Volume 45, Issue 28 pp. 4659-4662
Communication

A Nonanuclear Dysprosium(III)–Copper(II) Complex Exhibiting Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior with Very Slow Zero-Field Relaxation

Christophe Aronica

Christophe Aronica

Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR 5615), Campus de La Doua, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 472-431-160

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Guillaume Pilet Dr.

Guillaume Pilet Dr.

Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR 5615), Campus de La Doua, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 472-431-160

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Guillaume Chastanet Dr.

Guillaume Chastanet Dr.

Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR 5615), Campus de La Doua, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 472-431-160

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Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Dr.

Wolfgang Wernsdorfer Dr.

Laboratoire Louis Néel, CNRS-BP 166, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France

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Jean-François Jacquot

Jean-François Jacquot

CEA-Grenoble, DRFMC, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France

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Dominique Luneau Prof.

Dominique Luneau Prof.

Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Laboratoire des Multimatériaux et Interfaces (UMR 5615), Campus de La Doua, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France, Fax: (+33) 472-431-160

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First published: 03 July 2006
Citations: 311

Supports from the “Région Rhône-Alpes”, Network of excellence MAGMANet (FP6-NMP3-CT-2005-515767-2) and “Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique” (LRC N° DSM-03-31) are gratefully acknowledged.

Graphical Abstract

Highly attractive: Features typical of a single-molecule magnet (that is, a high anisotropy barrier of 25 K, very slow zero-field relaxation, and a large coercive field of 15 kOe) are exhibited by a DyIIICuII nonanuclear complex, which was synthesized by using a Schiff base ligand. The picture shows the {DyCuO} core of the cluster (dark green Dy, light green Cu, red O) and low-temperature magnetization curves.

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