Organic Chiral Charge Transfer Magnets

ACS Nano. 2019 Apr 23;13(4):4705-4711. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.9b00988. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

Abstract

In this work, through designing organic helix donor-acceptor complexes, one type of room-temperature chiral magnet was reported. Within these chiral charge transfer magnets, circularly polarized light could induce a larger saturation magnetization compared to linearly polarized light illumination with identical intensity. Moreover, the transmission light polarization from chiral magnets could be tuned via applying the magnetic field. Overall, room-temperature organic chiral magnets with optomagnetic effects will enhance the function of organic magnetochiral materials.

Keywords: charge transfer complexes; chirality; organic magnets; organic optomagnetic effects; self-assembly.