Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are a mixture of environmentally benign and inexpensive compounds, that - when combined - yield liquids at room temperature. Akin to ionic liquids, DES have been used as functional solvents in extractions, electrodepositions and synthetic chemistry. Cyclodextrins are large, cyclic molecules, which are hydrophilic on the outside and hydrophobic inside; their cavities are particularly suited to selectively capture molecules through noncovalent host−guest interactions (superamolecular chemistry). This study looks into the structure...

This proposal is to explore the magnetic ordering present in a family of two-dimensional ternary metal chalcogenides Fe2Ga2S5 and Mn2Ga2S5 containing Fe2+ and Mn2+ ions arranged in unusual puckered hexagonal nets arising from a bilayer of triangular nets with coupling provided by sulfide ions. Neutron diffraction will be key to deducing experimentally the nature of the magnetic ordering.