Reversible Water-Induced Magnetic and Structural Conversion of a Flexible Microporous Ni(II)Fe(III) Ferromagnet

Abstract

A cyanide-bridged bimetallic ferromagnet, [Ni(dipn)]2[Ni(dipn)(H2O)][Fe(CN)6]2·11H2O (dipn = N,N-di(3-aminopropyl)amine) providing a 3-D microporous framework, shows reversible ferromagnet/paramagnet conversion associated with a gaseous water-induced crystal-to-amorphous-like phase transformation