A light-induced phase exhibiting slow magnetic relaxation in a cyanide-bridged [Fe4Co2] complex

Masayuki Nihei; Yuki Okamoto; Yoshihiro Sekine; Norihisa Hoshino; Takuya Shiga; Isiah Po-Chun Liu; Hiroki Oshio

doi:10.1002/anie.201202225

A light-induced phase exhibiting slow magnetic relaxation in a cyanide-bridged [Fe4Co2] complex

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jun 25;51(26):6361-4. doi: 10.1002/anie.201202225. Epub 2012 May 3.

Authors

Masayuki Nihei¹, Yuki Okamoto, Yoshihiro Sekine, Norihisa Hoshino, Takuya Shiga, Isiah Po-Chun Liu, Hiroki Oshio

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8571, Japan.

PMID: 22556063
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202225

Abstract

Single-molecule magnets: A cyanide-bridged hexanuclear complex showed a thermal electron-transfer-coupled spin transition centered at 220 K. Light irradiation at low temperature (LT; HT = high temperature) generated a metastable state showing slow magnetic relaxation in measurements of the alternating-current magnetic susceptibility (χ(m); see picture).