Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets.
The solid phases of gold(I) and/or silver(I) cyanides are supramolecular assemblies of inorganic polymer chains in which the key structural degrees of freedom—namely, the relative vertical shifts of neighbouring chains—are mathematically equivalent to the phase angles of rotating planar (“XY”) spin...
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| author | Cairns, A Cliffe, M Paddison, J Daisenberger, D Tucker, M Coudert, F Goodwin, A |
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| description | The solid phases of gold(I) and/or silver(I) cyanides are supramolecular assemblies of inorganic polymer chains in which the key structural degrees of freedom—namely, the relative vertical shifts of neighbouring chains—are mathematically equivalent to the phase angles of rotating planar (“XY”) spins. Here we show how the supramolecular interactions between chains can be tuned to mimic different magnetic interactions. In this way, the structures of gold(I) and/or silver(I) cyanides reflect the phase behaviour of triangular XY magnets. Complex magnetic states predicted for this family of magnets— including collective spin-vortices of relevance to data storage applications—are realised in the structural chemistry of these cyanide polymers. Our results demonstrate how chemically simple inorganic materials can behave as structural analogues of otherwise inaccessible “toy” spin models, and also how the theoretical understanding of those models allows control over collective (“emergent”) phenomena in supramolecular systems. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3e87cf92-4530-4a60-aa90-4be5c0b782e72022-03-26T14:26:08ZEncoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3e87cf92-4530-4a60-aa90-4be5c0b782e7EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordNature Publishing Group2016Cairns, ACliffe, MPaddison, JDaisenberger, DTucker, MCoudert, FGoodwin, AThe solid phases of gold(I) and/or silver(I) cyanides are supramolecular assemblies of inorganic polymer chains in which the key structural degrees of freedom—namely, the relative vertical shifts of neighbouring chains—are mathematically equivalent to the phase angles of rotating planar (“XY”) spins. Here we show how the supramolecular interactions between chains can be tuned to mimic different magnetic interactions. In this way, the structures of gold(I) and/or silver(I) cyanides reflect the phase behaviour of triangular XY magnets. Complex magnetic states predicted for this family of magnets— including collective spin-vortices of relevance to data storage applications—are realised in the structural chemistry of these cyanide polymers. Our results demonstrate how chemically simple inorganic materials can behave as structural analogues of otherwise inaccessible “toy” spin models, and also how the theoretical understanding of those models allows control over collective (“emergent”) phenomena in supramolecular systems. |
| spellingShingle | Cairns, A Cliffe, M Paddison, J Daisenberger, D Tucker, M Coudert, F Goodwin, A Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title | Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title_full | Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title_fullStr | Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title_short | Encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets. |
| title_sort | encoding complexity within supramolecular analogues of frustrated magnets |
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