New Directions for Small Cyano Anions

新的家庭的小氰基阴离子（SCA）将在这个项目中使用强大的新的合成技术。这些非常通用的阴离子将被用作一系列先进材料的构建块，包括磁有序材料和能够吸附氢气或二氧化碳等气体的多孔材料。单分子磁铁组成的homomanders和杂金属簇，也将离散和聚合物物种显示磁开关行为。也将获得纯有机或含有金属络合物的离子液体;预计后者将具有不寻常的磁性，发光和化学性质。

New families of small cyano anions (SCAs) will be produced in this project using powerful new synthetic techniques. These remarkably versatile anions will then be used as building blocks for a range of advanced materials, including magnetically ordered materials and porous materials capable of adsorbing gases such as hydrogen or carbon dioxide. Single molecule magnets composed of homometallic and heterometallic clusters will also be made, as will discrete and polymeric species displaying magnetic switching behaviour. Ionic liquids that are either purely organic or contain metal complexes will also obtained; it is expected that the later will have unusual magnetic, luminescent and chemical properties.