Grafting a monolayer of superparamagnetic cyanide-bridged coordination nanoparticles on Si(100)

Fleury B; Volatron F; Catala L; Brinzei D; Rivire E; Huc V; David C; Miserque F; Rogez G; Baraton L; Palacin S; Mallah T

Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.47, No.6, 1898-1900, 2008

Fleury B, Volatron F, Catala L, Brinzei D, Rivire E, Huc V, David C, Miserque F, Rogez G, Baraton L, Palacin S, Mallah T

The grafting of a monolayer of 6 nm superparamagnetic cyanidebridged CsNiCr nanoparticles was achieved on a Ni(lII)-functionalized Si(l 00) substrate; magnetic studies reveals that the grafted nanoparticles are nearly magnetically isolated within the monolayer.