Issue 3, 2017

The effect of substituted benzene dicarboxylic acid linkers on the optical band gap energy and magnetic coupling in manganese trimer metal organic frameworks

Abstract

We have systematically studied a series of eight metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in which the secondary building unit is a manganese trimer cluster, and the linkers are differently substituted benzene dicarboxylic acids (BDC). The optical band gap energy of the compounds vary from 2.62 eV to 3.57 eV, and theoretical studies find that different functional groups result in new states in the conduction band, which lie in the gap and lower the optical band gap energy. The optical absorption between the filled Mn 3d states and the ligands is weak due to minimal overlap of the states, and the measured optical band gap energy is due to transitions on the BDC linker. The Mn atoms in the MOFs have local moments of 5 μB, and selected MOFs are found to be antiferromagnetic, with weak coupling between the cluster units, and paramagnetic above 10 K.

Graphical abstract: The effect of substituted benzene dicarboxylic acid linkers on the optical band gap energy and magnetic coupling in manganese trimer metal organic frameworks

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Aug 2016
Accepted
09 Nov 2016
First published
10 Nov 2016

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017,5, 539-548

The effect of substituted benzene dicarboxylic acid linkers on the optical band gap energy and magnetic coupling in manganese trimer metal organic frameworks

K. S. Asha, A. C. Reber, N. Ahmed, R. Nath, S. N. Khanna and S. Mandal, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2017, 5, 539 DOI: 10.1039/C6TC03577A

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