Magnetization relaxation dynamics of a rare coordinatively unsaturated Co(II) complex: experimental and theoretical
Chinmoy Das1, Amaleswari Rasamsetty2, Shalini Tripathi2
1Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, Maharashtra, India. eswar@chem.iitb.ac.in and Current address: AIST-Kyoto University Chemical Energy Materials Open Innovation Laboratory (ChEM-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
A robust and unusual three coordinate Co(ii) complex [Li(DME)3][Co(L)3] (1, where L = Lithium (2,6-diisopropylphenyl) amide and DME = Dimethoxyethane) shows easy plane magnetic anisotropy (D) which is validated by variable temperature X-band EPR studies. 1 also registered with the largest anisotropic barrier (51.1 K, τ0 = 1.98 × 10-8 s; Hdc ≠ 0) to the magnetization reversal among the three coordinate Co(ii) complexes. The role of its geometry on the SH parameters and the experimental observations are rationalized by theoretical calculations including the origin of magnetic anisotropy.
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