Multiferroic behavior associated with an order-disorder hydrogen bonding transition in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with the perovskite ABX3 architecture.
Multiferroic behavior in perovskite-related metal-organic frameworks of general formula [(CH(3))(2)NH(2)]M(HCOO)(3), where M = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni, is reported. All four compounds exhibit paraelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition behavior in the temperature range 160-185 K (Mn: 185 K, Fe: 160 K; Co: 165 K; Ni: 180 K); this is associated with an order-disorder transition involving the hydrogen bonded dimethylammonium cations. On further cooling, the compounds become canted weak ferromagnets below 40 K. This research opens up a new class of multiferroics in which the electrical ordering is achieved by means of hydrogen bonding.
Jain
Prashant
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4390, USA.
Ramachandran
Vasanth
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Clark
Ronald J
RJ
Zhou
Hai Dong
HD
Toby
Brian H
BH
Dalal
Naresh S
NS
Kroto
Harold W
HW
Cheetham
Anthony K
AK