A Simple Magneto-Structural Correlation for Dysprosium(III) Single-Molecule Magnets with Ligands on the Anisotropy Axis

13 September 2018, Version 1
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Abstract

By studying pentagonal-bipyramidal dysprosium(III) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) we show that the energy barrier for magnetization reversal (Ueff) shows a linear correlation to the axial Dy-X bond lengths, adjusted for the ionic or covalent radii of the ligands bound.

Keywords

magneto-structural correlation
Single-Molecule Magnets Organized
dysprosium
energy barrier
Magnetic Anisotropy

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