Abstract
A one-dimensional (1D) halogen-bridged dinuclear-metal complex (MMX-chain) exhibits various electronic states based on a mixed-valence metal-dimer system. This report deals with the synthesis and physical properties of a new MMX-chain with a bulky pendant ligand, Pt2 (mcc-HexCS2 )4 I (mcc-HexCS2 =trans-4-(methoxycarbonyl)cyclohexanedithiocarboxylate). The steric hindrance caused by the bulky substituent induces a strain in its 1D chain, achieving at ambient condition the first pure alternate charge-polarization (ACP) state (-Pt2+ -Pt3+ -I- -Pt3+ -Pt2+ -I- -), a kind of spin-Peierls state, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction and its conducting and magnetic properties. The strain effect is also manifested as a very large linear thermal expansion along the chain direction, which is quite different from conventional MMX-chains without a bulky ligand. The design of low-dimensional materials with ligand variations is expected to lead to the emergence of new electron-lattice coupled electronic states.
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