Photo-switching in a hybrid material made of magnetic layered double hydroxides intercalated with azobenzene molecules.
A magnetic photoresponsive hybrid material is prepared by intercalation of a switchable trans-azobenzene-4,4'-dicarboxylate guest in the interlamellar space offered by a ferromagnetic Co(2+)Al(3+)-layered double hydroxide (LDH) host. Magnetic switching is triggered by compression/modification of the in-plane structure coupled the guest's isomerization causing a change in the magnetization of 27%.
Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Univ. de Valencia, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Gonzalo
G
Abellán
Eugenio
E
Coronado
Carlos
C
Martí-Gastaldo
Antonio
A
Ribera
Jose Luis
JL
Jordá
Hermenegildo
H
García