Design, Synthesis, Controlled Assembly and Devices Foundation of Molecular Nanomagnet

A special issue of Magnetochemistry (ISSN 2312-7481). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Magnetism".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2023) | Viewed by 2423

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Institute of Flexible Electronics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
Interests: quantum chemistry; single-molecule magnets; vibronic coupling

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Dear Colleagues,

Nanomagnets have attracted large attention because they exhibit many excellent magnetic properties useful for technological applications, especially the magnetic hysteresis effect can be suitable for high-density information storage. Understanding how to improve the density of magnetic storage is one of the most important challenges in developing high-density magnetic storage materials in the present and future. Quantum relaxation is the basic physical process in atomic, molecular and nanomaterial devices for quantum information. A full understanding of the relaxation mechanism of qubits is key for the development of high-density magnetic storage quantum information devices. Single-molecule magnets have attracted extensive attention due to their small size, highly uniform size distribution and high storage density.

This Special Issue aims to publish work pertaining to the design and synthesis of high-performance nanomagnets by experimental means and computational modeling simulations. Exploring the relaxation process of nanomagnets can provide support for potentially efficient information storage devices. We welcome all novel achievements in the improvement of nanomolecular magnets.

Dr. Dan Liu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • single-molecule magnets
  • magnetic relaxation
  • magnetic anisotropy
  • quantum tunnelling magnetization
  • magnetic dynamics

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The Assembly of Grid-type Lanthanide Cluster
by Jinsong Li, Fan Zhang, Xuefeng Guo, Dan Liu and Jianfeng Wu
Magnetochemistry 2023, 9(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9010004 - 24 Dec 2022
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Abstract
A dicompartmental Schiff base ligand was synthesized and used for the assembly of a lanthanide grid-like complex. Dinuclear Dy2 and tetranuclear Dy4 complexes were isolated from the reaction of the ligand with different dysprosium salt. Single crystal X-ray diffractions show that [...] Read more.
A dicompartmental Schiff base ligand was synthesized and used for the assembly of a lanthanide grid-like complex. Dinuclear Dy2 and tetranuclear Dy4 complexes were isolated from the reaction of the ligand with different dysprosium salt. Single crystal X-ray diffractions show that the two DyIII ions in Dy2 are adopted in the N3O coordination pockets of the ligand and further coordinated by water molecules, whereas, for Dy4, the four DyIII ions are clamped by four ligands through their terminal N3O coordination pockets, forming a grid-type assembly. Magnetic studies reveal that complex Dy2 shows field-induced single-molecule magnetic behavior under 1000 Oe dc field, complex Dy4 shows fast relaxation under zero field and field-induced single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior under 500 Oe. The difference in the magnetic relaxation is related to the various deprotonation of the ligand and distinct topology of the assemblies. Full article
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