1. A Stable Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet with a Record Magnetization Reversal Barrier over 1000 K
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Liviu Ungur, Veacheslav Vieru, Yan-Cong Chen, Jiang Liu, Ming-Liang Tong, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Jian-Hua Jia, Jun-Liang Liu, Yanhua Lan, Xiao-Ming Chen, Liviu F. Chibotaru, Song Gao, Institute for Infocomm Research - I²R [Singapore], Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (CRPP), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry (INPAC), Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Division of Quantum and Chemistry, Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Geeorg-August Universität, Circuits électroniques quantiques Alpes (QuantECA ), Institut Néel (NEEL), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Norwegian University of Science and Technology [Trondheim] (NTNU), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Sun Yat-Sen University [Guangzhou] (SYSU)
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[PHYS]Physics [physics] ,Condensed matter physics ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,Relaxation (NMR) ,General Chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,Magnetic hysteresis ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,0104 chemical sciences ,Magnetization ,Magnetic anisotropy ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,Pentagonal bipyramidal molecular geometry ,Excited state ,Magnet ,Anisotropy ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with a large spin reversal barrier have been recognized to exhibit slow magnetic relaxation that can lead to a magnetic hysteresis loop. Synthesis of highly stable SMMs with both large energy barriers and significantly slow relaxation times is challenging. Here, we report two highly stable and neutral Dy(III) classical coordination compounds with pentagonal bipyramidal local geometry that exhibit SMM behavior. Weak intermolecular interactions in the undiluted single crystals are first observed for mononuclear lanthanide SMMs by micro-SQUID measurements. The investigation of magnetic relaxation reveals the thermally activated quantum tunneling of magnetization through the third excited Kramers doublet, owing to the increased axial magnetic anisotropy and weaker transverse magnetic anisotropy. As a result, pronounced magnetic hysteresis loops up to 14 K are observed, and the effective energy barrier (Ueff = 1025 K) for relaxation of magnetization reached a breakthrough among the SMMs.
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- 2016
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