Metal–metal bond in lanthanide single-molecule magnets

Abstract

This review surveys recent critical advances in lanthanide SMMs, highlighting the influences of metal–metal bonds on the magnetization dynamics.

Theoretical study of phenylbismuth anion as a blueprint for main-group single-molecule magnets

“…Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are molecular entities with a bistable magnetic ground state that displays slow relaxation of magnetization. [1][2][3][4][5][6] The possibility to manipulate the magnetic state at a microscopic level can lead to possible applications in fields such as quantum information processing. [7][8][9] The upper limit for the operational temperature of a SMM can be defined by the blocking temperature, below which the magnetization can be considered frozen within the timescale of the experiment.…”

From dinuclear to two-dimensional Dy(iii) complexes: single crystal–single crystal transformation and single-molecule magnetic behavior

“…[30][31][32] Most Dy 3+based MOFs are constructed using the ligands containing carboxyl and imidazole or using mixed ligands, 26,30 which usually possess low energy barriers due to the weak Dy 3+carboxyl/imidazole coordination bond and the absence of strong magnetic anisotropy. To improve the magnetic performances of the SMMs, 33,34 ligands with axial strong coordination groups are preferred, e.g. PhO À , Ph 3 SiO À , RO À , F À , OH À and R 3 PO.…”

Lanthanide Single‐molecule Magnets: Synthetic Strategy, Structures, Properties and Recent Advances

“…Up to now, plenty of Ln SMMs have been synthesized, implying that 4 f ions are perfect candidates to construct high performance SMMs [33,[35][36][37]50,52,[56][57][58][59][60] and many reviews are focused on the topic of Ln SMMs. [61][62][63] However, the research on Ln SMMs with different nuclear numbers and various novel topological structures is still rare. Different number of cores results various interesting topologies and magnetic structures, which is helpful to understand the correlation between structure and magnetic behavior, and further guide the synthesis of Ln SMMs with high energy barriers.…”