Neelabhro Mukherjee
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Neelabhro Mukherjee
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PhD M3 group @CRPP Bdx • MML IISER Bhopal Alum• All about Chemistry and Magnets🧪🧲• Probably obsessing over Music and Coffee🎧☕

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Excited to share that my work from my Master's thesis exploring Pressure-induced SCO behaviour in 2D Hofmann Frameworks has been published in #InorganicChemistry. Do check it out!
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Pressure-Induced Multistep Hysteretic Spin-Crossover Behavior of a Hofmann Coordination Polymer Containing FeN6–Pd(CN)4–FeN4O2 Backbone
Spin-state switchable materials exhibit multistep spin transition (ST) driven by strong through-bond and through-space cooperativity resulting in competing elastic interactions that stimulate collective lattice distortions. While the origin of the multistep ST has been elucidated through single-crystal X-ray diffraction, the influence of external hydrostatic pressure remains unexplored. Hofmann-type coordination polymers (HCPs) being porous materials offer easy modification of guest molecules and modulation of elastic interactions required for multistep ST and also to investigate the effect of hydrostatic pressure. Herein, a unique cyanide-bridged FeII–PdII two-dimensional (2D) HCP has been synthesized using 5-bromoisonicotinamide (5-bna) ligand in ethanol–water mixture, having a polymeric backbone of FeIIN6–Pd(CN)4–FeIIN4O2, formulated as {Fe(5-bna)(H2O)[Pd(CN)4]}·C2H5OH (1Pd), displaying thermal and pressure-induced multistep hysteretic ST. 1Pd exhibits a hysteretic and abrupt two-step ST with an 85 K plateau corresponding to the HS, HS0.66LS0.34, and HS0.50LS0.50 spin states, further verified by variable temperature SC-XRD and powder X-ray diffraction. Host–host and host–guest hydrogen-bonding and halogen–π interactions influence the type of elastic interactions and stabilize the intermediate spin state. The impact of hydrostatic pressure on the noncovalent interactions influenced the multistep ST, transforming it into a gradual, single-step ST, with the increase in hysteresis at higher pressures.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM