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Influence of Magnetic Anisotropy on the Ground State of [CH3NH3]Fe(HCOO)3: Insights into the Improper Modulated Magnetic Structure (2025)
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Cañadillas-Delgado, L., Mazzuca, L., Ling, S., Cliffe, M. J., & Fabelo, O. (2025). Influence of Magnetic Anisotropy on the Ground State of [CH3NH3]Fe(HCOO)3: Insights into the Improper Modulated Magnetic Structure. Inorganic Chemistry, 64(15), 7348–7363. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c05404

T h e h y b r i d p e r o v s k i t e s [ C H 3 N H 3 ] -CoxNix−1(HCOO)3 with x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0 possess multiple phase transitions, including incommensurate structures. Notably, [CH3NH3]Ni(HCOO)3 features a proper magnetically incommens... Read More about Influence of Magnetic Anisotropy on the Ground State of [CH3NH3]Fe(HCOO)3: Insights into the Improper Modulated Magnetic Structure.

Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3 (2024)
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Geers, M., Fabelo, O., Cliffe, M. J., & Cañadillas-Delgado, L. (2024). Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3. IUCrJ, 11(6), 910-920. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052252524008583

Three solid solutions of [CH3NH3]CoxNi1− x(HCOO)3, with x = 0.25 (1), x = 0.50 (2) and x = 0.75 (3), were synthesized and their nuclear structures and magnetic properties were characterized using single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetization m... Read More about Tuning structural modulation and magnetic properties in metal–organic coordination polymers [CH3NH3]CoxNi1−x(HCOO)3.

Discovering Classical Spin Liquids by Topological Search of High Symmetry Nets (2024)
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Paddison, J. A., & Cliffe, M. J. (2024). Discovering Classical Spin Liquids by Topological Search of High Symmetry Nets. ACS Central Science, 10(10), 1821-1828. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.4c01020

Spin liquids are a paradigmatic example of a nontrivial state of matter. The search for new spin liquids is a key interdisciplinary challenge. Geometrical frustration─where the geometry of the net that the spins occupy precludes the generation of a s... Read More about Discovering Classical Spin Liquids by Topological Search of High Symmetry Nets.

Tuning the mechanical properties of molecular perovskites by controlling framework distortions via A-site substitution (2024)
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Kronawitter, S. M., Park, S., Hallweger, S. A., Myatt, E., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., Daisenberger, D., Drees, M., & Kieslich, G. (2024). Tuning the mechanical properties of molecular perovskites by controlling framework distortions via A-site substitution. Materials Advances, 5(16), 6440-6445. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ma00587b

Molecular perovskites are important materials in the area of barocalorics, improper ferroelectrics and ferroelastics, where the search for principles that link composition, structure and mechanical properties is a key challenge. Herein, we report the... Read More about Tuning the mechanical properties of molecular perovskites by controlling framework distortions via A-site substitution.

Controlling Noncollinear Ferromagnetism in van der Waals Metal-Organic Magnets (2024)
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Pitcairn, J., Ongkiko, M. A., Iliceto, A., Speakman, P. J., Calder, S., Cochran, M. J., Paddison, J. A., Liu, C., Argent, S. P., Morris, A. J., & Cliffe, M. J. (2024). Controlling Noncollinear Ferromagnetism in van der Waals Metal-Organic Magnets. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(28), 19146–19159. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04102

Van der Waals (vdW) magnets both allow exploration of fundamental 2D physics and offer a route toward exploiting magnetism in next generation information technology, but vdW magnets with complex, noncollinear spin textures are currently rare. We repo... Read More about Controlling Noncollinear Ferromagnetism in van der Waals Metal-Organic Magnets.

Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures (2024)
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Paddison, J. A., Zhang, H., Yan, J., Cliffe, M. J., McGuire, M. A., Do, S. H., Gao, S., Stone, M. B., Dahlbom, D., Barros, K., Batista, C. D., & Christianson, A. D. (2024). Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures. npj Quantum Materials, 9(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-024-00650-6

Magnetic materials with noncoplanar magnetic structures can show unusual physical properties driven by nontrivial topology. Topologically-active states are often multi-q structures, which are challenging to stabilize in models and to identify in mate... Read More about Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures.

Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3 (2024)
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Geers, M., Gill, T. B., Burnett, A. D., Bassey, E. N., Fabelo, O., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2024). Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 26(22), 15844-15849. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp01265h

We report the magnetic structure and properties of a thiocyanate-based honeycomb magnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3 which crystallises in the unusual low-symmetry trigonal space group P3̄. Magnetic measurements on powder samples show this material is an antif... Read More about Magnetic structure and properties of the honeycomb antiferromagnet [Na(OH2)3]Mn(NCS)3.

Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal–Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr6 Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands (2024)
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Prasad, R. R. R., Boyadjieva, S. S., Zhou, G., Tan, J., Firth, F. C. N., Ling, S., Huang, Z., Cliffe, M. J., Foster, J. A., & Forgan, R. S. (2024). Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal–Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr6 Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(14), 17812–17820. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c00604

Two-dimensional metal–organic nanosheets (MONs) have emerged as attractive alternatives to their three-dimensional metal–organic framework (MOF) counterparts for heterogeneous catalysis due to their greater external surface areas and higher accessibi... Read More about Modulated Self-Assembly of Catalytically Active Metal–Organic Nanosheets Containing Zr6 Clusters and Dicarboxylate Ligands.

Spin-state dependent pressure responsiveness of Fe(ii)-based triazolate metal–organic frameworks (2024)
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Kronawitter, S. M., Röβ-Ohlenroth, R., Hallweger, S. A., Hirrle, M., Krug von Nidda, H.-A., Luxenhofer, T., Myatt, E., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., Daisenberger, D., Wojciechowski, J., Volkmer, D., & Kieslich, G. (2024). Spin-state dependent pressure responsiveness of Fe(ii)-based triazolate metal–organic frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 12(14), 4954-4960. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4tc00360h

Fe(II)-containing Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) that exhibit temperature-induced spin-crossover (SCO) are candidate materials in the field of sensing, barocalorics, and data storage. Their responsiveness towards pressure is therefore of practical i... Read More about Spin-state dependent pressure responsiveness of Fe(ii)-based triazolate metal–organic frameworks.

Sensing the Spin State of Room-Temperature Switchable Cyanometallate Frameworks with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds (2024)
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Flinn, B. T., Rance, G. A., Cull, W. J., Cardillo-Zallo, I., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., Fay, M. W., Tyler, A. J., Weare, B. L., Stoppiello, C. T., Davies, E. S., Mather, M. L., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2024). Sensing the Spin State of Room-Temperature Switchable Cyanometallate Frameworks with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds. ACS Nano, 18(9), 7148–7160. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c11820

Room-temperature magnetically switchable materials play a vital role in current and upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, molecular switches, and data storage devices. The increasing miniaturization of device architectures produces a ne... Read More about Sensing the Spin State of Room-Temperature Switchable Cyanometallate Frameworks with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds.

How Reproducible is the Synthesis of Zr–Porphyrin Metal–Organic Frameworks? An Interlaboratory Study (2024)
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Boström, H. L. B., Emmerling, S., Heck, F., Koschnick, C., Jones, A. J., Cliffe, M. J., Al Natour, R., Bonneau, M., Guillerm, V., Shekhah, O., Eddaoudi, M., Lopez‐Cabrelles, J., Furukawa, S., Romero‐Angel, M., Martí‐Gastaldo, C., Yan, M., Morris, A. J., Romero‐Muñiz, I., Xiong, Y., Platero‐Prats, A. E., …Lotsch, B. V. (2024). How Reproducible is the Synthesis of Zr–Porphyrin Metal–Organic Frameworks? An Interlaboratory Study. Advanced Materials, Article 2304832. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202304832

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a rapidly growing class of materials that offer great promise in various applications. However, the synthesis remains challenging: for example, a range of crystal structures can often be accessed from the same buil... Read More about How Reproducible is the Synthesis of Zr–Porphyrin Metal–Organic Frameworks? An Interlaboratory Study.

Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect (2023)
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Hu, Y., Weir, M. P., Pereira, H. J., Amin, O. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., Rushforth, A. W., Kunakova, G., Niherysh, K., Korolkov, V., Kertfoot, J., Makarovsky, O., & Woodward, S. (2023). Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect. Applied Physics Letters, 123(22), Article 223902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0157778

In this work, we present a method to enhance the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect at platinum/yttrium iron garnet (Pt/YIG) interfaces. The introduction of a partial interlayer of bismuth selenide (Bi2Se3, 2.5% surface coverage) interfaces significant... Read More about Bi2Se3 interlayer treatments affecting the Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) platinum spin Seebeck effect.

PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator (2023)
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Lertkiattrakul, M., Evans, M. L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator. The Journal of Open Source Software, 8(90), Article 5556. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05556

The response of crystalline materials to external stimuli: whether temperature, pressure or electrochemical potential, is critical for both our understanding of materials and their use. This information can be readily obtained through in-situ diffrac... Read More about PASCal Python: A Principal Axis Strain Calculator.

High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2 (2023)
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Geers, M., Jarvis, D. M., Liu, C., Saxena, S. S., Pitcairn, J., Myatt, E., Hallweger, S. A., Kronawitter, S. M., Kieslich, G., Ling, S., Cairns, A. B., Daisenberger, D., Fabelo, O., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2. Physical Review B, 108(14), Article 144439. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.144439

Two-dimensional materials offer a unique range of magnetic, electronic, and mechanical properties which can be controlled by external stimuli. Pressure is a particularly important stimulus, as it can be achieved readily and can produce large response... Read More about High-pressure behavior of the magnetic van der Waals molecular framework Ni(NCS) 2.

Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid (2023)
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Flinn, B. T., Radu, V., Fay, M. W., Tyler, A. J., Pitcairn, J., Cliffe, M. J., Weare, B. L., Stoppiello, C. T., Mather, M. L., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2023). Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid. Nanoscale Advances, 2023(23), 6423-6434. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3na00155e

Spin-active nanomaterials play a vital role in current and upcoming quantum technologies, such as spintronics, data storage and computing. To advance the design and application of these materials, methods to link size, shape, structure, and chemical... Read More about Nitrogen vacancy defects in single-particle nanodiamonds sense paramagnetic transition metal spin noise from nanoparticles on a transmission electron microscopy grid.

Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker (2023)
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Boyadjieva, S. S., Firth, F. C., Alizadeh Kiapi, M. R., Fairen-Jimenez, D., Ling, S., Cliffe, M. J., & Forgan, R. S. (2023). Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker. CrystEngComm, 25(14), 2119-2124. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01529c

Careful control of synthetic conditions can enhance the structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) within individual metal-linker combinations. Herein, we show that hcp topology MOFs of both Zr(iv) and Hf(iv), linked by the extended (eth... Read More about Modulated self-assembly of hcp topology MOFs of Zr/Hf and the extended 4,4′-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)dibenzoate linker.

Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3 (2023)
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Geers, M., Lee, J. Y., Ling, S., Fabelo, O., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3. Chemical Science, 14(13), 3531-3540. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc06861c

AMX3 compounds are structurally diverse, a notable example being the post-perovskite structure which adopts a two-dimensional framework with corner- and edge-sharing octahedra. Few molecular post-perovskites are known and of these, none have reported... Read More about Non-collinear magnetism in the post-perovskite thiocyanate frameworks CsM(NCS)3.

One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework (2023)
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Fu, Y., Forse, A. C., Kang, Z., Cliffe, M. J., Cao, W., Yin, J., Gao, L., Pang, Z., He, T., Chen, Q., Wang, Q., Long, J. R., Reimer, J. A., & Kong, X. (2023). One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework. Science Advances, 9(6), Article eade6975. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ade6975

Crystalline materials are often considered to have rigid periodic lattices, while soft materials are associated with flexibility and nonperiodicity. The continuous evolution of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has erased the boundaries between these t... Read More about One-dimensional alignment of defects in a flexible metal-organic framework.

Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase (2023)
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Pitcairn, J., Iliceto, A., Cañadillas-Delgado, L., Fabelo, O., Liu, C., Balz, C., Weilhard, A., Argent, S. P., Morris, A. J., & Cliffe, M. J. (2023). Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(3), 1783-1792. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10916

Metal-organic magnets (MOMs), modular magnetic materials where metal atoms are connected by organic linkers, are promising candidates for next-generation quantum technologies. MOMs readily form low-dimensional structures and so are ideal systems to r... Read More about Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase.