Functional (Supra)Molecular Nanostructures - ruben-group
Functional (Supra)Molecular Nanostructures - ruben-group
Functional (Supra)Molecular Nanostructures - ruben-group
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Habilitation Dr. Mario Ruben<br />
ULP Strasbourg<br />
susceptibility measurements on powder samples of Dy 3+ - and Tb 3+ double-decker complexes<br />
obtaining values for the effective barrier height of 28 cm -1 (40 K) and 230 cm -1 (330 K),<br />
respectively, which are significantly larger than those known for 3d-based SMMs. [38]<br />
Figure 21. <strong>Molecular</strong> structure (left), magnetic coupling scheme and hysteresis (right)<br />
of the Mn12 family exhibiting magnetic hysteresis and quantum tunnelling of magnetization<br />
(QTM). [35][36]<br />
The Dysprosium double-decker compound [Dy(Pc)2] - (TBA) + (Pc = dianion of<br />
phthalocyanine; TBA = N(C4H9)4 + ) was synthesized following a protocol described by Weiss<br />
et. al.. [39] The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space <strong>group</strong> P21 with two formula<br />
units per elementary cell and with the following unit cell parameters: a = 11.41 Å, b= 22.44<br />
Å, c = 13.44 Å, β = 107.46°. The molecular pseudo C2-axes of the double-decker anions are<br />
aligned in a strictly parallel way along the crystallographic [100] axis and the n-butyl <strong>group</strong>s<br />
of the TBA-cations are structurally disordered over two positions, which have been refined<br />
with 50% occupancy each. In the crystal lattice, the molecules are arranged in infinite stacks<br />
with alternating double-decker anions [Dy(Pc)2] - and TBA + cations (Figure 22). Within the<br />
stacks, the Dy 3+ -Dy 3+ distance is with 11.4 Å noticeably shorter than the interstack distances<br />
(13.1 - 14.8 Å). Relatively weak C-H---π (3.45 - 3.95 Å) were found between the butyl<br />
chains of the TBA + cations and coordinating isoindoline <strong>group</strong>s and imine nitrogens of the Pc<br />
ligands. [40] These interactions provides a possible relatively weak intermolecular exchange<br />
pathway between the [Dy(Pc)2] - molecules along the stacks via the TBA + cations.<br />
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