Significant Increase of the Barrier Energy for Magnetization Reversal of a Single-4f-Ionic Single-Molecule Magnet by a Longitudinal Contraction of the Coordination Space
Inorganic Chemistry2007Vol. 46(18), pp. 7250–7252
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Abstract
Two-electron oxidation of [{Pc(OEt)8}2TbIII]- [Pc(OEt)8=dianion of 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octaethoxyphthalocyanine], which leads to a longitudinal contraction of the coordination space of the single-4f-ionic single-molecule magnet (SMM), resulted in a significant increase of the magnetization-reversal barrier energy and a remarkable upward temperature shift of chi'' peaks and chi'T drops. This is the first evidence that the dynamic magnetism of 4f SMMs can be controlled by a redox reaction on the ligand side without introducing any additional magnetic site or spin system.