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A comparative investigation on the surface and physicochemical properties of organobimetallic thiocyanate complexes of Cadmium, Zinc, Mercury and Manganese

  • Sundararaj Cynthia EMAIL logo , Sankar Muthupandi , Gopal Ramalingam , Subbarayan Sathiyamurthy , Yassine Slimani , Munirah A. Almessiere , Abdulhadi Baykal , Saravana Kumar Jaganathan , Markasagayam Visagamani Arularasu , Anish Khan and Manikandan Ayyar EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: May 15, 2024
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 238 Issue 8

Abstract

The single crystals of bimetallic thiocyanate ligands, namely manganese cadmium thiocyanate (MCTC), zinc cadmium thiocyanate (ZCTC), manganese mercury thiocyanate dimethylsulphoxide (MMTD), and cadmium mercury thiocyanate dimethylsulphoxide (CMTD), are cultivated through the utilization of slow solvent evaporation and gradual cooling methodologies. Through the utilization of optical microscopic techniques such as field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and epifluorescence, a state-of-the-art methodology extensively employed in the realms of biochemical, medical, and chemical research, we delve into the examination of growth mechanisms and surface topographies. It is additionally employed in LED, fluorescent, and various other luminous sources. The FESEM analysis of MCTC elucidates the manifestation of an extended dendritic growth pattern, which arises from the oscillation of the Mn and Cd metal ligands when connected by thiocyanate (SCN) bridges. The presence of three notable mounds exhibiting cavities within the multi-component thin film coating (MCTC) has been duly ascertained through the utilization of atomic force microscopy (AFM) imagery. The analysis of the histogram unveiled that the average diameter exhibited an augmentation concomitant with the alteration in the breadth of the distribution throughout the process of growth.

Keywords: bimetallic thiocyanate-bridged complexes; epifluorescence; histogram peaks; roughness analysis
Corresponding Authors: Sundararaj Cynthia, Department of Physics, Loyola College, Affiliated to the University of Madras, Chennai 600034, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail: ; and Manikandan Ayyar, Department of Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India; and Centre for Material Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: S. C., S. M., G. R., S. S. - Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing Original Draft, Writing- Review, Visualization. S. C., S. M., G. R., - Investigation, Supervision, Project administration, Writing- Editing. Y. S., M. A. A., A. B., S. K. J. - Resources, Project administration, Writing- Editing. M. V. A., A. K., M. A. - Conceptualization, Software, Resources, Investigation, Writing- Editing.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

  5. Data availability: Not applicable.

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Received: 2023-11-25
Accepted: 2024-01-15
Published Online: 2024-05-15
Published in Print: 2024-08-27

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https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2023-0536
Keywords for this article
bimetallic thiocyanate-bridged complexes; epifluorescence; histogram peaks; roughness analysis

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