Lanthanide discs chill well and relax slowly

Joseph W. Sharples, Yan‐Zhen Zheng, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. McInnes, David Collison

Chemical Communications · 2011 · 270 citations · 24 references

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The synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of two isostructural heptametallic lanthanide discs are reported, showing single molecule magnet (SMM) behaviour with a large energy barrier for the dysprosium analogue and a large magnetocaloric effect (MCE) for the gadolinium analogue.

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