Lanthanides and actinides in molecular magnetism / / edited by Richard A. Layfield and Muralee Murugesu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132284103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim : , : Wiley-VCH, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-527-67349-0; 3-527-67347-4; 3-527-67350-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.5
• Soggetti: Rare earth metals; Actinide elements
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Lanthanides and Actinides in Molecular Magnetism; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Lanthanide Molecular Complexes; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Free Ion Electronic Structure; 1.2.1 Free Ion Magnetism; 1.3 Electronic Structure of Lanthanide Ions in a Ligand Field; 1.3.1 Stevens' Formalism; 1.3.2 Wybourne's Formalism; 1.3.3 Standardization; 1.3.4 Calculation of Crystal Field Parameters; 1.4 Magnetic Properties of Isolated Lanthanide Ions; 1.4.1 Effect of a Magnetic Field; 1.4.2 EPR Spectroscopy of Lanthanide Complexes; 1.5 Exchange Coupling in Systems Containing Orbitally Degenerate LanthanidesAcknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 Mononuclear Lanthanide Complexes: Use of the Crystal Field Theory to Design Single-Ion Magnets and Spin Qubits; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Modelling the Magnetic Properties of Lanthanide Single-Ion Magnets: The Use of the Crystal Field Model; 2.2.1 Theoretical Background; 2.2.2 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 1. The Ishikawa Approach; 2.2.3 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 2. The Point Charge Electrostatic Model; 2.2.4 How to Determine the Crystal-Field Parameters: 3. The Effective ; Point Charge Model2.3 Magneto-Structural Correlations for Some Typical Symmetries; 2.4 Impact of Lanthanide Complexes in Quantum Computing; 2.4.1 Quantum Computing Paradigms and Design Criteria; 2.4.2 Combining Physical Qubit Implementations with Lanthanide Complexes; 2.4.3 Molecular Spin Qubits; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Polynuclear Lanthanide Single Molecule Magnets; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Synthetic Strategies; 3.2.1 Dy3 Triangles and Their Derivatives; 3.2.1.1 Seminal Dy3 Triangle; 3.2.1.2 Other Triangular Dy3 Systems3.2.1.3 The Coupling of Dy3 Triangles; 3.2.2 Linear Polynuclear Lanthanide Complexes Showing Robust SMM Behaviour; 3.2.2.1 Linear Dy3 SMMs; 3.2.2.2 Linear Dy4 SMMs; 3.2.3 Planar Dy4 SMMs; 3.2.4 Dyn SMMs Having Multiple μn-O (n>4) Bridges; 3.2.4.1 The Dy4 Grids Fixed by μ4-O Atom; 3.2.4.2 The Dy4 Tetrahedron Fixed by μ4-O Atom; 3.2.4.3 The Dy5 Pyramid Fixed by μ5-O Atom; 3.2.5 Hydrazone-Based Lanthanide SMMs; 3.2.5.1 The Assembly of Dy6 Triangular Prism with Dy2 Units; 3.2.5.2 A Dy3 Molecular Cluster Pair (Dy6); 3.2.6 The Organometallic Synthesis - A New Approach3.3 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Lanthanides in Extended Molecular Networks; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Extended Networks Based on Gd3+; 4.2.1 Metal-Organic Frameworks; 4.2.1.1 Magneto-Caloric Effect; 4.2.1.2 Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Phonon Bottleneck Effects; 4.2.2 Magnetic Chains; 4.2.2.1 Magnetic Interactions Involving Gd3+ Ions; 4.2.2.2 Gadolinium-Radical Chains; 4.3 Extended Networks Based on Anisotropic Ions; 4.3.1 SCM in a Nutshell; 4.3.2 An Overview of Monodimensional Lanthanide Chains Based on Anisotropic Ions; 4.3.2.1 Chains Based on 4f Ions
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