Linear trinuclear Zn(II)-Ce(III)-Zn(II) complex which behaves as a single-molecule magnet

Shiori Hino; Moe Maeda; Kei Yamashita; Yumiko Kataoka; Motohiro Nakano; Tomoo Yamamura; Hiroyuki Nojiri; Maiko Kofu; Osamu Yamamuro; Takashi Kajiwara

doi:10.1039/c2dt32812g

Linear trinuclear Zn(II)-Ce(III)-Zn(II) complex which behaves as a single-molecule magnet

Dalton Trans. 2013 Feb 28;42(8):2683-6. doi: 10.1039/c2dt32812g.

Authors

Shiori Hino¹, Moe Maeda, Kei Yamashita, Yumiko Kataoka, Motohiro Nakano, Tomoo Yamamura, Hiroyuki Nojiri, Maiko Kofu, Osamu Yamamuro, Takashi Kajiwara

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Nara, Nara 630-8506, Japan.

PMID: 23303168
DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32812g

Abstract

Linear Zn(II)-Ce(III)-Zn(II) complex, which involves only one 4f electron as a spin source, behaves as an SMM. Easy-axis magnetic anisotropy for the ground (2)F(5/2) state of Ce(III) was achieved by a uni-axial crystal field, which is formed with four phenoxo oxygens as axial donors with the other five oxygens as equatorial donors.