LCC
Overview
The research projects developed by the research group Molecular and Supramolecular Materials focus on the design of molecular organizations with workable chemical, physical and/or structural properties. Such features confer an identity to the chemical object that becomes material. Our approach towards supramolecular materials is based on the assembling of pre-formed molecular building blocks by the means of coordination chemistry or charge-assisted H-bonding.
At the interface between chemistry and physic, we take advantage of electronic properties (exchange interaction, magnetic anisotropy, luminescence) of transition or rare-earth ions coordination compounds to achieve magnetic materials such as Single Molecule Magnet (SMM) or Single Chain Magnet (SCM).
We explore also an original approach towards microporous solids using ionic hydrogen bonding as a cement for open 3D architectures.
Our works grow around three themes:
- Anisotropic magnetic materials (SMM, SCM),
- Multifunctional molecular magnets (multiferroic and magneto-optics),
- Porous supramolecular architectures.
Members of the team

SUTTER Jean-Pascal

BEREAU Virginie

BOUBADJOU Ines

DELAHAYE Emilie

DUHAYON Carine

GHEZLAOUI Katia

MARTINEZ Dylan

PICHON Céline

PINTO Loïc

ROQUES Nans

THARAKAN Femi

YAMAGUCHI Hironori

ZAHRADNIKOVA Eva
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Research topics
Anisotropic magnetic materials
Multifunctional molecular magnets
Supramolecular porous architectures
Team news
The circularly polarized luminescence and magnetic behavior of a molecule.
Published in Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020.
Publications
2023
Cyclic [Cu-biRadical]2 secondary building unit in 2p-3d and 2p-3d-4f Complexes: Crystal structure and magnetic properties
Wang X.-T., Huang X.-H., Song H.-W., Ma Y., Li L.-C., Sutter J.-P.
Molecules 2023, 28(6), 2514/1-13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28062514
https://hal.science/hal-04023710
Slow magnetic relaxation in a homoaxially phosphine oxide coordinated pentagonal bipyramidal Dy(iii) complex
Kalita P., Ahmed N., Moorthy S., Béreau V., Bar A. K., Kumar P., Nayak P., Sutter J.-P., Singh S. K., Chandrasekhar V.
Dalton Transactions 2023, 52(9), 2804-2815.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2DT03789K
https://hal.science/hal-04016194
Evidence of symmetry breaking in a Gd2 di-nuclear molecular polymer
Ekanayaka T. K., Jiang T., Delahaye E., Perez O., Sutter J.-P., Le D., N’Diaye A. T., Streubel R., Rahman T. S., Dowben P. A.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2023, 25(8), 6416-6423.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2CP03050K
https://hal.science/hal-04002458
Enhancing the magnetization blocking energy of biradical-metal system by merging discrete complexes into one-dimensional chains
Xie J., Han J., Huang X., Jin C.-Y., Li L., Sutter J.-P.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2023, 29(16), e202203852/1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203852
https://hal.science/hal-03992356
Homochiral SCM built of tetrahedral and pentagonal bipyramidal Fe(II) units bridged by chlorine
Jubault V., Pradines B., Pichon C., Suaud N., Duhayon C., Guihéry N., Sutter J.-P.
Crystal Growth & Design 2023, 23(2), 1229-1237.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01360
https://hal.science/hal-03981782
Pentagonal bipyramidal 3 d-metal complexes derived from a dimethylcarbamoyl-substituted pentadentate-[N3O2] ligand: Aiming for increased solubility
Jubault V., Genevois F., Pradines B., Cahier B., Jbeli W., Suaud N., Guihéry N., Duhayon C., Pichon C., Sutter J.-P.
ChemistrySelect 2023, 8(4), e202204935/1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202204935
https://hal.science/hal-03955461
2022
Blue-emitting ligand-mediated assembly of rare-earth MOFs toward white-light emission, sensing, magnetic, and catalytic studies
Manna K., Sutter J.-P., Natarajan S.
Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61(42), 16770-16785.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02611
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03846612
Cu-Ln complexes involving non-symmetrical ligands able to introduce asymmetric centres in the vicinity of Ln ions
Zohra Chiboub Fellah F., Duhayon C., Mallet-Ladeira S., Vendier L., Costes J.-P.
