Smart Molecular Materials for Sensors, Displays and Nanodevices

Grant number: DP150100353 | Funding period: 2015 - 2017

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Abstract

The aims of this project are to synthesise new smart molecular materials and elucidate the chemical origin of the physical properties they exhibit. Exposure of these transition metal-based compounds to heat or light will induce changes in colour and magnetic behaviour, affording potential roles as the smallest possible electronic components or addressable entities for high density data storage. It is expected that the materials will also exhibit tunable thermochromic and photochromic properties, which are important for applications in photoresponsive devices or temperature sensors. The structure-function relationships determined will inform the development of molecular materials for future n..

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Valence Tautomerism in D‐Block Complexes

Gemma K Gransbury, Colette Boskovic

2021-10-15

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Switching metal complexes via intramolecular electron transfer: connections with solvatochromism

Vincent L Nadurata, Colette Boskovic

2021-04-07

Metal complexes that can exist in two different charge distributions often exhibit dramatic color changes when switched between th..

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Understanding the Origin of One- or Two-Step Valence Tautomeric Transitions in Bis(dioxolene)-Bridged Dinuclear Cobalt Complexes

Gemma K Gransbury, Brooke N Livesay, Jett T Janetzki, Moya A Hay, Robert W Gable, Matthew P Shores, Alyona Starikova, Colette Boskovic

2020-06-17

Valence tautomerism (VT) involves a reversible stimulated intramolecular electron transfer between a redox-active ligand and redox..

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Tetrahalocatecholate Rare Earth Complexes: Dinuclear Motifs with Intramolecular RE center dot center dot center dot XC(Ar) Interactions

Elodie Rousset, Robert W Gable, Alyona Starikova, Colette Boskovic

2020-05-06

The reaction of yttrium or cerium nitrate and tetrachloro- or tetrabromocatecholate (X4Cat2- with X = Cl or Br) has afforded the c..

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Single-ion anisotropy and exchange coupling in cobalt(ii)-radical complexes: insights from magnetic and ab initio studies

Gemma K Gransbury, Marie-Emmanuelle Boulon, Richard A Mole, Robert W Gable, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S Murray, Lorenzo Sorace, Alessandro Soncini, Colette Boskovic

2019-10-14

The concurrent effects of single-ion anisotropy and exchange interactions on the electronic structure and magnetization dynamics h..

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Valence tautomerism and spin crossover in pyridinophane-cobalt-dioxolene complexes: an experimental and computational study

Tina Tezgerevska, Elodie Rousset, Robert W Gable, Guy NL Jameson, E Carolina Sanudo, Alyona Starikova, Colette Boskovic

2019-08-21

Compounds [Co(L-N4R2)(dbdiox)](BPh4) (L-N4R2 = N,N'-di-alkyl-2,11-diaza[3.3]-(2,6)pyridinophane, R = iPr (1a), Et (2a); dbdiox = 3..

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DFT Prediction and Experimental Investigation of Valence Tautomerism in Cobalt-Dioxolene Complexes

Gemma K Gransbury, Marie-Emmanuelle Boulon, Simon Petrie, Robert W Gable, Roger J Mulder, Lorenzo Sorace, Robert Stranger, Colette Boskovic

2019-04-01

The family of complexes of general formula [Co(Me ntpa)(Xdiox)]+ (tpa = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine, n = 0-3 corresponds to success..

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Switchable cobalt coordination polymers: Spin crossover and valence tautomerism

Olga Drath, Colette Boskovic

2018-11-15

Electronically labile, or switchable, cobalt coordination polymers exhibit reversible spin crossover (SCO) or valence tautomeric (..

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Synthesis and properties of cobalt(II) coordination polymers linked by 4 '-(4-pyridyl)-2,2 ':6 ',2 ''-terpyridine

Olga Drath, Robert W Gable, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S Murray, Colette Boskovic

2018-09-01

The cationic one-dimensional coordination polymers [{Co(pyterpy)2}{M(hfac)2}]2+ (M = Co(II) or Zn(II); pyterpy = 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,..

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Structural investigation of one- and two-dimensional coordination polymers based on cobalt-bis(dioxolene) units and 1-hydroxy-1,2,4,5-tetrakis(pyridin-4-yl)cyclohexane

Olga Drath, Robert W Gable, Colette Boskovic

2018-06-01

The combination of cobalt, 3,5-di-tert-butyl­dioxolene (3,5-dbdiox) and 1-hy­­droxy-1,2,4,5-tetra­kis­(pyridin-4-yl)cyclo­hexane (..

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Slow magnetisation relaxation in tetraoxolene-bridged rare earth complexes

Maja A Dunstan, Elodie Rousset, Marie-Emmanuelle Boulon, Robert W Gable, Lorenzo Sorace, Colette Boskovic

2017-10-28

Three families of tetraoxolene-bridged dinuclear rare earth (RE) complexes have been synthesised and characterised, with general f..

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One Dimensional Chain and Ribbon Cobalt-Dioxolene Coordination Polymers: A New Valence Tautomeric Compound

Olga Drath, Robert William Gable, Giordano Poneti, Lorenzo Sorace, Colette Boskovic

2017-06-01

The combination of the divergent tetrakis-pyridyl linking ligand 1,2,4,5-tetra(4-pyridyl)benzene (tpb) with cobalt and 3,5-di-tert..

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Valence Tautomerism in One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers

Olga Drath, Robert W Gable, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S Murray, Giordano Poneti, Lorenzo Sorace, Colette Boskovic

2016-05-02

The combination of the divergent bis-pyridyl linking ligands 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (1,2-bpe), 4,4'-trans-azopyridine (azpy), an..

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Electronic Lability in a Dinuclear Cobalt-Bis(dioxolene) Complex

Azadeh Madadi, Masumi Itazaki, Robert W Gable, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S Murray, Colette Boskovic

2015-10-01

Remarkable electronic lability is evident from a preliminary study of a dinuclear cobalt complex with a bis(dioxolene) bridging li..

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