Mixed-valence Cu(II)Cu(I)15I17 cluster builds up a 3D metal-organic framework with paramagnetic and thermochromic characteristics.
Four cubane-like Cu4I4 units are assembled around an iodine atom to form the giant, mixed-valent Cu(II)Cu(I)15I17 cluster. The Cu(II)Cu(I)15I17 cluster and a bipyrazole linker form a 3D open framework with paramagnetic and thermochromic properties. This paper also touches on the resemblance of this cluster to the self-similar object of a Sierpinski tetrahedron.
He
Jun
J
Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Guangdong 515063, China.
Zhang
Jing-Xiang
JX
Tsang
Chun-Kwan
CK
Xu
Zhengtao
Z
Yin
Ye-Gao
YG
Li
Dan
D
Ng
Seik-Weng
SW