Ph.D. THESIS COLLOQUIUM
Name: Ms. Mayurika Das
Title: Synthesis and Physicochemical Characterizations of Anisotropic Monometallic Complexes: A Building Block Approach for Designing Multifunctional Materials.
Date &Time : Wednesday, 24th April 2024 at 11.00 a.m.
Venue: Rajarshi Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture Hall, Chemical Sciences Building
Abstract:
Molecule-based magnetic materials have recently been a popular choice for generating multifunctional materials1. An inherent property in such systems is molecular bistability, which enables a system to interchange between two easily accessible states (spin or magnetic) through the controlled application of external stimuli.2Multifunctional magnetic materials3 have fascinating applications in information storage4, spintronics5, andquantum computing6.A suitable synthetic procedure for such molecular magnetic systems entails a so-called “bottom-up” building block approach, where anisotropic monometallic complexes function as the elementary unit.All these molecule-based magnetic materials exhibit several intriguing properties, such as Spin Crossover (SCO)7, Single Molecule Magnets (SMMs)8, Single Chain Magnets (SCMs), Magnetic Sponge, and Linkage Isomerism9 behavior.In my thesis, I first synthesized a series of macrocyclic porphyrin-based monometallic systems to look for the possibility of these molecules functioning as molecular magnets. Detailed spectroscopic, electrochemical, magnetic, and theoretical studies have been performed on these systems to clearly understand their feasibility as viable multifunctional molecular magnets. Following this, I have explored the molecular magnetic sponge-like behavior in a family of heterobimetallic cyano-bridged[CrMn] coordination networks, where adsorption and desorption of solvent molecules play a crucial role in the magnetic properties.10Next, photo- and thermo-induced spin crossover propertieshave been investigated in a few heterobimetallic cyano-bridged [Cr2Fe3] multifunctional molecular clusters where the linkage isomerism property has been simultaneously observed.11In the last part of my thesis, I have studied the effect of ligand field strength on the magnetic anisotropy and relaxation behavior in a series of mono- and dinuclear high-spin Co(II) complexes.Finally, I would like to use these highly anisotropic Co(II) metal complexes for the synthesis of SCMs.12 Thereafter, I would conclude my talk by giving an outlook on the probable applications of the above-mentioned systems in devices and catalysis.
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Ghosh, S.; Kamilya, S.; Das, M.; Mehta, S.; Boulon, M.-E.; Nemec, I.; Rouzières, M.; Herchel, R.; Mondal, A., Effect of Coordination Geometry on Magnetic Properties in a Series of Cobalt(II) Complexes and Structural Transformation in Mother Liquor. Inorganic Chemistry 2020,59, 7067-7081.
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