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1 Introduction to Single-Molecule Magnets |
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1 | (40) |
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1.1 What Is a Single-Molecule Magnet? |
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2 | (4) |
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1.1.1 Single-Chain Magnets (SCMs) |
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2 | (2) |
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1.1.2 Single-Ion Magnets (SIMs) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.1.3 Single-Toroid Magnets (STMs) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (6) |
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1.3.1 SMMs Based on Actinides |
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12 | (3) |
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1.3.2 Organometallic SMMs |
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15 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Rational Design of SMMs |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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1.3.5 SMMs in Molecular Machines |
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20 | (3) |
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1.3.6 Magnetic Refrigerants |
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23 | (2) |
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1.3.7 Applications in Other Disciplines |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (13) |
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2 Unique Magnetic Properties |
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42 | (1) |
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2.2 Basic Electromagnetic Definitions |
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43 | (2) |
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2.3 Magnetostatic Energy (Magnetic Work) |
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45 | (3) |
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2.4 Thermodynamic Relations |
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48 | (1) |
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2.5 Definition of ac Magnetic Susceptibility |
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49 | (14) |
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2.6 Representative Results |
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63 | (6) |
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2.6.1 Ac Susceptibility Measurements in Tris(Acetylacetonato)iron(III), (Fe(acac)3) |
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63 | (1) |
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2.6.2 Ac Susceptibility Measurements in a One-Dimensional Chain Based on Mn6 Units |
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64 | (5) |
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2.6.3 Spin Relaxation in a Ferromagnetically Coupled Triangular Cu3 Complex |
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69 | (1) |
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2.7 Technical Aspects of the ac Susceptibility Measurements |
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69 | (4) |
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2.8 Intermolecular Interactions |
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73 | (5) |
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78 | (9) |
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78 | (9) |
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3 Magnetic Modeling of Single-molecule Magnets |
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87 | (3) |
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3.2 Atoms in a Magnetic Field |
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90 | (13) |
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3.2.1 Free Atoms in a Magnetic Field |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (1) |
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3.2.2.1 J = 1/2 Quantum Moment |
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93 | (1) |
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3.2.2.2 General Quantum Case |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (1) |
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3.2.3.1 One Electron Case |
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94 | (1) |
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3.2.3.2 Many Electrons Case |
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95 | (1) |
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3.2.3.3 Pauli Principle -- The Two Electrons Case |
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95 | (1) |
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3.2.3.4 (L, S)-Multiplets -- The Two Electrons Case |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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3.2.5 Single-ion Anisotropy |
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100 | (1) |
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3.2.5.1 Heavy Rare-Earths Case |
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100 | (1) |
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3.2.5.2 Expressions of Hcf |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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3.3 Magnetic Modeling Tools |
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103 | (32) |
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3.3.1 PHI v.3.0: Software for the Analysis of Anisotropic Monomeric and Exchange-coupled Polynuclear d- and f-Block Complexes |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (602) |
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3.3.1.2 Hamiltonian Formalism for the Exchange Coupling |
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105 | (1) |
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3.3.1.3 Calculation of Thermodynamic Properties |
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106 | (1) |
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3.3.1.4 Irreducible Tensor Operators (ITOs) Method |
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107 | (1) |
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3.3.1.5 The Isotropic Case: Stepladder Manganese(III) Inverse- [ 9-MC-3] -metallacrown |
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108 | (2) |
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3.3.1.6 Anisotropic Exchange Coupling |
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110 | (5) |
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3.3.2 Monte Carlo Simulations: The ALPS Project Release v.2.0: Open Source Software for Strongly Correlated Systems |
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115 | (1) |
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3.3.2.1 Stochastic Series Expansion (SSE) Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithm |
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115 | (2) |
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3.3.2.2 Local vs Nonlocal Updates |
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117 | (1) |
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3.3.2.3 Thermalization Process |
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118 | (1) |
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3.3.2.4 ALPS Project: Definition of Input Files |
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118 | (2) |
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3.3.2.5 The Case of Heterometallic Molecular Wheels |
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120 | (3) |
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3.3.2.6 The Case of High-nuclearity Copper Cages: Tricorne Cu21 and Saddle-like Cyclic Cu16 |
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123 | (4) |
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3.3.2.7 Other Examples. The Case of a MnIIIMnII6 Molecular Wheel |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (4) |
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4 Insight into Magnetic and Electronic Properties Through HFEPR Studies |
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135 | (38) |
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4.1 Introduction: Magnetic vs Electronic Properties of Transition Metal Ions Including SMMs and SIMs |
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136 | (2) |
