Cover Picture: Dynamic Magnetic and Optical Insight into a High Performance Pentagonal Bipyramidal DyIII Single-Ion Magnet (Chem. Eur. J. 24/2017)

Polycationic Mn12Single-Molecule Magnets as Electron Reservoirs withS>10 Ground States

Electronic and Magnetic Study of Polycationic Mn-12 Single-Molecule Magnets with a Ground Spin State S=11

International audience; The preparation, magnetic characterization, and X-ray structures of two polycationic Mn-12 single-molecule magnets (Mn12O12(bet)(16)(EtOH)(4)](PF6)(14)center dot 4CH(3)CN center dot H2O (1) and [Mn12O12(bet)(16)(EtOH)(3)(H2O)](PF6)(13)(OH)center dot 6CH(3)CN center dot EtOH center dot H2O (2) (bet = betaine = (CH3)(3)N+-CH2-CO2-) are reported. 1 crystallizes in the centrosymmetric P2/cspace group and presents a (0:2:0:2) arrangement of the EtOH molecules in its structure. 2 crystallizes in the noncentrosymmetric P (4) over bar space group with two distinct Mn-12 polycations, [Mn12O12(bet)(16)(EtOH)(2)(H2O)(2)](14+) (2A) and [Mn12O12(bet)(16)(EtOH)(4)](14+)(2B) per un…

Titelbild: Cyanide-Bridged Iron(III)–Cobalt(II) Double Zigzag Ferromagnetic Chains: Two New Molecular Magnetic Nanowires (Angew. Chem. 13/2003)

Field-Induced Hysteresis and Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization in a Mononuclear Manganese(III) Complex

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Dynamic Magnetic and Optical Insight into a High Performance Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet

The pentagonal bipyramidal single-ion magnets (SIMs) are among the most attractive prototypes of high-performance single-molecule magnets (SMMs). Here, a fluorescence-active phosphine oxide ligand CyPh2PO (=cyclohexyl(diphenyl)phosphine oxide) was introduced into [Dy(CyPh2PO)2(H2O)5]Br3⋅2 (CyPh2PO)⋅EtOH⋅3 H2O, and combined dynamic magnetic measurement, optical characterization, ab initio calculation, and magneto-optical correlation of this high-performance pseudo-D5h DyIII SIM with large Ueff (508(2) K) and high magnetic hysteresis temperature (19 K) were performed. This work provides a deeper insight into the rational design of promising molecular magnets.

Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Mononuclear Manganese(III)-Porphyrin Complex

We report on a novel manganese(III)-porphyrin complex with the formula [Mn(III) (TPP)(3,5-Me2 pyNO)2 ]ClO4 ⋅CH3 CN (2; 3,5-Me2 pyNO=3,5-dimethylpyridine N-oxide, H2 TPP=5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin), in which the Mn(III) ion is six-coordinate with two monodentate 3,5-Me2 pyNO molecules and a tetradentate TPP ligand to build a tetragonally elongated octahedral geometry. The environment in 2 is responsible for the large and negative axial zero-field splitting (D=-3.8 cm(-1) ), low rhombicity (E/|D|=0.04) of the high-spin Mn(III) ion, and, ultimately, for the observation of slow magnetic-relaxation effects (Ea =15.5 cm(-1) at H=1000 G) in this rare example of a manganese-based single-ion ma…

Cyanide-bridged iron(III)-cobalt(II) double zigzag ferromagnetic chains: two new molecular magnetic nanowires.

and opened the perspective of a potential useof 1D magnetic molecular nanowires for information storage.Even though 1D magnetism is a very active area of research,such dynamic behavior was never detected before since it isnot clear how to fulfill experimentally the requirements of aperfect 1D Ising-type chain. This finding prompted us to lookcarefully at 1D systems containing anisotropic elements,suchas cobalt(ii) and low-spin iron(iii) centers that we synthesizedrecently,

Molecular Engineering To Control the Magnetic Interaction between Single-Chain Magnets Assembled in a Two-Dimensional Network

International audience; Two two-dimensional (2D) systems having the formula [{Fe-III(dmbpy)(CN)(4)}(2)(CoL)-L-II](n) [L = pyetNO (1), tvpNO (2)] and consisting of single-chain magnets connected through organic ligands (L) have been prepared, and their magnetic properties have been investigated. The overall magnetic behavior depends on the capacity of the organic pillars to transmit long-range magnetic interactions. 1 is the first example of a 2D compound exhibiting double relaxation of the magnetization, whereas 2 behaves as a metamagnet.

