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Single‐Molecule Magnets with Mesomorphic Lamellar Ordering
Author(s) -
Terazzi Emmanuel,
Bourgogne Cyril,
Welter Richard,
Gallani JeanLouis,
Guillon Daniel,
Rogez Guillaume,
Donnio Bertrand
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200704460
Subject(s) - lamellar structure , layering , magnet , materials science , molecule , crystallography , cluster (spacecraft) , liquid crystal , chemical physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , botany , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , biology
Layering up : The single‐molecule magnets (SMMs) [Mn 12 O 12 (O 2 CR) 16 (H 2 O) 4 ] have been shown to exhibit liquid‐crystalline phases. The mesophases can be smectic or cubic depending on the surface functionality imparted by the R group. A local squarelike arrangement of the cluster cores is observed within the smectic layers. This result is a first step towards the self‐assembly of SMMs on surfaces by a bottom‐up approach.