Primary studyCore evidenceTransport Physics

Photochromism and photomagnetism in three cyano-bridged 3d-4f heterobimetallic viologen frameworks

Li M.-H., You M.-H., Lin M.-J. · Dalton Transactions · 2021 · 4959-4966

3materials
6samples
3synthesis routes
17measurements
41results
5claims and caveats

Evidence map

Open a family to keep every result attached to its sample, method and conditions.

Author interpretations and caveats

Paraphrased for this database from the authors’ stated interpretations — never quoted verbatim — and kept separate from reported measurements.

CaveatSupport assessment: High

The article motivates conductance photoswitching in the introduction, but reports no first-hand electrical conductivity, charge mobility, thermoelectric or electrochemical device measurements for these frameworks.

Caveat: Extraction therefore contains no electrical_transport, thermoelectric or electrochemistry_application measurement rows.

4959-4966 · Full article

Phase AssignmentSupport assessment: High

CoDy, CoEu and FeDy are isostructural 3D cyanide-bridged 3d-4f heterobimetallic viologen frameworks in monoclinic C2/c.

Caveat: FeDy crystallographic summary is from the SI table because the supplied CIF text lacks an FeDy block.

4960 · Structural descriptions · Fig. 2 · Linked to 4 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: High

After UV-vis irradiation, chiMT increases at room temperature because photogenerated radicals add magnetic response and couple ferromagnetically with lanthanide cations.

Caveat: FeDy percentage is taken from the Fig. 5c annotation; the main text does not report the numeric percentage.

4964 · Conclusions · Fig. 5 · Linked to 3 structured results

Structure Property LinkSupport assessment: Medium

Short carboxylate-oxygen to pyridinium-nitrogen contacts and anion-pi/hydrogen-bonding interactions are proposed to favour photoinduced electron transfer.

Caveat: The authors state these distances alone do not explain all differences in photoresponsivity.

4961-4963 · Structural descriptions; Photochromic properties · Fig. S1 · Linked to 3 structured results

Transport MechanismSupport assessment: High

Photochromism is attributed to photoinduced electron transfer that generates viologen radicals; in FeDy, partial Fe(III) to Fe(II) reduction also contributes.

Caveat: This is a photochemical/electron-transfer mechanism claim, not a measured bulk electrical-conductivity result.

4962 · Photochromic properties · Fig. 3 · Linked to 6 structured results

Material identities

Names and aliases are kept exactly within the paper’s own identity model.

MaterialCompositionStructure contextSource
CoDy{[Dy(BCEbpy)Co(CN)6(H2O)4].2H2O}n; SI empirical formula C20H33.06CoDyN8O13Dy(III) centres and [CoIII(CN)6]3- units · BCEbpy, deprotonated N,N'-bis(carboxymethyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium3D · PristineIsostructural monoclinic C2/c cyanide-bridged 3d-4f framework; 1D cyanide chains are connected by BCEbpy into a three-fold interpenetrating diamondoid framework.4959-4961 · Abstract; Structural descriptions · Fig. 2
CoEu{[Eu(BCEbpy)Co(CN)6(H2O)4].2H2O}n; SI empirical formula C21.4H36.2CoEuN8O13Eu(III) centres and [CoIII(CN)6]3- units · BCEbpy, deprotonated N,N'-bis(carboxymethyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium3D · PristineIsostructural monoclinic C2/c cyanide-bridged 3d-4f framework; after irradiation, CoEu-a was also refined in C2/c.3 · Crystal data · Table 1
FeDy{[Dy(BCEbpy)Fe(CN)6(H2O)4].2H2O}n; SI empirical formula C21.04H32.66DyFeN8O13Dy(III) centres and [FeIII(CN)6]3- units · BCEbpy, deprotonated N,N'-bis(carboxymethyl)-4,4'-bipyridinium3D · PristineIsostructural monoclinic C2/c cyanide-bridged 3d-4f framework; photoirradiation partially reduces hexacyanoferrate and generates viologen radicals.4960-4962 · Syntheses; Photochromic properties · Fig. 3

Sample register

Sample form, processing state and composition status define the context for measurements.

Show 6 sample records
SampleForm and roleProcessing and geometrySource
CoDy as-synthesised crystalsresearch_0565__mat__mat_codySingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalas-synthesised light-yellow block crystals4960 · Syntheses
CoDy after UV-vis irradiationresearch_0565__mat__mat_codySingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalirradiated with xenon lamp; brown photochromic state4961 · Photochromic properties · Fig. 3
CoEu as-synthesised crystalsresearch_0565__mat__mat_coeuSingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalas-synthesised light-yellow block crystals4960 · Syntheses
CoEu after UV-vis irradiation / CoEu-aresearch_0565__mat__mat_coeuSingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalirradiated with xenon lamp; CoEu-a crystal structure refined after irradiation3 · Crystal data · Table 1
FeDy as-synthesised crystalsresearch_0565__mat__mat_fedySingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalas-synthesised light-green block crystals4960 · Syntheses
FeDy after UV-vis irradiationresearch_0565__mat__mat_fedySingle Crystal · Target Sample · Mixed Metalirradiated with xenon lamp; brown photochromic state with partial Fe(III) reduction4962 · Photochromic properties · Fig. 3