Vijay S.
Parmar, 
a
Gemma K.
Gransbury,
b
Jonathan M.
Skelton,
*b
Nicholas F.
Chilton,
*b
David P.
Mills
*b
and
Jacob
Overgaard
*a
a
Gemma K.
Gransbury,
b
Jonathan M.
Skelton,
*b
Nicholas F.
Chilton,
*b
David P.
Mills
*b
and
Jacob
Overgaard
*a
Abstract
The effects of external pressure on a high-performing dysprosocenium single-molecule magnet are investigated using a combination of X-ray diffraction, magnetometry and theoretical calculations. The effective energy barrier (Ueff) decreases from ca. 1300 cm−1 at ambient pressure to ca. 1125 cm−1 at 3 GPa. Our results indicate that compression < 1.2 GPa has a negligible effect on the Orbach process, but magnetic relaxation > 1 GPa increases via Raman relaxation and/or quantum tunnelling of magnetisation.
- This article is part of the themed collection: 2023 Pioneering Investigators
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