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4.2 Basics of HFEPR as Applied to SIMs and Other Transition Metal Complexes |
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138 | (5) |
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138 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Methodology of Extracting ZFS and g Information from HFEPR Spectra |
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140 | (3) |
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4.3 Applicability of HFEPR to Investigating SMMs and SIMs |
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143 | (4) |
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4.3.1 Polynuclear Clusters |
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143 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Mononuclear Complexes |
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144 | (2) |
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4.3.4 Limitations to HFEPR |
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146 | (1) |
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4.3.5 Techniques Alternative to HFEPR |
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146 | (1) |
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4.4 Interplay Between Spin Hamiltonian Parameters and Crystal/Ligand-Field Parameters. From Simple Ligand Field to Sophisticated Quantum Chemical Calculations |
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147 | (26) |
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167 | (2) |
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Appendix: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (4) |
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5 Other Techniques to Study Single-Molecule Magnets |
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173 | (72) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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5.3 The Basic Principles of Mossbauer Spectroscopy |
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175 | (1) |
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5.4 Hyperfine Interactions |
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176 | (5) |
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176 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Quadrupole Splitting |
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178 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Magnetic Hyperfine Interactions |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (1) |
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5.5 Relaxation Phenomena and Dynamics |
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181 | (4) |
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5.5.1 Mixed-Valence Systems |
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183 | (2) |
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5.6 Application of Mossbauer Spectroscopy to Single-Molecule Magnets |
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185 | (19) |
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5.6.1 [ FemIIIO2(OH)12(tacn)6]Br8 9H2O |
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185 | (2) |
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5.6.2 (pyrH)5[ FeIII13O4F24(OMe)12] 4H2O MeOH |
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187 | (2) |
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5.6.3 [ FeIII11O7(dea)3(piv)12]Cl 5MeCN |
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189 | (1) |
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5.6.4 [ HFeIII19O14(OEt)30] |
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190 | (607) |
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5.6.5 [ FeIII4(OMe)6(dpm)6] |
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191 | (3) |
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5.6.6 {FeIII[ FeIII(L1)2]3} |
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194 | (1) |
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5.6.7 [ FeII2(acpypentO)(NCO)3] |
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195 | (1) |
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5.6.8 [ FenII9(X)2(I2CMe)8{(2-py)2C02}4] (X = N3-, NCO-, OH-) |
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196 | (1) |
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5.6.9 [ FenII7(OMe)6(Hbmsae)6]Cl2 6H2O |
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197 | (2) |
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5.6.10 [ FeIIFeIII(L)(O2CMe)2](ClO4) |
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199 | (2) |
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5.6.11 [ (Me3TPyA)2FeII2(L)](BArF4)2 and [ (Me3TPyA)2FeII/III2(L)](BArF4)3 CH2Cl2 |
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201 | (1) |
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5.6.12 [ (18-C-6)K(thf)2][ (tbsL)Fe3] and [ (crypt-222)K][ (tbsL)Fe3] |
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202 | (2) |
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5.7 Application of Mossbauer Spectroscopy to Single-Ion Magnets |
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204 | (11) |
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5.7.1 [ M(solv)n[ (tpaR)FeII] |
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204 | (3) |
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5.7.2 [ K(crypr-222)][ FeI{C(SiMe3)3}2] |
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207 | (1) |
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5.7.3 [ FeII{C(SiMe3)3}2] |
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208 | (1) |
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5.7.4 [ FeII{N(SiMe3)(Dipp)}2] |
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209 | (1) |
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5.7.5 [ FeII{OC6H3-2,6-(C6H3-iPr2)2}2] |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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5.7.7 [ FeI(cAAC)2] [ B(C6F5)4] |
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212 | (1) |
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5.7.8 [ K(L)][ FeI{N(SiMe3)3}2] |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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5.8 Application of Mossbauer Spectroscopy to Fe/4f Single-Molecule Magnets |
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215 | (16) |
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5.8.1 [ FeIII4DyIII4(teaH)8(N3)8(H2O)] H2O 4MeCN |
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215 | (2) |
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5.8.2 [ FeIII2LnIIII2(OH)2(teaH)2(O2CCPh)6] 3MeCN (LnIII = CeIII to YbIII) |
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217 | (1) |
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5.8.3 [ FeIII4LnIII2(teaH)4(N3)7(piv)3] (LnIII = YIII, GdIII, TbIII, DyIII, HoIII, ErIII) |
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218 | (1) |
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5.8.4 [ FeIII4DyIII2(OH)2(n-bdea)4(C6H5CO2)8] MeCN |
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219 | (2) |
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5.8.5 [ FeIII4DyIII2(OH)2(n-bdea)4((CH3)3CCO2)6(N3)2] 3MeCN |
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221 | (1) |
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5.8.6 [ Fe7Dy3(μ4-O)2(μ3-OH)2(mdea)7(μ-benzoate)4(N3)6] 2H2O 7MeOH |
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222 | (1) |
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5.8.7 [ Fe4Dy2(μ4-0)2(NO3)2(piv)6(Hedte)2] 4MeCN C6H5OH |
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223 | (1) |
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5.8.8 [ FeIII2Dy2(μ3-OH)2(teg)2(N3)2(C6H5CO2)4] |
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224 | (1) |
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5.8.9 [ FeIII2Dy2(μ3-OH)2(pmide)2(p-Me-C6H5CO2)6] |
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225 | (1) |
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5.8.10 [ FeIII2DyIII2(OH)2(LI)2(HL2)2(NO3)4(H2O)15(MeOH)0.5] 6MeCN |
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225 | (3) |
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5.8.11 [ FeIII2Ln2(H2L)4(NI3)2](ClO4)2 2MeOH 2H2O (Ln = GdIII, DyIII, TbIII) |
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228 | (1) |
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5.8.12 [ FeIII3Ln(μ3-O)2(CCl3CO2)8(H2O)(thf)3] x(thf) y(heptane) (LnIII = CeIII-HoIII, LuIII, YIII) |