Polyhedron 2022, 224116015/1-9.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2022.116015
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03813018
Perspective: Molecular transistors as substitutes for quantum information applications
Dhingra A., Hu X. B., Borunda M. F., Johnson J. F., Binek C., Bird J., N’Diaye A. T., Sutter J.-P., Delahaye E., Switzer E. D., del Barco E., Rahman T. S., Dowben P. A.
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 2022, 34(44), 441501/1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ac8c11
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03790224
Modulation of the sorption characteristics for an H-bonded porous architecture by varying the chemical functionalization of the channel walls
Roques N., Tovar-Molle A., Duhayon C., Brandès S., Spieß A., Janiak C., Sutter J.-P.
Chemistry – A European Journal, 2022, 28(61), e202201935/1-10.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201935
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03767128
Rigid N3O2-pentadentate ligand-assisted octacoordinate mononuclear Ln(III) complexes: Syntheses, characterization, and slow magnetization relaxation
Singh V., Das D., Anga S., Sutter J.-P., Chandrasekhar V., Bar A. K.
ACS Omega 2022, 7(29), 25881-25890.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c03631
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03746500
A new nitronyl-nitroxide ligand for designing binuclear LnIII complexes: Syntheses, crystal structures, magnetic and EPR studies
Răducă M., Martins D. O. T. A., Spinu C. A., Hillebrand M., Tuna F., Ionita G., Mădălan A. M., Lecourt C., Sutter J.-P., Andruh M.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 2022(16), e202200128/1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200128
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03689254
Supramolecular heptanuclear Ln–Cu complexes involving nitronyl nitroxide biradicals: structure and magnetic behavior
Xi L., Jin C.-Y., Song H.-W., Wang X.-T., Li L.-C., Sutter J.-P.
Dalton Transactions 2022, 51(22), 6955-6963.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00220E
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03673824
Structural determinations and magnetic properties of a “chiral at metal” complex and its resulting [Cu–Ln]2 compounds
Costes J.-P., Duhayon C., Vendier L., Wernsdorfer W.
Dalton Transactions 2022, 51(7), 2805-2814.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1DT04249A
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03592049
Magnetic anisotropy of transition metal and lanthanide ions in pentagonal bipyramidal geometry
Sutter J.-P., Béreau V., Jubault V., Bretosh K., Pichon C., Duhayon C.
Chemical Society Reviews 2022, 51(8), 3280-3313.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D2CS00028H
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03673750
Structurally characterised new twisted conformer for cyclen, controlled by metal ion complexation as seen in NiII and CuII complexes with halides and pseudohalides
Verma A., Bhuvanesh N., Reibenspies J., Tayade S. B., Kumbhar A. S., Bretosh K., Sutter J.-P., Sunkari S. S.
CrystEngComm 2022, 24(1), 119-131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1CE01096D
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03509672
2021
Discrete versus 1D compounds based on pentagonal bipyramid coordination geometries: A matter of solubility?
Pichon C., Duhayon C., Delahaye E., Sutter J.-P.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 2021(48), 5112-5118.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100834
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03510193
Trinuclear cyanido-bridged [Cr2Fe] complexes: To be or not to be a single-molecule magnet, a matter of straightness
Pichon C., Suaud N., Jubault V., Duhayon C., Guihéry N., Sutter J.-P.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27(62), 15484-15495.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202102571
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03424346
A metal-radical hetero-tri-spin SCM with methyl–pyrazole–nitronyl nitroxide bridges
Huang X., Wang K., Han J., Xie J., Li L., Sutter J.-P.
Dalton Transactions 2021, 50(34), 11992-11998.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1DT02006D
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03361525
