title: Scanning probe microscopy characterization of single chains based on a one-dimensional oxalato-bridged manganese(II) complex with 4-aminotriazole.
abstract: The compound [Mn(mu-ox)(4atr)2]n (1) (ox = oxalato and 4atr = 4-amine-1,2,4-triazole) has been synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, variable-temperature magnetic measurements, and X-ray single-crystal diffraction methods. The crystal structure of compound 1 consists of one-dimensional linear chains in which trans-[Mn(4atr)2]2+ units are sequentially bridged by centrosymmetric bis-bidentate oxalato ligands. Cryomagnetic measurements show an overall antiferromagnetic behavior of the compound. Isolated chains of this polymer have been obtained by sonication of 1 in ethanol or treatment of the polymer with NaOH and morphologically characterized on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite and mica surfaces by atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy. The procedures employed to obtain single chains of this coordination polymer open a route for future nanotechnological applications of these types of materials.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad del País Vasco, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao, Spain.
authors.forename: Urko
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: García-Couceiro
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olea
authors.forename: Oscar
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authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Antonio
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authors.lastname: Luque
authors.forename: Pascual
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authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Pedro J
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authors.lastname: de Pablo
authors.forename: Julio
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authors.lastname: Gómez-Herrero
authors.forename: Félix
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authors.lastname: Zamora