Volume 129, Issue 34 pp. 10237-10241
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A Trinuclear Radical-Bridged Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnet

Colin A. Gould

Colin A. Gould

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA

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Lucy E. Darago

Lucy E. Darago

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA

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Miguel I. Gonzalez

Miguel I. Gonzalez

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA

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Prof. Dr. Selvan Demir

Prof. Dr. Selvan Demir

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

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Prof. Dr. Jeffrey R. Long

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey R. Long

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720 USA

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First published: 03 February 2017
Citations: 31

Abstract

Assembly of the triangular, organic radical-bridged complexes Cp*6Ln33-HAN) (Cp*=pentamethylcyclopentadienyl; Ln=Gd, Tb, Dy; HAN=hexaazatrinaphthylene) proceeds through the reaction of Cp*2Ln(BPh4) with HAN under strongly reducing conditions. Significantly, magnetic susceptibility measurements of these complexes support effective magnetic coupling of all three LnIII centers through the HAN3−. radical ligand. Thorough investigation of the DyIII congener through both ac susceptibility and dc magnetic relaxation measurements reveals slow relaxation of the magnetization, with an effective thermal relaxation barrier of Ueff=51 cm−1. Magnetic coupling in the DyIII complex enables a large remnant magnetization at temperatures up to 3.0 K in the magnetic hysteresis measurements and hysteresis loops that are open at zero-field up to 3.5 K.

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