Towards frustration in Eu(II) Archimedean tessellations.
Hua ChenAnna S ManvellMariusz KubusMaja A DunstanGiulia LorussoDavid GraciaMike S B JørgensenSøren KegnæsFabrice WilhelmAndrei RogalevMarco EvangelistiKasper S PedersenPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2023)
Self-assembly of trans -{EuI 2 } nodes and ditopic ligands leads to isoreticular 2D frameworks featuring a rare, non-kagome Archimedean tessellation. The topology and intra-layer Eu(II)-Eu(II) antiferromagnetic interactions provide the prerequisites for geometrical spin frustration, which, due to the spin state degeneracy, is key for novel phenomena such as enhanced magnetic refrigeration.