From high-spin organic molecules to organic polymers with magnetic ordering.
This concept paper outlines the design of the first pi-conjugated organic polymer with magnetic ordering. This rational, "bottom-up" macromolecular design is based on synthesis and study of polyarylmethyl polyradicals with increasing number of exchange-coupled unpaired electron spins. The prospects for attaining organic polymer magnets with stability at ambient temperature and/or higher magnetic ordering temperatures will be discussed.
Rajca
Andrzej
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Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska Lincoln 68588-0304, USA. arajca1@unl.edu