Lanthanide discs learn to chillax

A team of UK scientists have made gadolinium and dysprosium discs that can ‘chill well and relax slowly’ with interesting magnetic properties.

Structure of the gadolinium heptametallic complex

David Collison and his colleagues from the University of Manchester have designed heptametallic discs (i.e. with 7 metal centers) and have studied their structures and magnetic properties. The dysprosium disc shows single molecule magnetism behaviour and the gadolinum analogue shows a large magnetocaloric effect.

 Fancy finding out more? Then download the ChemComm communication, which will be free to access until the 15th July 2011.

Also, are you interested in molecule-based magnetism research? Then take a look at Chem Soc Rev‘s recently published themed issue on Molecule-based Magnets, (Issue 6, 2011) guest edited by Joel Miller and Dante Gatteschi.
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