Towards single molecule switches

JL Zhang, JQ Zhong, JD Lin, WP Hu, K Wu… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The concept of using single molecules as key building blocks for logic gates, diodes and
transistors to perform basic functions of digital electronic devices at the molecular scale has …

Strategies to quench quantum tunneling of magnetization in lanthanide single molecule magnets

A Swain, T Sharma, G Rajaraman - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Enhancing blocking temperature (TB) is one of the holy grails in Single Molecule Magnets
(SMMs), as any future potential application in this class of molecules is directly correlated to …

Strong Axiality and Ising Exchange Interaction Suppress Zero-Field Tunneling of Magnetization of an Asymmetric Dy2 Single-Molecule Magnet

YN Guo, GF Xu, W Wernsdorfer, L Ungur… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The high axiality and Ising exchange interaction efficiently suppress quantum tunneling of
magnetization of an asymmetric dinuclear DyIII complex, as revealed by combined …

Series of Isostructural Planar Lanthanide Complexes [LnIII43-OH)2(mdeaH)2(piv)8] with Single Molecule Magnet Behavior for the Dy4 Analogue

G Abbas, Y Lan, GE Kostakis, W Wernsdorfer… - Inorganic …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A series of five isostructural tetranuclear lanthanide complexes of formula [Ln4 (μ3-OH) 2
(mdeaH) 2 (piv) 8],(mdeaH2= N-methyldiethanolamine; piv= pivalate; Ln= Tb (1), Dy (2), Ho …

Heterometallic [Mn5‐Ln4] Single‐Molecule Magnets with High Anisotropy Barriers

V Mereacre, AM Ako, R Clérac… - … A European Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of [Mn6O2 (Piv) 10 (4‐Me‐py) 2.5 (PivH) 1.5](1)(py: pyridine, Piv: pivilate) with
N‐methyldiethanolamine (mdeaH2) and Ln (NO3) 3⋅ 6 H2O in MeCN leads to a series of …

What controls the sign and magnitude of magnetic anisotropy in tetrahedral cobalt (II) single-ion magnets?

S Vaidya, S Tewary, SK Singh, SK Langley… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A family of mononuclear tetrahedral cobalt (II) thiourea complexes,[Co (L1) 4](NO3) 2 (1)
and [Co (L x) 4](ClO4) 2 where x= 2 (2), 3 (3), 4 (4)(where L1= thiourea, L2= 1, 3 …

What do 3d-4f butterflies tell us?

Y Peng, AK Powell - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The most studied examples of 3d-4f based single molecule magnets (SMMs) and their
coordination cluster counterparts is that of the 3d-4f butterfly systems which provide a test …

Controlled association of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) into coordination networks: towards a new generation of magnetic materials

IR Jeon, R Clérac - Dalton transactions, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of molecular magnetism has rapidly expanded since the discovery of single-
molecule magnets (SMMs) at the beginning of the 1990s. Numerous SMMs have been …

Two-Dimensional Networks Based on Mn4 Complex Linked by Dicyanamide Anion:  From Single-Molecule Magnet to Classical Magnet Behavior

H Miyasaka, K Nakata, L Lecren… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Three two-dimensional (2D) network compounds based on MnIII/MnII tetranuclear single-
molecule magnets (SMMs) connected by dicyanamide (dcn-) linkers have been …

Coordination-perturbed single-molecule magnet behaviour of mononuclear dysprosium complexes

GJ Chen, CY Gao, JL Tian, J Tang, W Gu, X Liu… - Dalton …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
By changing the ratio of reactants, two mononuclear Dy complexes,[Dy (phen)(acac) 3](1)
and [Dy (phen) 2 (NO3) 2 (acac)]· H2O (2) have been synthesized and structurally …