title: Unprecedented (Cu2Ln)n complexes (Ln = Gd3+, Tb3+): a new "single chain magnet".
abstract: The magnetic study of a trinuclear Cu-Gd-Cu complex confirms that such basic units self-assemble to yield a high spin species. A nice fit of the magnetic data is obtained for an infinite chain of tetranuclear Gd(2)Cu(2) motifs linked through the Gd ions located at the opposite vertexes of the tetranuclear motifs according to two Cu-Gd coordination modes, a double bridging through phenoxo and alkoxo oxygen atoms and a single bridging through deprotonated amide functions. The two interaction pathways are ferromagnetic. Alternating current susceptibility measurements confirm that the equivalent copper-terbium entity is a single chain magnet with a barrier height for reversal of the magnetization equal to 28.5 K.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination du CNRS, UPR 8241, Liée par Conventions à l'Université Paul Sabatier et à l'Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, 205 route de Narbonne, 31077 Toulouse Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Costes
authors.forename: Juan Modesto
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Clemente-Juan
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dahan
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Milon