Computational design of magnetic molecules and their environment using quantum chemistry, machine learning and multiscale simulations

A Lunghi, S Sanvito - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Having served as a playground for fundamental studies on the physics of d and f electrons
for almost a century, magnetic molecules are now becoming increasingly important for …

Endohedral metallofullerene molecular nanomagnets

Z Hu, S Yang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic lanthanide (Ln) metal complexes exhibiting magnetic bistability can behave as
molecular nanomagnets, also known as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), suitable for …

The OpenMolcas Web: A Community-Driven Approach to Advancing Computational Chemistry

G Li Manni, I Fdez. Galván, A Alavi… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The developments of the open-source OpenMolcas chemistry software environment since
spring 2020 are described, with a focus on novel functionalities accessible in the stable …

Unraveling the contributions to spin–lattice relaxation in kramers single-molecule magnets

S Mondal, A Lunghi - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022 - ACS Publications
The study of how spin interacts with lattice vibrations and relaxes to equilibrium provides
unique insights into its chemical environment and the relation between electronic structure …

Analysis of vibronic coupling in a 4f molecular magnet with FIRMS

JGC Kragskow, J Marbey, CD Buch, J Nehrkorn… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Vibronic coupling, the interaction between molecular vibrations and electronic states, is a
fundamental effect that profoundly affects chemical processes. In the case of molecular …

Toward exact predictions of spin-phonon relaxation times: An ab initio implementation of open quantum systems theory

A Lunghi - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Spin-phonon coupling is the main driver of spin relaxation and decoherence in solid-state
semiconductors at finite temperature. Controlling this interaction is a central problem for …

High-temperature magnetic blocking in a monometallic dysprosium azafullerene single-molecule magnet

Z Hu, Y Wang, A Ullah, GM Gutiérrez-Finol… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) showing magnetic blocking near or above liquid nitrogen
temperature have recently been achieved by inducing exceptionally strong and axial crystal …

Intramolecular bridging strategies to suppress two-phonon Raman spin relaxation in dysprosocenium single-molecule magnets

JK Staab, MK Rahman, NF Chilton - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Dy (III) bis-cyclopentadienyl (Cp) sandwich compounds exhibit extremely strong single-ion
magnetic anisotropy which imbues them with magnetic memory effects such as magnetic …

Analytic linear vibronic coupling method for first-principles spin-dynamics calculations in single-molecule magnets

JK Staab, NF Chilton - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Accurate modeling of vibronically driven magnetic relaxation from ab initio calculations is of
paramount importance to the design of next-generation single-molecule magnets (SMMs) …

Dipolar Coupling as a Mechanism for Fine Control of Magnetic States in ErCOT-Alkyl Molecular Magnets

MG Bernbeck, AP Orlova, JD Hilgar… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design of molecular magnets has progressed greatly by taking advantage of the ability
to impart successive perturbations and control vibronic transitions in 4f n systems through …