Product change of molecule-magnetic material synthesis induced by magnetic field in hydrothermal system

Abstract

4-(imidazol-1-yl) benzoic acid (HL, L=C 10H 7N 2O 2), Copper sulfate, and sodium azide were selected as precursors, an interesting case of magnetic field-induced change in the final product of molecule-magnetic materials was observed. Without external magnetic field, the only green single crystal G [Cu 5(C 10H 7N 2O 2) 4 (N 3) 2(SO 4) 2] n was prepared, but under 0.2 T external magnetic field, the other blue violet single crystal B [Cu(C 10H 7N 2O 2) 2] n was found beside the green single crystal G. The product prepared under magnetic field comprises ca 34% B and 66% G. It indicates that the magnetic field induction is a dominating factor to the final product of self-assembly reaction for the metal-organic complex. The experiments have suggested a kind of effective control means to fabricate new molecule-magnetic materials under mild magnetic field induction.