title: New classes of ferromagnetic materials with exclusively end-on azido bridges: from single-molecule magnets to 2 D molecule-based magnets.
abstract: A new, flexible synthetic route, which does not require the co-presence of any organic chelating/bridging ligand but only the "key" precursor Me3SiN3, has been discovered and led to a new class of inorganic materials containing exclusively end-on azido bridges; the reported 3d-metal clusters and coordination polymers exhibit ferromagnetic, single-molecule magnet, and long-range magnetic ordering properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Brock University, L2S 3A1 St. Catharines, Ontario (Canada).
authors.forename: Dimitris I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Alexandropoulos
authors.forename: Luís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cunha-Silva
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escuer
authors.forename: Theocharis C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Stamatatos
keywords: azides; cluster compounds; coordination polymers; ferromagnetism; single-molecule magnets