title: A tetranuclear 3d-4f single molecule magnet: [CuIILTbIII(hfac)2]2.
abstract: We report now the first single molecule magnet (SMM) consisting of d-f elements. The present study demonstrates that the synthesis of the d-f polynuclear molecule is a very promising approach to SMMs. (1) The d-f polynuclear molecule can be easily synthesized by the assembly reaction of the d-component and the f-component, (2) the high-spin ground state can be generated by a smaller number of metal ions than the d complex, and (3) the molecular magnetic anisotropy is easily derived from the f-component.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, Kurokami 2-39-1, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Shutaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osa
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Naohide
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Nazzareno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Re
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pochaba
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mrozinski