Enhancing the effective energy barrier of a Dy(iii) SMM using a bridged diamagnetic Zn(ii) ion

Apoorva Upadhyay, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Chinmoy Das, Ranajit Mondol, Stuart K. Langley, Keith S. Murray, Gopalan Rajaraman, Maheswaran Shanmugam

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Abstract

Field induced single-molecule-magnet behaviour is observed for both a heterodinuclear [ZnDy(L-)2]3+ complex (1) and a mononuclear [Dy(HL)2]3+ complex (2), with effective energy barriers of 83 cm-1 and 16 cm-1, respectively. Insights into the relaxation mechanism(s) and barrier heights are provided via ab initio and DFT calculations. Our findings reveal an interesting observation that the Ueff of SMMs can be enhanced by incorporating diamagnetic metal ions. This journal is

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)8838-8841
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Communications
Volume50
Issue number64
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 18 2014

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