Yan Li , Ya You , Fang-Zhi Li , Qi-Shu Zhong , Yi-Quan Zhang , En-Cui Yang
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Abstract
A 1D dysprosium chain {[Dy(CH3OH)Cl2(tpy)]·CH3OH}n (Htpy = 4′-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2′:6′,2′'-terpyridine) that behaves as a single-ion magnet (SIM) and displays two well-separated relaxation processes with the zero-field effective energy barriers of 372.5 and 529.8 K, which represents the record thermal relaxation barrier among the reported one-dimensional DyIII-based systems containing only one spin center. A magnetic hysteresis loop up to 6.0 K at a sweep rate of 200 Oe s-1 is also observed. To explore the origin of these distinct relaxations, two crystallographically isostructural analogues including diamagnetic YIII- (2) and YIII-doped Dy0.2Y0.8 (3) were prepared and characterized structurally and magnetically. The persistence of bimodal peaks in the out-of-phase magnetic susceptibility (χ″) of diluted sample 3 indicates that the dual-step relaxation behavior primarily originates from the single-ion anisotropy of DyIII ions. Structural analyses combined with XRD pattern comparisons pre- and post-magnetic measurements elucidated that the dual-step relaxation in complex 1 is related to partially desolvated samples. This work sheds light on the multiple relaxation mechanism and further provides important information for the development of high-performance SMMs.
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