Photo-induced magnetic bistability in a controlled assembly of anisotropic coordination nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 21;47(7):1985-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04940a. Epub 2011 Jan 17.

Abstract

Anisotropic coordination nanoparticles of the photomagnetic network Cs(I)(2)Cu(II)(7)[Mo(IV)(CN)(8)](4) are obtained through a surfactant-free high-yield synthetic procedure in water. These particles are organised as Langmuir-Blodgett films with a preferential orientation of the nano-objects within the film that exhibit a magnetic bistability below 20 K with a very large coercivity due to an efficient photo-transformation.