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Single-molecule magnet behaviour in a Dy(iii) pentagonal bipyramidal complex with a quasi-linear Cl-Dy-Cl sequence
Jérôme Long1, Alexander N Selikhov, Ekaterina Mamontova
1Institut Charles Gerhardt, Equipe Ingénierie Moléculaire et Nano-Objets, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. jerome.long@umontpellier.fr.
Abstract:
We report the synthesis and magnetic investigation of a dysprosium pentagonal bipyramidal complex [Dy(THF)5Cl2][BPh4] (1) exhibiting a linear Cl-Dy-Cl sequence suitable for providing a coordination environment allowing a zero-field slow relaxation of the magnetization. Besides, the complex also shows dual luminescence originating from [BPh4]- and Dy3+.
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