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Slow magnetic relaxation and field-induced metamagnetism in nitronyl nitroxide-Dy(III) magnetic chains
Xiufeng Wang1, Yungai Li, Peng Hu
1Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Metal and Molecule-based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. llicun@nankai.edu.cn.
Abstract:
The combination of lanthanide ions and nitronyl nitroxide radicals resulted in four new Ln-radical one-dimensional compounds, namely, [Ln(hfac)3{NIT-Ph(OMe)2}]n(Ln(III) = Sm (1), Eu (2), Gd (3), Dy (4); hfac = hexafluoroacetylacetonate; NIT-Ph(OMe)2 = 2-(2',4'-dimethoxyphenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl-1-oxyl-3-oxide). The four complexes were found to be isomorphous and exhibit nitronyl nitroxide radicals-bridged lanthanides linear chains. DC magnetic susceptibilities show that the directly bonded nitronyl nitroxide interacts ferromagnetically with Gd and Dy ions. The Dy complex exhibits three-step metamagnetism and frequency-dependent ac magnetic susceptibilities, indicating single-chain magnet behavior. This work shows that the magnetic behaviors of one-dimensional Ln-nitronyl nitroxide chains can be fine tuned by the substituents of the radicals.
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