Unveiling new [1+1] Schiff-base macrocycles towards high energy-barrier hexagonal bipyramidal Dy(<scp>iii</scp>) single-molecule magnets
Alexandros S. Armenis, Arpan Mondal, S. R. Giblin, Catherine P. Raptopoulou, Vassilis Psycharis, Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos, Jinkui Tang, Richard A. Layfield, Theocharis C. Stamatatos
Abstract
Molecular engineering of the macrocycles’ donor atoms (LN6 vs LN3O3) has led to a mononuclear Dy III complex with hexagonal bipyramidal geometry and single-molecule magnet behavior with an effective energy barrier of 1300 K.
Topics & Concepts
Hexagonal crystal systemSchiff baseMagnetCrystallographyMoleculeMaterials scienceChemistryTrigonal bipyramidal molecular geometryNanotechnologyPhysicsCrystal structureOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsMagnetism in coordination complexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications