Issue 3, 2023

{Gd44Ni22}: a gigantic 3d–4f wheel-like nanoscale cluster with a large magnetocaloric effect

Abstract

Multinuclear 3d–4f nano-clusters, consisting of a large number of metal ions, are interesting both structurally and functionally. The Gd(III) containing clusters, in particular, attract great research attention because of their significant magnetocaloric effect. Here, we report the synthesis of a gigantic 3d–4f wheel-like cluster, {Gd44Ni22}, achieved through self-assembly using a “mixed-ligand” strategy. Magnetic characterization reveals that the {Gd44Ni22} cluster exhibits a large magnetocaloric effect (MCE), with an isothermal magnetic entropy change of 44.9 J kg−1 K−1 at 2.0 K for ΔH = 7 T, which is one of the largest among all of the high-nuclearity Ni–Gd clusters.

Graphical abstract: {Gd44Ni22}: a gigantic 3d–4f wheel-like nanoscale cluster with a large magnetocaloric effect

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
28 okt 2022
Accepted
10 dec 2022
First published
13 dec 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 979-983

{Gd44Ni22}: a gigantic 3d–4f wheel-like nanoscale cluster with a large magnetocaloric effect

Z. Lu, Z. Zhuo, W. Wang, Y. Huang and M. Hong, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 979 DOI: 10.1039/D2QI02294J

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