Phys.org October 2, 2024
Low dimensional (LD) organic metal halide hybrids (OMHHs) have recently emerged as new generation functional materials with exceptional structural and property tunability. Despite the remarkable advances in the development of LD OMHHs, optical properties have been the major functionality extensively investigated for most of LD OMHHs developed to date, while other properties such as magnetic and electronic properties, remain significantly under-explored. An international team of researchers (USA – Florida State University, North Carolina State University, UCLA, Israel) describe the characterization of the magnetic and electronic properties of a 1D OMHH, organic-copper (II) chloride hybrid (C8H22N2)Cu2Cl6. Due to the antiferromagnetic coupling between Cu atoms through chloride bridges in the chains, (C8H22N2)Cu2Cl6 was found to exhibit antiferromagnetic ordering with a Néel temperature of 24 K. The two-terminal electrical measurements revealed its insulating nature. According to the researchers their work shows the potential of LD OMHHs as a highly tunable quantum material platform for spintronics… read more.
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Graphical abstract. Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 30 July 2024