Issue 41, 2020

Blocking like it's hot: a synthetic chemists’ path to high-temperature lanthanide single molecule magnets

Abstract

Progress in the synthesis, design, and characterisation of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) has expanded dramatically from curiosity driven beginnings to molecules that retain magnetization above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen. This is in no small part due to the increasingly collaborative nature of this research where synthetic targets are guided by theoretical design criteria. This article aims to summarize these efforts and progress from the perspective of a synthetic chemist with a focus on how chemistry can modulate physical properties. A simple overview is presented of lanthanide electronic structure in order to contextualize the synthetic advances that have led to drastic improvements in the performance of lanthanide-based SMMs from the early 2000s to the late 2010s.

Graphical abstract: Blocking like it's hot: a synthetic chemists’ path to high-temperature lanthanide single molecule magnets

Article information

Article type
Frontier
Submitted
27 May 2020
Accepted
26 Sep 2020
First published
29 Sep 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 14320-14337

Author version available

Blocking like it's hot: a synthetic chemists’ path to high-temperature lanthanide single molecule magnets

C. A. P. Goodwin, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 14320 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01904F

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