Our group has been interested in designing nanostructured materials that incorporate single molecule magnets.  We have taken advantage of the ability to ligand exchange Mn-12 with a variety of carboxylic acids to graft the cluster into novel organic and inorganic systems.  The systems to be described include polystyrene co-polymer beads, MCM-41 and other porous silica nanobeads.  We have more recently targeted self-organization by ligand design.  These materials have novel properties and applications.

Nanostructures single molecule magnets

246th National Meeting (2013)

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