Octahedral hexachloro environment of Dy3+ with slow magnetic relaxation and luminescent properties
Benamara N., Diop M., Leuvrey C., Lenertz M., Gilliot P., Gallart M., Bolvin H., Setifi F., Rogez G., Rabu P., Delahaye E.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2021, 2021(22), 2099-2107.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100143
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03268319
Synthesis, crystal structure, magnetic, spectroscopic, and theoretical investigations of two new nitronyl-nitroxide complexes
Spinu C. A., Pichon C., Ionita G., Mocanu T., Calancea S., Raduca M., Sutter J.-P., Hillebrand M., Andruh M.
Journal of Coordination Chemistry 2021, 74(1-3), 279-293.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2021.1871900
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03188807
Stuffed tridymite structures: Synthesis, structure, second harmonic generation, optical, and multiferroic properties
Bhim A., Sutter J.-P., Gopalakrishnan J., Natarajan S.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2021, 27(6), 1995-2008.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202004078
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03241518
Accessing water processable cyanido bridged chiral heterobimetallic Co(II)–Fe(III) one dimensional network
Choudhury A., Pichon C., Sutter J.-P., Pamu D., Sarma B., Mudoi P. P., Gogoi N.
Chemical Communications 2021, 57(2), 207-210.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0CC05356B
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03131086
2020
Concomitant emergence of circularly polarized luminescence and single-molecule magnet behavior in chiral-at-metal Dy complex
El Rez B., Liu J., Béreau V., Duhayon C., Horino Y., Suzuki T., Coolen L., Sutter J.-P.
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2020, 7(22), 4527-4534.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0QI00919A
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03035601
Crystal structure and magnetic properties of Peacock–Weakley type polyoxometalates Na9[Ln(W5O18)2] (Ln = Tm, Yb): Rare Example of Tm(III) SMM
Mariichak O. Y., Kaabel S., Karpichev Y. A., Rozantsev G. M., Radio S. V., Pichon C., Bolvin H., Sutter J.-P.
Magnetochemistry 2020, 6(4), 53/1-14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry6040053
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02975464
Molybdenum(III) thiocyanate- and selenocyanate-based one-dimensional heteronuclear polymers: Coordination affinity-controlled assemblage of mixed spin and mixed valence derivatives with Ni(II) and Co(II/III)
Mousavi M., Duhayon C., Bretosh K., Béreau V., Sutter J. P.
Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59(11), 7603-7613.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00459
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02749318
Single-chain magnet behavior in a 2p–3d–4f spin array with a nitronyl nitroxide biradical
Sun J., Xie J., Li L., Sutter J. P.
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2020, 7(9), 1949-1956.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0QI00098A
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02569569
Pentagonal bipyramidal Ln(III) complexes containing an axial phosphine oxide ligand: Field-induced single-ion magnetism behavior of the Dy(III) analogues
Kalita P., Ahmed N., Bar A. K., Dey S., Jana A., Rajaraman G., Sutter J. P., Chandrasekhar V.
Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59(9), 6603-6612.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00751
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02565216
A ferromagnetic Ni(II)–Cr(III) single-chain magnet based on pentagonal bipyramidal building units
Bretosh K., Béreau V., Duhayon K., Pichon C., Sutter J. P.
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2020, 71503-1511.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI01489F
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02533614
Role of the main and auxiliary ligands in the nuclearity of Cu-Ln complexes
Costes J.-P., Rodriguez Douton M.-J., Shova S., Vendier L.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 2020(4), 382-393.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201901150
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02489672
2019
Mononuclear lanthanide complexes containing [O-O]-chelating sulfonylamidophosphate type ligands
