title: Spin-crossover and liquid crystal properties in 2D cyanide-bridged Fe(II)-M(I/II) metalorganic frameworks.
abstract: Novel two-dimensional heterometallic Fe(II)-M(Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), Ag(I), and Au(I)) cyanide-bridged metalorganic frameworks exhibiting spin-crossover and liquid crystal properties, formulated as {FeL(2)[M(I/II)(CN)(x)](y)}·sH(2)O, where L are the ligands 4-(4-alkoxyphenyl)pyridine, 4-(3,4-dialkoxyphenyl)pyridine, and 4-(3,4,5-trisalkoxyphenyl)pyridine, have been synthesized and characterized. The physical characterization has been carried out by means of EXAFS, X-ray powder diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, differential scanning measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The 2D Fe(II) metallomesogens undergo incomplete and continuous thermally induced spin transition at T(1/2) ≈ 170 K and crystal-to-smectic transition above 370 K.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger-Weg 9, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seredyuk
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ksenofontov
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Galyametdinov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verdaguer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gütlich
mesh_terms: D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D008024:Ligands; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D009942:Organometallic Compounds