Co(II)5(OH)6(SO4)2(H2O)4: the first ferromagnet based on a layered cobalt-hydroxide pillared by inorganic...OSO3-Co(H2O)4-O3SO.

Mohsen Ben Salah; Serge Vilminot; Mireille Richard-Plouet; Gilles André; Tahar Mhiri; Mohamedally Kurmoo

doi:10.1039/b411304g

Co(II)5(OH)6(SO4)2(H2O)4: the first ferromagnet based on a layered cobalt-hydroxide pillared by inorganic...OSO3-Co(H2O)4-O3SO.

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Nov 21:(22):2548-9. doi: 10.1039/b411304g. Epub 2004 Oct 6.

Authors

Mohsen Ben Salah¹, Serge Vilminot, Mireille Richard-Plouet, Gilles André, Tahar Mhiri, Mohamedally Kurmoo

Affiliation

¹ Groupe des Matériaux Inorganiques, IPCMS, CNRS-ULP UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 15543273
DOI: 10.1039/b411304g

Abstract

The synthetic mineral Co(II)5(OH)6(SO4)2(H2O)4 (1), obtained by hydrothermal reaction of CoSO4.7H2O and NaOH at 165 degrees C and consisting of brucite-like Co4(OH)6O2 layers pillared by OSO3-Co(H2O)4-O3SO, is a ferromagnet (T(Curie)= 12 K, Hc= 580 Oe).