Dynamic Magnetic and Optical Insight into a High Performance Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet

The pentagonal bipyramidal single-ion magnets (SIMs) are among the most attractive prototypes of high-performance single-molecule magnets (SMMs). Here, a fluorescence-active phosphine oxide ligand CyPh2PO (=cyclohexyl(diphenyl)phosphine oxide) was introduced into [Dy(CyPh2PO)2(H2O)5]Br3⋅2 (CyPh2PO)⋅EtOH⋅3 H2O, and combined dynamic magnetic measurement, optical characterization, ab initio calculation, and magneto-optical correlation of this high-performance pseudo-D5h DyIII SIM with large Ueff (508(2) K) and high magnetic hysteresis temperature (19 K) were performed. This work provides a deeper insight into the rational design of promising molecular magnets. peerReviewed

Cover Picture: Cyanide-Bridged Iron(III)–Cobalt(II) Double Zigzag Ferromagnetic Chains: Two New Molecular Magnetic Nanowires (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2003)

Electroburning of few-layer graphene flakes, epitaxial graphene, and turbostratic graphene discs in air and under vacuum

Graphene-based electrodes are very promising for molecular electronics and spintronics. Here we report a systematic characterization of the electroburning (EB) process, leading to the formation of nanometer-spaced gaps, on different types of few-layer graphene (namely mechanically exfoliated graphene on SiO2, graphene epitaxially grown on the C-face of SiC and turbostratic graphene discs deposited on SiO2) under air and vacuum conditions. The EB process is found to depend on both the graphene type and on the ambient conditions. For the mechanically exfoliated graphene, performing EB under vacuum leads to a higher yield of nanometer-gap formation than working in air. Conversely, for graphene…

Synthesis and characterization of a new family of bi-, tri-, tetra-, and pentanuclear ferric complexes.

Nine members of a new family of polynuclear ferric complexes have been synthesized and characterized. The reaction of Fe(O(2)CMe)(2) with polydentate Schiff base proligands (H(2)L) derived from salicylidene-2-ethanolamine, followed in some cases by reaction with carboxylic acids, has afforded new complexes of general formulas [Fe(2)(pic)(2)(L)(2)] (where pic(-) is the anion of 2-picolinic acid), [Fe(3)(O(2)CMe)(3)(L)(3)], [Fe(4)(OR)(2)(O(2)CMe)(2)(L)(4)], and [Fe(5)O(OH)(O(2)CR)(4)(L)(4)]. The tri-, tetra-, and pentanuclear complexes all possess unusual structures and novel core topologies. Mössbauer spectroscopy confirms the presence of high-spin ferric centers in the tri- and pentanuclear…

Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Six-Coordinate Mononuclear Cobalt(II) Complex with a Positive Anisotropy

International audience; The novel mononuclear Co(II) complex cis-[Co-II(dmphen)(2)(NCS)(2)]center dot 0.25EtOH (1) (dmphen = 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) features a highly rhombically distorted octahedral environment that is responsible for the strong positive axial and rhombic magnetic anisotropy of the high-spin Co-II ion (D = +98 cm(-1) and E = +8.4 cm(-1)). Slow magnetic relaxation effects were observed for 1 in the presence of a dc magnetic field, constituting the first example of field-induced single-molecule magnet behavior in a mononuclear six-coordinate Co(II) complex with a transverse anisotropy energy barrier.

Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co (II)–Y (III) Single‐Ion Magnet with Positive Axial Zero‐Field Splitting

This work was supported by the MINECO (Spain) (Project CTQ2011-24478), the Junta de Andalucía (FQM-195 and Project of excellence P08-FQM-03705), and the University of Granada. E.R. and E.Cr. thank MINECO grant No. CTQ2011-23862-C02-01 and Generalitat de Catalunya grant No. 2009SGR-1459, for financial support. We would like to thank Prof. Liviu Chibotaru for providing us the SINGLE_ANISO program and Dr. Andrew Ozarowski for the EPR simulation software. E.K.B. thanks the EPSRC and Leverhulme Trust for financial support. The NHMFL is funded by the NSF, DoE, and the state of Florida. J.C. acknowledges financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through projects CTQ2010-1…

Slow Magnetization Relaxation in a 1-D Double-Chain Coordination Polymer Composed of {Dy<sup>III</sup> <sub>4</sub>} Repeating Units

The "unsuccessful" synthesis of the non-commercially available 'Dy(O2CPh)3' precursor from the stoichiomet- ric reaction of Dy(NO3)3·5H2O with 3 equivalents of NaO2CPh in MeCN/H2O has led instead to the "successful" isolation and structural characterization of the 1-D coordination polymer (Dy4(O2CPh)12(H2O)8)n·2n(PhCO2H)·n(MeCN) (1·2n(PhCO2H)·n(MeCN)) in excellent yields (~90%). The one-dimensional double-chain structure of 1 was resulted from the linkage of two parallel chains by syn,anti-� 1 :� 1 :μ PhCO2 - groups. The lattice structure of 1 is further extended to a 2-D network through hydrogen bonding and - stacking interactions. The observation of out-of-phase (� �� M) ac susceptibility…

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