Photomagnetism in Cyano-Bridged Bimetal Assemblies
- 6 August 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Accounts of Chemical Research
- Vol. 45 (10), 1749-1758
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ar300068k
Abstract
The study of photoinduced phase-transition materials has implications for the fields of inorganic chemistry, solid-state chemistry, and materials science. Cyano-bridged bimetal assemblies are promising photomagnetic materials. Because cyano-bridged bimetal assemblies possess various absorption bands in the visible light region, their electronic and spin states can be controlled by visible light irradiation. Moreover, the selection of magnetic metal ions and organic ligands provide a way of controlling spin–spin interactions through a cyano bridge. In this Account, we describe cyano-bridged bimetal assemblies developed in our laboratory. CuII2[MoIV(CN)8]·8H2O (CuMo), RbIMnII[FeIII(CN)6] (RbMnFe), and CoII3[WV(CN)8]2·(pyrimidine)4·6H2O (CoW) induce photomagnetism via photoinduced metal-to-metal charge transfers (MM′CT), while FeII2[NbIV(CN)8]·(4-pyridinealdoxime)8·2H2O (FeNb) exhibits a photoinduced magnetization via a photoinduced spin crossover. Irradiation with 473 nm light causes the CuMo system to exhibit a spontaneous magnetization with a Curie temperature (TC) of 25 K, but irradiation with 532, 785, and 840 nm light reduces the magnetization. In this reversible photomagnetic process, excitation of the MM′CT from MoIV to CuII produces a ferromagnetic mixed-valence isomer of CuICuII[MoV(CN)8]·8H2O (CuMo′). CuMo′ returns to CuMo upon irradiation in the reverse-M′MCT band. RbMnFe shows a charge transfer (CT)-induced phase transition from the MnII–FeIII phase to the MnIII–FeII phase. Irradiation with 532 nm light converts the MnIII–FeII phase into the MnII–FeIII phase, and we observe photodemagnetization. In contrast, irradiation of the MnII–FeIII phase with 410 nm light causes the reverse phase transition. A CT-induced Jahn–Teller distortion is responsible for this visible light-induced reversible photomagnetic effect. In the CoW system, a CT-induced spin transition causes the thermal phase transition from the CoII–WV phase to the CoIII–WIV phase. Irradiation of the CoIII–WIV phase with 840 nm light causes ferromagnetism with a TC of 40 K and magnetic coercive field (Hc) of 12 000 Oe, but excitation of the back M′MCT (CoII → WV) with 532 nm light leads to the reverse phase transition. These examples of the photomagnetic effect have occurred by exciting MM′CT bands. In the fields of inorganic chemistry and materials science, researchers have studied extensively the photoinduced phase transitions between low-spin (LS) and high-spin (HS) transition metal ions. Recently, we have observed the first example of photoinduced spin crossover ferromagnetism with a FeNb system (TC = 20 K and Hc = 240 Oe), in which a strong superexchange interaction between photoproduced FeII(HS) and neighboring paramagnetic NbIV operates through a CN bridge. The optical switching magnets described in this Account may lead to novel optical recording technologies such as optomagnetic memories and optical computers.This publication has 89 references indexed in Scilit:
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