Volume 39, Issue 20 pp. 3633-3635
Communication

Ferromagnetic Ordering in a Two-Dimensional Copper Complex with Dual End-to-End and End-On Azide Bridges

Zhen Shen Dr.

Zhen Shen Dr.

Coordination Chemistry Institute State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China) Fax: (+86) 10-331-7761

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Jing-Lin Zuo Dr.

Jing-Lin Zuo Dr.

Coordination Chemistry Institute State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China) Fax: (+86) 10-331-7761

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Song Gao Prof.

Song Gao Prof.

State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

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You Song Dr.

You Song Dr.

Coordination Chemistry Institute State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China) Fax: (+86) 10-331-7761

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Chi-Ming Che Prof.

Chi-Ming Che Prof.

Department of Chemistry The University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University (China)

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Hoong-Kun Fun Prof.

Hoong-Kun Fun Prof.

X-Ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang (Malaysia)

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Xiao-Zeng You Prof.

Xiao-Zeng You Prof.

Coordination Chemistry Institute State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093 (China) Fax: (+86) 10-331-7761

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSF 29631040 and 29929001), The Major State Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G2000077500 and No. G1998061306), and the Malaysian Government research grant R&D No. 305/pfizik/622004.

Abstract

Long-range interactions are found in a neutral sheetlike copper compound in which each CuII ion is bridged by alternating end-on and end-to-end azide groups (see picture). Magnetic studies show unusual ferromagnetic interactions between CuII ions through both kinds of azide bridges in this complex (order at Tc=7 K), which is the first two-dimensional metal-azide-bridged compound with long-range ferromagnetic ordering properties.

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