Dimensionality Mediated Highly Repeatable and Fast Transformation of Coordination Polymer Single Crystals for All-Optical Data Processing

Nikita Kulachenkov*, Marina Barsukova, Pavel Alekseevskiy, Aleksandr A. Sapianik, Maxim Sergeev, Andrei Yankin, Andrei A. Krasilin, Semyon Bachinin, Sergei Shipilovskikh, Petr Poturaev, Natalia Medvedeva, Ekaterina Denislamova, Pavel S. Zelenovskiy, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh, Yuliya Kenzhebayeva, Anastasiia Efimova, Alexander S. Novikov, Artem Lunev, Vladimir P. Fedin, Valentin A. Milichko*

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Abstract

A family of coordination polymers (CPs) based on dynamic structural elements are of great fundamental and commercial interest addressing modern problems in controlled molecular separation, catalysis, and even data processing. Herein, the endurance and fast structural dynamics of such materials at ambient conditions are still a fundamental challenge. Here, we report on the design of a series of Cu-based CPs [Cu(bImB)Cl2] and [Cu(bImB)2Cl2] with flexible ligand bImB (1,4-bis(imidazol-1-yl)butane) packed into one- and two-dimensional (1D, 2D) structures demonstrating dimensionality mediated flexibility and reversible structural transformations. Using the laser pulses as a fast source of activation energy, we initiate CP heating followed by anisotropic thermal expansion and 0.2-0.8% volume changes with the record transformation rates from 2220 to 1640 s-1for 1D and 2D CPs, respectively. The endurance over 103cycles of structural transformations, achieved for the CPs at ambient conditions, allows demonstrating optical fiber integrated all-optical data processing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6972-6981
Number of pages10
JournalNano Letters
Volume22
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 14 2022

Keywords

  • Coordination polymers
  • data processing
  • flexibility
  • in situ spectroscopy
  • low-dimensional structures
  • structural transformation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Bioengineering
  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering

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