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Keywords:

  • cobalt;
  • magnetic properties;
  • microporous materials;
  • organic–inorganic hybrid composites;
  • X-ray diffraction
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The arrangement of the spins of adjacent helical cobalt–oxygen chains that form the backbone of the framework (see figure) of a microporous coordination polymer lead to metamagnetic behavior. When the polymer is heated, the metal center loses a coordinated water molecule and alters its coordination geometry from octahedral to square-pyramidal, although the framework remains stable.