Controllable Connection of Fe2Se3 Double Chains and Fe(dien)2 Complexes for Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Ferrimagnet with a Large Coercivity

Organic-inorganic hybrid materials built by inorganic and organic building units have attracted intensive interest in the past decades due to unique chemical and physical properties. However, rare organic-inorganic hybrid materials show excellent permanent magnetic properties. Here, we develop a facile chemical solution method to bottom-up synthesize a new hybrid (Fe2Se3)(2)[Fe(dien)(2)](0.9). This hybrid phase with the space group P2(1)/c (14) possesses a rodlike shape with a diameter of 100-2000 nm and a length of 5-50 mu m. The hybrid rods are ferrimagnetic with a Curie temperature (T-C) of 11 K. They show a high coercivity (H-C) of 4.67 kOe and a saturation magnetization (M-S) of 13.5 emu/g at 2 K. Compared with orthorhombic (FeSe2)(2)Fe(dien)(2), the excellent magnetic performance of the hybrid rods is ascribed to the monoclinic hybrid structure built by Fe(dien)(2) complexes and Fe2Se3 double chains. Our study provides guidance for connecting inorganic fragments of FeSe2 single chains, Fe2Se3 double chains or beta-Fe3Se4 layers with Fe(dien)(2) complexes for organic-inorganic hybrid phases with varied crystal structures and magnetic properties.

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Organic-inorganic hybrid materials have attracted significant attention due to their unique properties. However, organic-inorganic hybrids with excellent permanent magnetic properties are rare. In this study, a new hybrid (Fe2Se3)(2)[Fe(dien)(2)](0.9) was synthesized using a simple chemical method. The hybrid rods exhibited ferrimagnetic behavior with a high coercivity of 4.67 kOe and a saturation magnetization of 13.5 emu/g at 2 K. The excellent magnetic performance was attributed to the monoclinic hybrid structure built by Fe(dien)(2) complexes and Fe2Se3 double chains. This study provides guidance for the development of organic-inorganic hybrid phases with varied crystal structures and magnetic properties.