Issue 33, 2021

Spin-ladder behaviour in molecular materials

Abstract

Spin-ladders are quantum magnetic systems at the crossroads between one and two dimensions that have attracted increasing interest during the last decades due to unique properties critically dependent on spin system topology. The first materials where spin-ladder behaviour was identified were transition metal oxides and copper(II) halides or coordination polymers. However, since the report of the first spin-ladder based in an organic molecule in 1997, an increasing number of molecular compounds showing spin-ladder behaviour have been reported. Their structural and magnetic properties are reviewed with emphasis on the possibilities offered by molecular units of different nature and crystal engineering tools to develop new spin-ladder systems.

Graphical abstract: Spin-ladder behaviour in molecular materials

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
05 apr 2021
Accepted
25 may 2021
First published
25 may 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021,9, 10573-10590

Spin-ladder behaviour in molecular materials

R. A. L. Silva and M. Almeida, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 10573 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01576A

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