Magnetic organometallosiloxanes

The generalized analysis of a change in magnetic properties of organometallosiloxanes as a function of the number of metal atoms in their molecules (on going from mono- and binuclear to polynuclear crystalline and polymeric compounds) is presented. The relation between the magnetic characteristics and structural parameters of metal-containing fragments is studied. The factors affecting the formation of exchange-coupled ionic pairs and clusters in polymeric systems are analyzed. The ways to the organization of magnetic phases in polymeric systems are considered: the choice of conditions of chemical synthesis, the organization of metal atoms in a common spin system upon incorporation of conducting coordinating additives, and thermocondensation and reduction processes leading to the formation of a metallic phase dispersed in a silicon dioxide matrix. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1432–1442, August, 1997.