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Enhancement of TbIII-CuII Single-molecule magnet performance through structural modification

Enhancement of TbIII-CuII Single-molecule magnet performance through structural modification
Enhancement of TbIII-CuII Single-molecule magnet performance through structural modification
We report a series of 3d–4f complexes {Ln2Cu3(H3L)2Xn} (X=OAc¢, Ln=Gd, Tb or X=NO3 ¢, Ln=Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) using the 2,2’-(propane-1,3-diyldiimino)bis[2 (hydroxylmethyl)propane-1,3-diol] (H6L) pro-ligand. All complexes, except that in which Ln=Gd, show slow magnetic
relaxation in zero applied dc field. A remarkable improvement of the energy barrier to reorientation of the magnetisationin the {Tb2Cu3(H3L)2Xn} complexes is seen by changing the auxiliary ligands (X=OAc¢ for NO3 ¢). This leads to thelargest reported relaxation barrier in zero applied dc field for a Tb/Cu-based single-molecule magnet. Ab initio CASSCF calculations performed on mononuclear TbIII models are employed to understand the increase in energy barrier and the calculations suggest that the difference stems from a change in the TbIII coordination environment (C4v versus Cs)
0947-6539
12839-12848
Heras Ojea, María José
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Milway, Victoria A.
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Heras Ojea, María José, Milway, Victoria A., Velmurugan, Gunasekaran, Thomas, Lynne H., Coles, Simon, Wilson, Claire, Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang, Rajaraman, Gopalan and Murrie, Mark (2016) Enhancement of TbIII-CuII Single-molecule magnet performance through structural modification. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22 (36), 12839-12848. (doi:10.1002/chem.201601971).

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Abstract

We report a series of 3d–4f complexes {Ln2Cu3(H3L)2Xn} (X=OAc¢, Ln=Gd, Tb or X=NO3 ¢, Ln=Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) using the 2,2’-(propane-1,3-diyldiimino)bis[2 (hydroxylmethyl)propane-1,3-diol] (H6L) pro-ligand. All complexes, except that in which Ln=Gd, show slow magnetic
relaxation in zero applied dc field. A remarkable improvement of the energy barrier to reorientation of the magnetisationin the {Tb2Cu3(H3L)2Xn} complexes is seen by changing the auxiliary ligands (X=OAc¢ for NO3 ¢). This leads to thelargest reported relaxation barrier in zero applied dc field for a Tb/Cu-based single-molecule magnet. Ab initio CASSCF calculations performed on mononuclear TbIII models are employed to understand the increase in energy barrier and the calculations suggest that the difference stems from a change in the TbIII coordination environment (C4v versus Cs)

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Accepted/In Press date: 27 April 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 August 2016
Organisations: Characterisation and Analytics, Organic Chemistry: SCF

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Local EPrints ID: 402097
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/402097
ISSN: 0947-6539
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ORCID for Simon Coles: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8414-9272

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Author: María José Heras Ojea
Author: Victoria A. Milway
Author: Gunasekaran Velmurugan
Author: Lynne H. Thomas
Author: Simon Coles ORCID iD
Author: Claire Wilson
Author: Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
Author: Gopalan Rajaraman
Author: Mark Murrie

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