• 文献标题:   Theoretical prediction of a graphene-like 2D uranyl material with p-orbital antiferromagnetism
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO XK, CAO CS, LIU JC, LU JB, LI J, HU HS
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  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   2041-6520 EI 2041-6539
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  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1039/d2sc02017c EA MAY 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Versatile graphene-like two-dimensional materials with s-, p- and d-block elements have aroused significant interest because of their extensive applications while there is a lack of such materials with f-block elements. Herein we report a unique one composed of the f-block element moiety of uranyl (UO22+) through a global-minimum structure search. Its geometry is found to be similar to that of graphene with a honeycomb-like hexagonal unit composed of six uranyl ligands, where each uranyl is bridged by two superoxido groups and a pair of hydroxyl ligands. All the uranium and bridging oxygen atoms form an extended planar 2D structure, which shows thermodynamic, kinetic and thermal stabilities due to sigma/pi bonding as well as electrostatic interactions between ligands. Each superoxido ligand has one unpaired (2p(pi*))(1) electron and is antiferromagnetically coupled through uranyl bridges with 2p(pi*)-5f(delta)-2p(pi*) superexchange interactions, forming a rare type of one-dimensional Heisenberg chain with p-orbital antiferromagnetism, which might become valuable for application in antiferromagnetic spintronics.