Farida H. Aidoudi

Gapless Spin Liquid Ground State in the S=1/2 Vanadium Oxyfluoride Kagome Antiferromagnet [NH4 ]2[C7H14N][V7O6F18]

The vanadium oxyfluoride [NH(4)](2)[C(7)H(14)N][V(7)O(6)F(18)] (DQVOF) is a geometrically frustrated magnetic bilayer material. The structure consists of S = 1/2 kagome planes of V(4+) d(1) ions with S = 1 V(3+) d(2) ions located between the kagome layers. Muon spin relaxation measurements demonstrate the absence of spin freezing down to 40 mK despite an energy scale of 60 K for antiferromagnetic exchange interactions. From magnetization and heat capacity measurements we conclude that the S = 1 spins of the interplane V(3+) ions are weakly coupled to the kagome layers, such that DQVOF can be viewed as an experimental model for S = 1/2 kagome physics, and that it displays a gapless spin liquid ground state.

Extending the Family of V4+ S=

The ionothermal synthesis, structure, and magnetic susceptibility of a novel inorganic-organic hybrid material, imidazolium vanadium(III,IV) oxyfluoride [C3 H5 N2 ][V9 O6 F24 (H2 O)2 ] (ImVOF) are presented. The structure consists of inorganic vanadium oxyfluoride slabs with kagome layers of V(4+) S=

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Kagome Antiferromagnets

ions separated by a mixed valence layer. These inorganic slabs are intercalated with imidazolium cations. Quinuclidinium (Q) and pyrazinium (Pyz) cations can also be incorporated into the hybrid structure type to give QVOF and PyzVOF analogues, respectively. The highly frustrated topology of the inorganic slabs, along with the quantum nature of the magnetism associated with V(4+) , means that these materials are excellent candidates to host exotic magnetic ground states, such as the highly sought quantum spin liquid. Magnetic susceptibility measurements of all samples suggest an absence of conventional long-range magnetic order down to 2 K despite considerable antiferromagnetic exchange.

A hybrid vanadium fluoride with structurally isolated S = 1 kagome layers

A new organically-templated vanadium(III) fluoride, (NH4)2(C2H8N)[V3F12], has been prepared using an ionothermal approach. This compound has a unique layered structure featuring distorted S = 1 kagome planes separated by the cationic species. The compound exhibits magnetic frustration, with a canted antiferromagnetic ground state. On further cooling in the ground state a pronounced change in magnetisation kinetics is observed.

μSR study of a quantum spin liquid candidate: the S=1/2 vanadium oxyfluoride kagome antiferromagnet

We present a detailed μSR study of the recently synthesized compound, [NH4]2[C7H14N][V7O6F18] (DQVOF), a geometrically frustrated magnetic material, both in longitudinal and transverse configurations. The μSR measurements in zero and longitudinal field show that there is no spin freezing down to 20 mK which is the key requirement for a quantum spin liquid state. Further experiments in transverse field single out two contributions with different shift and broadening which shed a new light on the location of the muons stopping sites.

Physisorption-induced structural change directing carbon monoxide chemisorption and nitric oxide coordination on hemilabile porous metal organic framework NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)5·H2O (SIP = 5-sulfoisophthalate)

Structural changes occur during the thermal activation of NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)5·H2O and NaCo3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)5·H2O to form porous framework materials. Activation of NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)5·H2O at 400 K gave NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)2 and 513 K gave NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2. CO adsorption/desorption on NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)2 at 348 K and 20 bar was hysteretic, but all CO was desorbed in vacuum. NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2(H2O)2 was exposed to NO to establish the accessibility of unsaturated metal centers and crystallographic results show that NO binds to Ni with bent coordination geometry. The adsorption characteristics of CO on isostructural NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2 and NaCo3(OH)(SIP)2 were studied over the temperature range 268–348 K and pressures up to 20 bar. CO surface excess isotherms for NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2 at 348 K were reversible and non-hysteretic for pressures below the isotherm point of inflection. However, above this point, isotherms had both reversible and irreversible adsorption components. The irreversible component remaining adsorbed in ultra-high vacuum at 348 K was 4.9 wt%. Subsequent sequential CO adsorption/desorption isotherms were non-hysteretic and fully reversible. The thermal stability and stoichiometry of the product were investigated by in situ temperature programmed desorption combined with thermogravimetric analysis and mass spectrometry. This gave a discrete CO peak at ∼500 K indicating thermally stable bonding of CO to the framework (0.42 × CO per formula desorbed (2.31 wt%)) and a weaker CO2 peak was observed at 615 K. The remaining adsorbed species were desorbed as a mixture of CO and CO2 overlapping with NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2 framework decomposition. CO physisorption induces structural change, which leads to CO chemisorption on NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2 above the point of inflection in the isotherm, with the formation of a new thermally stable porous framework. The porous structure of the framework was confirmed by CO2 adsorption at 273 K. Therefore, CO chemisorption is attributed to breaking of the hemilabile switchable sulfonate group, while the framework structural integrity is retained by the stable carboxylate linkers. In contrast, studies of CO adsorption on NaCo3(OH)(SIP)2 showed hysteretic isotherms, but no evidence for irreversible chemisorption CO was observed. The CO/N2 selectivity for NaNi3(OH)(SIP)2 and NaCo3(OH)(SIP)2 were 2.4–2.85 (1–10 bar) and 1.74–1.81 (1–10 bar). This is the first demonstration of physisorption driving structural change in a hemilabile porous framework material and demonstrates a transition from physisorption to irreversible thermally stable CO chemisorption.