Temperature-directed structural recurrence in low-symmetric Co(ii) complexes and nanocrystalsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Crystallographic data; PXRD, CD, TGA, and temperature dependence of dielectric constants. CCDC 848323848325. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c1cc16336a

• Main Authors: Yin, Yan-Yan, Chen, Xiao-Yan, Cao, Xiao-Chang, Shi, Wei, Cheng, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 12.12.2011

Low-symmetric complexes {[Co( 2 -L)(H 2 O) 2 ]H 2 O} n ( 1 ) and {[Co( 3 -L)(H 2 O)]0.5H 2 O} n ( 2 ) and corresponding nanocrystals were obtained, which exhibit structural recurrence behaviour at various temperatures as well as changes of chiral, nonlinear optical and ferroelectric properties. Low-...