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229 | (1) |
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5.8.13 [ FeII2Dy(L)2(H2O)](ClI4)2 2H2O |
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230 | (1) |
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5.9 Application of Mossbauer Spectroscopy to Cyanide-Bridged Complexes |
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231 | (3) |
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5.10 Other Spectroscopic Techniques Used to Study Iron-Based SMMs |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (9) |
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237 | (8) |
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6 Synthesis and Chemistry of Single-molecule Magnets |
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245 | (130) |
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6.1 General Introduction for the Synthesis of SMMs and SIMs-Organization of the Chapter |
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246 | (1) |
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6.2 Synthetic Aspects for Polynuclear 3d Metal SMMs |
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247 | (15) |
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6.2.1 Approaches Using Simple 3d Metal Starting Materials |
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250 | (4) |
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6.2.2 Approaches Using Preformed Coordination Clusters or SMMs as Starting Materials -- Retention of Nuclearity |
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254 | (4) |
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6.2.3 Approaches Using Preformed Coordination Clusters or SMMs as Starting Materials -- Change of Nuclearity |
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258 | (4) |
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6.3 Synthetic Aspects for Dinuclear and Polynuclear 4f Metal Complexes with SMM Properties |
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262 | (15) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Monoatomic and Polyatomic N-based Ligands |
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266 | (1) |
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6.3.4 Sulfur-bridged SMMs |
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267 | (1) |
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6.3.5 Organometallic Bridges |
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267 | (1) |
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6.3.6 Radical-bridged Lanthanide(III) SMMs |
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268 | (2) |
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6.3.7 Multidecker Lanthanide(III)-Phthalocyanine SMMs |
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270 | (7) |
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6.4 Synthetic Aspects for Dinuclear and Polynuclear Actinide SMMs |
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271 | (2) |
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6.5 Synthesis of 3d/4f-, 3d/5f-, 4f/5f-Metal and Other Heterometallic SMMs |
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273 | (9) |
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273 | (6) |
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279 | (2) |
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6.5.3 4f/5f-Metal Clusters and SMMs |
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281 | (1) |
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6.5 A Other Heterometallic SMMs -- the Synthetic Utility of the Cyano Ligand |
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282 | (4) |
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6.6 Synthesis of 3d Metal SIMs |
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286 | (3) |
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6.7 Synthetic Methodology for 4f Metal SIMs |
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289 | (7) |
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6.7.1 Phthalocyanine-based 4f Metal SIMs |
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290 | (7) |
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6.7.2 Non-phthalocyanine 4f Metal SIMs |
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297 | (1) |
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6.8 Synthetic Routes for 5f Metal SIMs |
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296 | (11) |
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6.9 Concluding Comments in Brief-Prognosis for the Future |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (12) |
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7 Breakthrough in Radical-bridged Single-molecule Magnets |
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315 | (1) |
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7.1 General Information About Organic Radicals and Their Magnetic Properties |
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316 | (2) |
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7.2 3d Metal Radical SMMs |
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318 | (1) |
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7.2.1 Nitroxide Radical SMMs |
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318 | (3) |
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7.2.2 Carbene Radical SMMs |
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321 | (2) |
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7.2.3 Benzosemiquinonoid and Nindigo Radical SMMs |
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323 | (2) |
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7.3 4f Metal Radical SMMs |
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325 | (1) |
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7.3.1 Phthalocyanine Radical SMMs |
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325 | (6) |
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7.3.2 Nitroxide Radical SMMs |
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331 | (5) |
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336 | (2) |
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7.3.4 Other 4f Radical SMMs |
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338 | (2) |
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7.4 3d-4f Metal Radical SMMs |
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340 | (2) |
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7.5 5f Metal Radical SMMs |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (8) |
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8 Assembly of Polynuclear Single-molecule Magnets |
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353 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (2) |
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8.3 Topological Methods in Crystal Chemistry and Coordination Chemistry |
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356 | (1) |
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8.3.1 General Overview of ToposPro |
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357 | (3) |
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8.3.2 Example of the ToposPro Analysis of Polynuclear Coordination Clusters |
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360 | (2) |
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8.4 Polynuclear Coordination Clusters Assembly and Topology |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (1) |
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8.5.1 Synthetic Approach for 3d-4f PCCs |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (2) |
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8.6 Assembly Examples and Graph Comparison |
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368 | (5) |
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8.7 Targeting for New Topologies |
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373 | (4) |
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8.8 Synthetic Aspects in Recent Examples |
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377 | (3) |
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380 | (9) |
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| Annexure |
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389 | (26) |
| About the Authors |
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415 | (6) |
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