Issue 53, 2015

Two nanosized 3d–4f clusters featuring four Ln6 octahedra encapsulating a Zn4 tetrahedron

Abstract

Two high-nuclearity 3d–4f clusters Ln24Zn4 (Ln = Gd and Sm) featuring four Ln6 octahedra encapsulating a Zn4 tetrahedron were obtained through the self-assembly of Zn(OAc)2 and Ln(ClO4)3. Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations show the antiferromagnetic coupling between Gd3+ ions. Studies of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) show that the Gd24Zn4 cluster exhibits the entropy change (−ΔSm) of 31.4 J kg−1 K−1.

Graphical abstract: Two nanosized 3d–4f clusters featuring four Ln6 octahedra encapsulating a Zn4 tetrahedron

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Mar 2015
Accepted
21 May 2015
First published
01 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 10687-10690

Two nanosized 3d–4f clusters featuring four Ln6 octahedra encapsulating a Zn4 tetrahedron

X. Zheng, S. Wang, W. Tang, G. Zhuang, X. Kong, Y. Ren, L. Long and L. Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 10687 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02397A

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements