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Article

Molecular Orientation of a Terbium(III)-Phthalocyaninato Double-Decker Complex for Effective Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization

by
Tsutomu Yamabayashi
1,
Keiichi Katoh
1,*,
Brian K. Breedlove
1 and
Masahiro Yamashita
1,2,3,*
1
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
2
WPI Research Center, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
3
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Molecules 2017, 22(6), 999; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22060999
Submission received: 28 April 2017 / Revised: 9 June 2017 / Accepted: 12 June 2017 / Published: 15 June 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines: Synthesis, Properties and Applications)
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Abstract

Single-molecule magnet (SMM) properties of crystals of a terbium(III)-phthalocyaninato double-decker complex with different molecular packings (1: TbPc2, 2: TbPc2·CH2Cl2) were studied to elucidate the relationship between the molecular packing and SMM properties. From single crystal X-ray analyses, the high symmetry of the coordination environment of 2 suggested that the SMM properties were improved. Furthermore, the shorter intermolecular Tb–Tb distance and relative collinear alignment of the magnetic dipole in 2 indicated that the magnetic dipole–dipole interactions were stronger than those in 1. This was confirmed by using direct current magnetic measurements. From alternating current magnetic measurements, the activation energy for spin reversal for 1 and 2 were similar. However, the relaxation time for 2 is three orders of magnitude slower than that for 1 in the low-T region due to effective suppression of the quantum tunneling of the magnetization. These results suggest that the SMM properties of TbPc2 highly depend on the molecular packing.
Keywords: single-molecule magnets; terbium(III)-phthalocyaninato double-decker complex; quantum tunneling of magnetization; magnetic dipole-dipole interaction single-molecule magnets; terbium(III)-phthalocyaninato double-decker complex; quantum tunneling of magnetization; magnetic dipole-dipole interaction

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Yamabayashi, T.; Katoh, K.; Breedlove, B.K.; Yamashita, M. Molecular Orientation of a Terbium(III)-Phthalocyaninato Double-Decker Complex for Effective Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization. Molecules 2017, 22, 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22060999

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Yamabayashi T, Katoh K, Breedlove BK, Yamashita M. Molecular Orientation of a Terbium(III)-Phthalocyaninato Double-Decker Complex for Effective Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization. Molecules. 2017; 22(6):999. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22060999

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Yamabayashi, Tsutomu, Keiichi Katoh, Brian K. Breedlove, and Masahiro Yamashita. 2017. "Molecular Orientation of a Terbium(III)-Phthalocyaninato Double-Decker Complex for Effective Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization" Molecules 22, no. 6: 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22060999

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Yamabayashi, T., Katoh, K., Breedlove, B. K., & Yamashita, M. (2017). Molecular Orientation of a Terbium(III)-Phthalocyaninato Double-Decker Complex for Effective Suppression of Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization. Molecules, 22(6), 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22060999

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