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A co-crystal of polyoxometalates exhibiting single-molecule magnet behavior: The structural origin of a large magnetic anisotropy

  • Xikui Fang*
  • , Kendall McCallum
  • , Harry D. Pratt
  • , Travis M. Anderson
  • , Kevin Dennis
  • , Marshall Luban
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Ames Laboratory
  • Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico

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Abstract

A polyoxometalate-based {Mn III 3Mn IV} single-molecule magnet exhibits a large axial anisotropy (D = -0.86 cm -1) resulting from a near-parallel alignment of Jahn-Teller axes. Its rigorous three-fold symmetry (i.e. rhombicity E → 0) and increased intercluster separation via co-crystallization effectively hamper quantum tunnelling of the magnetization.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9867-9870
Number of pages4
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume41
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Sep 2012
Externally publishedYes

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