Low-coordinate lanthanide complexes with strong magnetic anisotropy could afford high-performance single-molecule magnets (SMMs) but are challenging to synthesize. Now, through ligand design, a near-linear pseudo-two-coordinate Yb(iii) complex that exhibits slow magnetic relaxation is reported. The complex has a large total splitting of the ground-state manifold, arising from the crystal field imposed by the ligands.
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This is a summary of: Errulat, D. et al. A trivalent 4f complex with two bis-silylamide ligands displaying slow magnetic relaxation. Nat. Chem. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01208-y (2023).
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A near-linear lanthanide complex that displays magnet-like behaviour. Nat. Chem. 15, 1060–1061 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01269-z
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