Thin-film deposition of an organic magnet based on vanadium methyl tricyanoethylenecarboxylate.

Lu, Yu; Harberts, Megan; Kao, Chi-Yueh; Yu, Howard; Johnston-Halperin, Ezekiel; Epstein, Arthur J · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The preparation and characterization of a new thin-film organic-based magnet V[MeTCEC]x (V = vanadium; MeTCEC = methyl tricaynoethylenecarboxylate) via low-temperature chemical vapor deposition (50 °C) is reported. These thin films exhibit room-temperature magnetic ordering and semiconducting behavior, demonstrating the ability of tuning their magnetic, and potentially spintronic, functionality via chemical modification of the organic ligand.