An octanuclear {Cu(II)4Dy(III)4} coordination cluster showing single molecule magnet behaviour from field accessible states

Irina A Kühne; Nicola Magnani; Valeriu Mereacre; Wolfgang Wernsdorfer; Christopher E Anson; Annie K Powell

doi:10.1039/c3cc46458j

An octanuclear {Cu(II)4Dy(III)4} coordination cluster showing single molecule magnet behaviour from field accessible states

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Feb 21;50(15):1882-5. doi: 10.1039/c3cc46458j. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

Authors

Irina A Kühne¹, Nicola Magnani, Valeriu Mereacre, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Christopher E Anson, Annie K Powell

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Engesser Str. 15, D-76131, Karlsruhe, Germany. annie.powell@kit.edu.

PMID: 24404563
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc46458j

Abstract

The structure and magnetic properties of an octanuclear coordination cluster with a {Cu(II)4Dy(III)4} core are described and a model for the unusual SMM behaviour is proposed.