Five nitronyl nitroxide biradical-CoII–LnIII heterodinuclear complexes were achieved and the DyCo derivative displayed visible temperature/frequency-dependent χ′′ peaks, indicating the SMM behavior.

Taking advantage of a nitronyl nitroxide radical ligand 8-QNNIT (1) (8-quinolyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-imidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide) and the Ln(hfac)32H2O (LnIII = Tb 2 and Dy 3; hfac = hexafiuoroacetylacetonate), two Ln-radical one-dimensional chains [Ln(hfac)3(8-QNNIT)]n were...

A family of 3d–4f heterometallic ring-shaped clusters on the basis of a nitrogen-rich nitronyl nitroxide radical have been obtained, and they feature polyfunctionality including magnetic properties, thermodynamics and luminescence behavior.

A nitronyl nitroxide biradical with a capping N-donor group was discovered to improve single-molecule-magnet behavior of the Dy-biradical cluster, generating a magnetic reversal barrier of 146 K. As far as we know, the effective energy barrier of the Dy compound is largest in the nitronyl nitroxide 4f system by far.