Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior in a Fe<sub>12</sub>Sm<sub>4</sub> Cluster

Yong‐Fei Zeng, Guan‐Cheng Xu, Xin Hu, Zhuo Chen, Xian‐He Bu, Song Gao, E. Carolina Sañudo

Inorganic Chemistry · 2010 · 87 citations · 37 references

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Abstract

Through the combination of Sm(III) spin carriers with a Fe(III) system, the largest Fe-Ln cluster so far has been synthesized. To our knowledge, the new complex, Fe(12)Sm(4), is the first Sm(III) single-molecule magnet. Furthermore, Fe(12)La(4) and Fe(12)Gd(4) have also been synthesized to help understand the magnetic exchange interactions and origin of magnetic anisotropy in Fe(12)Sm(4).

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