Magnetic relaxation dynamics in dysprosium complexes

Invited

Abstract

Following our discovery of the first dysprosium metallocenium cation, [Dy(Cpttt)2][B(C6F5)4], which is the vanguard of the new generation of high-temperature single-molecule magnets,1 we have been investigating the magnetic relaxation dynamics of various dysprosium-based single-molecule magnets (SMMs) by experimental and theoretical techniques.2,3 Here we present our recent results in unravelling the competing magnetic relaxation processes, and offer some insights into the origin of the previously pervasive quantum tunneling of the magnetization in high-barrier dysprosium(III) SMMs.

1 C. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton and D. P. Mills, Nature, 2017, 548, 439.
2 Y.-S. Ding, K.-X. Yu, D. Reta, F. Ortu, R. E. P. Winpenny, Y.-Z. Zheng and N. F. Chilton, Nature Commun., 2018, 9, 3134.
3 F. Ortu, D. Reta, Y.-S. Ding, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. P. Gregson, Y.-Z. Zheng, E. J. L. McInnes, S. T. Liddle, R. E. P. Winpenny, D. P. Mills and N. F. Chilton, ChemRxiv, 2018, doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv.6790568.v1

Presenters

  • Nicholas Chilton

    University of Manchester

Authors

  • Nicholas Chilton

    University of Manchester

  • Daniel Reta

    University of Manchester

  • Jon Kragskow

    University of Manchester

  • David Mills

    University of Manchester

  • Yanzhen Zheng

    Xi'an Jiaotong University

  • Richard Winpenny

    University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester UK, Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Chemistry, University of Manchester