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Stroyuk O, Raievska O, Brabec CJ, Dzhagan V, Havryliuk Y, Zahn DRT. Self-assembly of colloidal single-layer carbon nitride. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:12347-12357. [PMID: 35971970 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03477h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
We introduce a new concept of a "bottom-to-top" design of intercalate carbon nitride compounds based on the effects of self-assembly of colloidal single-layer carbon nitride (SLCN) sheets stabilized by tetraethylammonium hydroxide NEt4OH upon ambient drying of the water solvent. These effects include (i) formation of stage-1 intercalates of NEt4OH during the ambient drying of SLCN colloids on glass substrates and (ii) the spontaneous formation of layered hexagonally-shaped networks of SLCN sheets on freshly-cleaved mica surfaces. The dynamics of the intercalate formation was followed by in situ X-ray diffraction allowing different stages to be identified, including the deposition of a primary "wet" intercalate of hydrated NEt4OH and the gradual elimination of excessive water during its ambient drying. The intercalated NEt4+ cations show a specific "flattened" conformation allowing the dynamics of formation and structure of the intercalate to be probed by vibrational spectroscopies. The two-dimensional self-assembly on mica is assumed to be driven both by the internal hexagonal symmetry of heptazine units and by a templating effect of the mica surface.
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- Oleksandr Stroyuk
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HI ERN), 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology (i-MEET), Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- V. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductors Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 41 Nauky Av., 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 64 Volodymyrs'ka St., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Semiconductor Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures, and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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- Semiconductor Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures, and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN), Chemnitz University of Technology, D-09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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Houard F, Gendron F, Suffren Y, Guizouarn T, Dorcet V, Calvez G, Daiguebonne C, Guillou O, Le Guennic B, Mannini M, Bernot K. Single-chain magnet behavior in a finite linear hexanuclear molecule. Chem Sci 2021; 12:10613-10621. [PMID: 34447554 PMCID: PMC8356920 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02033a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The careful monitoring of crystallization conditions of a mixture made of a TbIII building block and a substituted nitronyl-nitroxide that typically provides infinite coordination polymers (chains), affords a remarkably stable linear hexanuclear molecule made of six TbIII ions and five NIT radicals. The hexanuclear units are double-bridged by water molecules but ab initio calculations demonstrate that this bridge is inefficient in mediating any magnetic interaction other than a small dipolar antiferromagnetic coupling. Surprisingly the hexanuclears, despite being finite molecules, show a single-chain magnet (SCM) behavior. This results in a magnetic hysteresis at low temperature whose coercive field is almost doubled when compared to the chains. We thus demonstrate that finite linear molecules can display SCM magnetic relaxation, which is a strong asset for molecular data storage purposes because 1D magnetic relaxation is more robust than the relaxation mechanisms observed in single-molecule magnets (SMMs) where under-barrier magnetic relaxation can operate.
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- Felix Houard
- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
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- LAboratory for Molecular Magnetism (LA.M.M.), Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff"(DICUS), Università degli Studi di Firenze, INSTM, UdR Firenze Via della Lastruccia n. 3, Sesto Fiorentino (FI) 50019 Italy
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226 F 35000 Rennes France
- Institut Universitaire de France 1 rue Descartes 75005 Paris France
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Evrard Q, Houard F, Daiguebonne C, Calvez G, Suffren Y, Guillou O, Mannini M, Bernot K. Sonocrystallization as an Efficient Way to Control the Size, Morphology, and Purity of Coordination Compound Microcrystallites: Application to a Single-Chain Magnet. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:9215-9226. [PMID: 32521161 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The size, morphology, and purity control of coordination compound powders is a key stage for their conversion into materials and devices. In particular, surface science techniques require highly pure bulk materials with a narrow crystallite-size distribution together with straightforward, scalable, and reproducible crystallization procedures. In this work we demonstrate how sonocrystallization, i.e. the application of ultrasound during the crystallization process, can afford very quickly powders made of crystallites with controlled size, morphology, and purity. We show that this process drastically diminishes the crystallite-size distribution (low polydispersity indexes, PDI) and crystallite aspect ratio. By comparing sonicated samples with samples obtained by various silent crystallization conditions, we unambiguously show that the improvement in the crystallite morphology and size distribution is not due to any thermal effect but to the sonication of the crystallizing media. The application of sonocrystallization on crystallization batches of single-chain magnets (SCMs) maintains the chemical integrity of the SCMs together with their original magnetic behavior. Moreover, luminescent measurements show that sonocrystallization induces an efficient micromixing that drastically enhances the purity of the SCM powders. We thus propose that sonocrystallization, which is already used on organic or MOF compounds, can be applied to (magnetic) coordination compounds to readily afford bulk powders for characterization or shaping techniques that require pure, morphology- and crystallite-size-controlled powder samples.
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- Quentin Evrard
- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- LAMM (Laboratory for Molecular Magnetism), Dipartimento di Chimica "Ugo Schiff" Università degli Studi di Firenze, INSTM, UdR Firenze Via della Lastruccia n. 3, Sesto Fiorentino (FI) 50019, Italy
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- Univ Rennes, INSA Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes), UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France.,Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris, France
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