Issue 11, 2015

Influence of the coordination environment on slow magnetic relaxation and photoluminescence behavior in two mononuclear dysprosium(iii) based single molecule magnets

Abstract

The reaction of 2,6-bis(1-salicyloylhydrazonoethyl)pyridine [H4daps] with Dy(NO3)3·5H2O led to the formation of two new Dy(III) based complexes with formulae [Dy(H4daps)(H2O)3(NO3)] (NO3)2 (H2O) (1) and [Dy(H3daps)(H2O)2(NO3)] (NO3) (MeOH) (2). Complexes 1 and 2 were characterized by crystal structure determination, magnetic measurements and photoluminescence studies. In comparison with complex 1, complex 2 shows a slight difference of local symmetry around the Dy(III) center which is attributed to deprotonation of the ligand and also to different binding modes of the peripheral NO3 anion. AC magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal that both complexes exhibit single-molecule magnet (SMM) behavior, with the thermal energy barrier of 1 being higher than that of 2 (Ueff = 32.7 K for 1 and 23.8 K for 2). Our investigation discloses that small differences in the coordination environment around the metal centre played an important role in the difference in relaxation dynamics of the complexes. Solid state photoluminescence studies showed their photoluminescence behaviour with quantum yields of 0.98 and 1.44%.

Graphical abstract: Influence of the coordination environment on slow magnetic relaxation and photoluminescence behavior in two mononuclear dysprosium(iii) based single molecule magnets

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Nov 2014
Accepted
28 Jan 2015
First published
30 Jan 2015

Dalton Trans., 2015,44, 5086-5094

Influence of the coordination environment on slow magnetic relaxation and photoluminescence behavior in two mononuclear dysprosium(III) based single molecule magnets

A. K. Mondal, S. Goswami and S. Konar, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 5086 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03620D

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