Creation of highly magnetic material could improve computer technologies
Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, have developed a facile route to a highly magnetic material that could provide fundamental improvements to the performance of current computer technologies.
Polymers, or plastics, which feature metal atoms in their structure have been a focus of much research in recent decades, and have found application in self-healing materials, photovoltaic technology, and information storage.
Metal sandwich complexes, commonly termed 'metallocenes' have also been incorporated into polymeric materials -- most commonly using iron.
Now, researchers from the University of Bristol, together with colleagues from the University of Oxford have created a polymer in which nickel (as 'nickelocene' units) is built into the structure, affording a bright green, highly magnetic material.
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