Issue 19, 2015

Improving f-element single molecule magnets

Abstract

Ever since the discovery that certain manganese clusters retain their magnetisation for months at low temperatures, there has been intense interest in molecular nanomagnets because of potential applications in data storage, spintronics, quantum computing, and magnetocaloric cooling. In this Tutorial Review, we summarise some key historical developments, and centre our discussion principally on the increasing trend to exploit the large magnetic moments and anisotropies of f-element ions. We focus on the important theme of strategies to improve these systems with the ultimate aim of developing materials for ultra-high-density data storage devices. We present a critical discussion of key parameters to be optimised, as well as of experimental and theoretical techniques to be used to this end.

Graphical abstract: Improving f-element single molecule magnets

Article information

Article type
Tutorial Review
Submitted
12 Mar 2015
First published
09 Jul 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015,44, 6655-6669

Author version available

Improving f-element single molecule magnets

S. T. Liddle and J. van Slageren, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, 44, 6655 DOI: 10.1039/C5CS00222B

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