, Prindle CR, Shi W, Nuckolls C, Venkataraman L. Radical Single-Molecule Junctions. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:18182-18204. [PMID: 37555594 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Radicals are unique molecular systems for applications in electronic devices due to their open-shell electronic structures. Radicals can function as good electrical conductors and switches in molecular circuits while also holding great promise in the field of molecular spintronics. However, it is both challenging to create stable, persistent radicals and to understand their properties in molecular junctions. The goal of this Perspective is to address this dual challenge by providing design principles for the synthesis of stable radicals relevant to molecular junctions, as well as offering current insight into the electronic properties of radicals in single-molecule devices. By exploring both the chemical and physical properties of established radical systems, we will facilitate increased exploration and development of radical-based molecular systems.
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- Liang Li
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Mitra G, Low JZ, Wei S, Francisco KR, Deffner M, Herrmann C, Campos LM, Scheer E. Interplay between Magnetoresistance and Kondo Resonance in Radical Single-Molecule Junctions. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:5773-5779. [PMID: 35849010 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report transport measurements on tunable single-molecule junctions of the organic perchlorotrityl radical molecule, contacted with gold electrodes at low temperature. The current-voltage characteristics of a subset of junctions shows zero-bias anomalies due to the Kondo effect and in addition elevated magnetoresistance (MR). Junctions without Kondo resonance reveal a much stronger MR. Furthermore, we show that the amplitude of the MR can be tuned by mechanically stretching the junction. On the basis of these findings, we attribute the high MR to an interference effect involving spin-dependent scattering at the metal-molecule interface and assign the Kondo effect to the unpaired spin located in the center of the molecule in asymmetric junctions.
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- Gautam Mitra
- Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore 138634, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York, Bayside, New York 11364, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Institut für Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie, The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Angewandte Chemie, The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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He Y, Li N, Castelli IE, Li R, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Li C, Wang B, Gao S, Peng L, Hou S, Shen Z, Lü JT, Wu K, Hedegård P, Wang Y. Observation of Biradical Spin Coupling through Hydrogen Bonds. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:236401. [PMID: 35749188 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.236401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Investigation of intermolecular electron spin interaction is of fundamental importance in both science and technology. Here, radical pairs of all-trans retinoic acid molecules on Au(111) are created using an ultralow temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Antiferromagnetic coupling between two radicals is identified by magnetic-field-dependent spectroscopy. The measured exchange energies are from 0.1 to 1.0 meV. The biradical spin coupling is mediated through O─H⋯O hydrogen bonds, as elucidated from analysis combining density functional theory calculation and a modern version of valence bond theory.
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- Yang He
- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, and Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074 Wuhan, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Carbon-Based Electronics and Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
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Miao F, Chen H, Moles Quintero S, Xue G, Casado J, Zheng Y. A nitrogen-doped asymmetric phenalenyl with a zwitterionic ground state. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:8433-8436. [PMID: 34338698 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02890a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Herein, an asymmetric N-doped phenalenyl (BTAP) compound has been synthesized and carefully studied for the first time. The synthesis of BTAP reveals a planar configuration and an unexpected zwitterionic ground state with the negative charge delocalized around the circumjacent part and the positive charge mainly localized on the center.
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- Fang Miao
- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, P. R. China.
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Zhang X, Li L, Wu Z, Zhu H, Xie Y, Schaefer HF. Heteroatom (N, P, As, Sb, Bi) Effects on the Resonance-Stabilized 2-, 3-, and 4-Picolyl Radicals. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:5860-5867. [PMID: 33770433 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Important recent experimental studies have allowed the isomer-selective identification of the 2-, 3-, and 4-picolyl radicals. The picolyl radicals and their valence isoelectronic P, As, Sb, and Bi congeners are investigated here. For the three observed parent radicals, the theoretical ionization potentials agree with experiment to within 0.02 eV. Two rules are proposed for predicting vertical ionization potentials (EVIE) and relative energies. The EVIE values for these radicals will be higher when large percentages of the SOMO orbitals are distributed on the atoms with greater electronegativities. The cations of these systems were also studied along with the closed-shell methylpyridines and their P, As, Sb, and Bi analogs. The energies for the cationic species will lie lower when high percentages of π natural localized molecular orbitals occur on the more electronegative atoms. The structures of the 2- and 4-isomers strongly depend upon the heteroatoms, with the C-C linkages adopting a single-double alternating bond manner when the heteroatoms become heavier. The 3-isomers adopt roughly equal C-C bond distances with small changes from N to Bi.
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- Xuewen Zhang
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Song S, Guo N, Li X, Li G, Haketa Y, Telychko M, Su J, Lyu P, Qiu Z, Fang H, Peng X, Li J, Wu X, Li Y, Su C, Koh MJ, Wu J, Maeda H, Zhang C, Lu J. Real-Space Imaging of a Single-Molecule Monoradical Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:13550-13557. [PMID: 32633951 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c05337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Organic radicals consisting of light elements exhibit a low spin-orbit coupling and weak hyperfine interactions with a long spin coherence length, which are crucial for future applications in molecular spintronics. However, the synthesis and characterization of these organic radicals have been a formidable challenge due to their chemical instability arising from unpaired electrons. Here, we report a direct imaging of the surface chemical transformation of an organic monoradical synthesized via the monodehydrogenation of a chemically designed precursor. Bond-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy unambiguously resolves various products formed through a complex structural dissociation and rearrangement of organic monoradicals. Density functional theory calculations reveal detailed reaction pathways from the monoradical to different cyclized products. Our study provides unprecedented insights into complex surface reaction mechanisms of organic radical reactions at the single molecule level, which may guide the design of stable organic radicals for future quantum technology applications.
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- Shaotang Song
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.,SZU-NUS Collaborative Center, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Materials Information Functional Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shen Zhen 518060, China
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- Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.,Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.,Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- SZU-NUS Collaborative Center, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Materials Information Functional Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shen Zhen 518060, China
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- SZU-NUS Collaborative Center, International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology of Ministry of Education, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Materials Information Functional Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shen Zhen 518060, China
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.,Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, 2 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117542, Singapore.,Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.,Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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Mohammed MSG, Colazzo L, Gallardo A, Pomposo JA, Jelínek P, de Oteyza DG. Steering alkyne homocoupling with on-surface synthesized metal-organic complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:8659-8662. [PMID: 32602478 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03779f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We report a multi-step on-surface synthesis strategy. The first step consists in the surface-supported synthesis of metal-organic complexes, which are subsequently used to steer on-surface alkyne coupling reactions. In addition, we analyze and compare the electronic properties of the different coupling motifs obtained.
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- Mohammed S G Mohammed
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain. and Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain. and Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic and RCPTM Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain and Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Apartado 1072, E-20800 San Sebastián, Spain
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- Institute of Physics, The Czech Academy of Sciences, 162 00 Prague, Czech Republic and RCPTM Palacký University Olomouc, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 San Sebastián, Spain. and Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM-MPC), CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Khurana R, Bajaj A, Ali ME. How Plausible Is Getting Ferromagnetic Interactions by Coupling Blatter’s Radical via Its Fused Benzene Ring? J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6707-6713. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rishu Khurana
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Phase 10, Sector-64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Phase 10, Sector-64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Phase 10, Sector-64, Mohali, Punjab 160062, India
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Zheng Y, Li C, Zhao Y, Beyer D, Wang G, Xu C, Yue X, Chen Y, Guan DD, Li YY, Zheng H, Liu C, Luo W, Feng X, Wang S, Jia J. Engineering of Magnetic Coupling in Nanographene. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:147206. [PMID: 32338972 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.147206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Revised: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanographenes with sublattice imbalance host a net spin according to Lieb's theorem for bipartite lattices. Here, we report the on-surface synthesis of atomically precise nanographenes and their atomic-scale characterization on a gold substrate by using low-temperature noncontact atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Our results clearly confirm individual nanographenes host a single spin of S=1/2 via the Kondo effect. In covalently linked nanographene dimers, two spins are antiferromagnetically coupled with each other as revealed by inelastic spin-flip excitation spectroscopy. The magnetic exchange interaction in dimers can be well engineered by tuning the local spin density distribution near the connection region, consistent with mean-field Hubbard model calculations. Our work clearly reveals the emergence of magnetism in nanographenes and provides an efficient way to further explore the carbon-based magnetism.
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- Yuqiang Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden & Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden & Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Structures and Quantum Control (Ministry of Education), Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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3,3′,3’’-(Benzene-1,3,5-triyl)tris(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-4-yl): A C3 symmetrical Blatter-type triradical. Tetrahedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2020.131077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bazzi F, Danke AJ, Lawson DB, Manoli M, Leitus GM, Koutentis PA, Constantinides CP. 1-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl: a tricky “structure-to-magnetism” correlation aided by DFT calculations. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00669f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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1-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-3-phenyl-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl (2) is a Blatter radical with a challenging structure-to-magnetism correlation.
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- Fadwat Bazzi
- Department of Natural Sciences
- University of Michigan – Dearborn
- Dearborn
- USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences
- University of Michigan – Dearborn
- Dearborn
- USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences
- University of Michigan – Dearborn
- Dearborn
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cyprus
- 1678 Nicosia
- Cyprus
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- Chemical Research Support Unit
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- 7610001 Rehovot
- Israel
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Rogers FJM, Norcott PL, Coote ML. Recent advances in the chemistry of benzo[e][1,2,4]triazinyl radicals. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:8255-8277. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01394c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Benzo[e][1,2,4]triazinyl, or Blatter radicals, are stable free radicals with customisable magnetic, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties, and wide-ranging applications in synthesis and functional materials.
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- Fergus J. M. Rogers
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science
- Research School of Chemistry
- Australian National University
- Canberra
- Australia
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Constantinides CP, Lawson DB, Zissimou GA, Berezin AA, Mailman A, Manoli M, Kourtellaris A, Leitus GM, Clérac R, Tuononen HM, Koutentis PA. Polymorphism in a π stacked Blatter radical: structures and magnetic properties of 3-(phenyl)-1-(pyrid-2-yl)-1,4-dihydrobenzo[e][1,2,4]triazin-4-yl. CrystEngComm 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ce00789g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The first polymorphism example in Blatter radicals, is reported.
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- Department of Natural Sciences
- University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Dearborn
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- NanoScience Center
- University of Jyväskylä
- FI-40014 Jyväskylä
- Finland
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Cyprus
- 1678 Nicosia
- Cyprus
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- Chemical Research Support Unit
- Weizmann Institute of Science
- 7610001 Rehovot
- Israel
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- Univ. Bordeaux
- CNRS
- Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal
- 33600 Pessac
- France
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- Department of Chemistry
- NanoScience Center
- University of Jyväskylä
- FI-40014 Jyväskylä
- Finland
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