A Kagomé layer-based 3D Mn(II) framework showing coexistence of spin-canting, spin-frustration, field-induced metamagnetic and spin-flop transitions

Abstract

A novel 3D Mn(II) coordination framework with Kagomé sublattice, [Mn(3)(py)(2)(nip)(2)](n) (py(-) = 2-((1H-tetrazol-5-yl)methyl)pyridine and nip(2-) = 5-nitroisophathalate), was in situ solvothermally synthesized and shows the coexistence of spin-canting, spin-frustration as well as field-induced metamagnetic and spin-flop transitions at 2.9 K.