Prytula-Kurkunova A. Y., Pichon C., Duhayon C., Amirkhanov V. M., Sutter J. P.
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2019, (42), 4592-4596.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201900976
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02367488
Controlled growth of Ag nanocrystals in a H-bonded open framework
Khodja W., Collière V., Kahn M. L., Roques N., Sutter J.-P.
Chemistry – A European Journal 2019, 25(60), 13705-13708.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201903684
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02338823
Contribution of 155Gd Mössbauer data to the study of the magnetic interaction in heterodinuclear 3d–Gd (3d = Cu, Ni) coordination complexes
Ayabe T., Costes J.-P., Vendier L., Geist A., Takeda M., Takahashi M.
Dalton Transactions 2019, 48(20), 6872-6878.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9DT01336A
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02330528
Effects of the exchange coupling on dynamic properties in a series of CoGdCo complexes
Costes J.-P., Novitchi G., Vieru V., Chibotaru L. F., Duhayon C., Vendier L., Majoral J.-P., Wernsdorfer W.
Inorganic Chemistry 2019, 58(1), 756-768.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02921
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01991167
Improved single-chain-magnet behavior in a biradical-based nitronyl nitroxide-Cu–Dy chain
Xie J., Li H.-D., Yang M., Sun J., Li L.-C., Sutter J.-P.
Chemical Communications 2019, 55(23), 3398-3401.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9CC00570F
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02140754
Template directed synthesis of half condensed Schiff base complexes of Cu(II) and Co(III): Structural and magnetic studies
Pandey P., Verma A., Bretosh K., Sutter J.-P., Sunkari S. S.
Polyhedron 2019, 164, 80-89.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.02.037
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02140510
Use of 155Gd, 151Eu, 166Er Mössbauer spectroscopy to characterize heterodinuclear Ln–Ln′ complexes
Costes J.-P., Nicodème F., Ayabe T., Takeda M., Takahashi M.
Polyhedron 2019, 174, 114154/1-6.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2019.114154
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02445240
Influence of ancillary ligands and solvents on the nuclearity of Ni–Ln complexes
Costes J.-P., Mallet-Ladeira S., Vendier L., Maurice R., Wernsdorfer W.
Dalton Transactions 2019, 48(10), 3404-3414.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9DT00370C
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02063674
Alumnae
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Permanent staff
Maritie Garnier (2018-2019)
Dr. Jean-Pierre Costes (2013)
Post-docs and ATER
Constance Lecourt (01/2021- 06/2021)
Mathilde Boce (12/2018-05/2019)
Raphaël Nougue (02/2018-01/2019)
Arun Bar (2013-2015)
Fatéma Chiboub (06/2010-08/2010 et 11/2010-12/2010)
Nayan Gogoi (2009-2011)
Nicolas Bréfuel (2006-2007)
Venkatakrishnan Thengarai (2005-2007)
Franck Thetiot (2005-2007)
PhD students (year of PhD defensis)
Valentin Jubault (2022)
Kateryna Bretosh (2019)
Walid Khodja (2019)
Marion Gualino-Tamonino (2015)
Bahjat El Rez (2015)
Mahmoud Maksoud (2013)
Georges Mouchaham (2012)
Maliheh Mousavi (2011)
Julie Milon (2008)
M2 students
Yuliia Oleski (2022)
Femi Tharakan (2022)
François Genevois (2022)
Anthony Tovar-Molle (2019)
Akane Okunage (2019)
Andrii Zhluktar (2018)
Dominique Stein (2016)
Rana Hamze (2016)
Mehrez Thlijeni (2012)
Bahjat Elrez (2011)
Georges Mouchaham (2009)
Mohammad El Ezzi (2009)
Cyril Tinguely (2005)
M1 students
Maxime Provost (2021)
Samy Aïssou (2019)
Anthony Tovar-Molle (2018)
Karisma Patel (2017)
Shinozuke Miyamoto (2017)
Ayaka Sera (2013)
Hamza Alkhazraji (2009)
Sébastien Dehrs (2009)
L1-L3 students
Antonin Dufour (2022)
Mary Tabut (2021)
Sébastien Dehrs (2007 et 2008)
Damien Villenave (2007)
Elias Castel (2007)
Mélanie Bousquet (2007)
Komla Ako (2007)
Mélanie Ferrié (2006)
Visiting scholar
Bohuslav Drahoš (2022)
Wejden Jbebli (2020)
Souhir Haddaoui (2020)
Cristiab Spinu (2020)
Mihai Raduca (2020)
Djaafar Meziani (2016)
Angelina Pritula (2014 et 2015)
Monia Hamdouni (2011 et 2012)
Traian Pasatoiu (2008 et 2009)
Emi Evangelio (2006 et 2008)
LCC
Laboratoire de chimie de coordination du CNRS
205 route de Narbonne, BP 44099
31077 Toulouse cedex 4
France