Issue 34, 2014

Single-molecule magnet engineering: building-block approaches

Abstract

Tailoring the specific magnetic properties of any material relies on the topological control of the constituent metal ion building blocks. Although this general approach does not seem to be easily applied to traditional inorganic bulk magnets, coordination chemistry offers a unique tool to delicately tune, for instance, the properties of molecules that behave as “magnets”, the so-called single-molecule magnets (SMMs). Although many interesting SMMs have been prepared by a more or less serendipitous approach, the assembly of predesigned, isolatable molecular entities into higher nuclearity complexes constitutes an elegant and fascinating strategy. This Feature article focuses on the use of building blocks or modules (both terms being used indiscriminately) to direct the structure, and therefore also the magnetic properties, of metal ion complexes exhibiting SMM behaviour.

Graphical abstract: Single-molecule magnet engineering: building-block approaches

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
15 Jan 2014
Accepted
20 Feb 2014
First published
20 Feb 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 4396-4415

Author version available

Single-molecule magnet engineering: building-block approaches

K. S. Pedersen, J. Bendix and R. Clérac, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4396 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00339J

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