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- Hybrid Fibrillar Xerogels with Unusual Magnetic Properties. doi link

Auteur(s): Boulaoued Athmane, Bantignies J.-L., Le Parc R., Goze-Bac C., Mésini Philippe, Nguyen Thi-Thanh-Tam, Al Ouahabi Abdelaziz, Lutz Pierre, Guenet Jean-Michel

(Article) Publié: Langmuir, vol. 32 p.13193-13199 (2016)


Ref HAL: hal-01417110_v1
PMID 27951692
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03572
WoS: 000389866300026
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Résumé:

We report on the preparation of a hybrid nanomaterial made up of 1D filaments of an antiferromagnetic self-assembling bicopper complex encapsulated in polymer nanofibrils. The encapsulation process is achieved through the heterogeneous nucleation of the growth of polymer fibrils obtained by thermoreversible gelation as shown by calorimetry experiments. Neutron scattering experiments confirm that the filaments of a bicopper complex retain their 1D character after encapsulation in the fibrils. Superconducting quantum interference device experiments show that the bicopper complex, originally in the gapped spin state in the 3D bulk mesophase, displays a gapless behavior once encapsulated. Extended absorption fine structure and infrared results further highlight the difference in the molecular arrangement of the bicopper complex between the bulk mesophase and the encapsulated state, which may account for the magnetic behavior. This material, which is largely disordered, differs totally from the usual magnetic systems where this effect is observed only on highly crystalline systems with long-range order. Also, this hybrid material is very easy to prepare from its basic constituents and can be further processed in many ways.