Review of purely 4f and mixed-metal nd-4f single-molecule magnets containing only one lanthanide ion

Luminescence and Single‐Molecule‐Magnet Behaviour in Lanthanide Coordination Complexes Involving Benzothiazole‐Based Tetrathiafulvalene Ligands

“…The solvent was evaporated. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography with CS 2 /CH 2 The mixture was stirred for 20 min, and then n-hexane (30 mL) was layered on top of the CHCl 2 at room temperature in the dark. Slow diffusion followed by slow evaporation led to purple single crystals (sticks), which were suitable for X-ray studies.…”

“…Lanthanide ions are fascinating elements and are used extensively in the design of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) [1][2][3][4] and luminescent molecular materials. [5][6][7] The origin of this keen interest comes from their particular magnetic characteristics (high magnetic moments and strong magnetic anisotropy) and specific luminescence.…”

Mixed valence copper–sulfur clusters of highest nuclearity: a Cu8 wheel and a Cu16 nanoball

“…In addition to these biological roles, the synthetic high-nuclearity metal clusters are of current research interest owing to their use as nanomaterials, catalysts, 3 and single-molecule magnets. 4 The bis-cysteine-S bridged binuclear CuA site is a well-recognized electron transfer agent in biology, found in the enzymes cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) 5 and nitrous oxide reductase (N2OR). 6 CcO catalytically reduces O2→H2O during respiration while the latter (N2OR) catalytically reduces N2O→N2 during denitrification.…”

Magnetic surfactants

“…However, if some kind of magnetic exchange interaction does occur between metal centres (below the Curie temperature), then investigating mixed surfactant systems with non-identical magnetic ions would be especially interesting. The role of surfactant in controlling molecular packing should have a particularly useful knock-on effect of altering the intermolecular magnetic interactions and overall behavior of the system in a way not possible via crystallization or by using conventional (non-self-aggregating) molecular magnets [93]. In addition gemini surfactants may be considered as novel dimeric molecular magnets with the ultimate conclusion being magnetic polymers similar to those introduced above.…”