title: A hybrid with uniaxial negative thermal expansion behaviour: the synergistic role of organic and inorganic components.
abstract: Presented is an inorganic-organic hybrid compound Mn2(api)Sb2S5 (1) with uniaxial NTE behaviour. The NTE of reflects a strong synergistic role of organic and inorganic components, which results from the novel zigzag linkage of interlamellar organic ligands. An "elevator-platform" expansion mechanism was proposed, with implications for future design of sensitive hybrid thermomechanical actuators.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China. xyhuang@fjirsm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Kai-Yao
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Mei-Ling
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Liu-Jiang
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jian-Rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xing-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xiao-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Huang