Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet

Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) containing only one metal center may represent the lower size limit for molecule-based magnetic information storage materials. Their current drawback is that all SMMs require liquid-helium cooling to show magnetic memory effects. We now report a chemical strategy to ac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Jg. 362; H. 6421; S. 1400
Hauptverfasser: Guo, Fu-Sheng, Day, Benjamin M, Chen, Yan-Cong, Tong, Ming-Liang, Mansikkamäki, Akseli, Layfield, Richard A
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States 21.12.2018
ISSN:1095-9203, 1095-9203
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Zusammenfassung:Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) containing only one metal center may represent the lower size limit for molecule-based magnetic information storage materials. Their current drawback is that all SMMs require liquid-helium cooling to show magnetic memory effects. We now report a chemical strategy to access the dysprosium metallocene cation [(Cp )Dy(Cp*)] (Cp , penta-iso-propylcyclopentadienyl; Cp pentamethylcyclopentadienyl), which displays magnetic hysteresis above liquid-nitrogen temperatures. An effective energy barrier to reversal of the magnetization of = 1541 wave number is also measured. The magnetic blocking temperature of = 80 kelvin for this cation overcomes an essential barrier toward the development of nanomagnet devices that function at practical temperatures.
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ISSN:1095-9203
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DOI:10.1126/science.aav0652