title: Single-ion magnets based on mononuclear lanthanide complexes with chiral Schiff base ligands [Ln(FTA)3L] (Ln = Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy).
abstract: A series of mononuclear lanthanide complexes with chiral Schiff base ligands [Ln(FTA)(3)L] [Ln = Dy(1), Sm(2), Eu(3), Gd(4), and Tb(5), L = (S,S)-2,2'-Bis(4-benzyl-2-oxazoline)] were synthesized and characterized. Among these complexes, complex 1 represents the first example of mononuclear lanthanide complexes displaying single-ion magnet behavior and ferroelectricity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dong-Ping
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tian-Wei
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Cheng-Hui
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Dong-Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Zeng
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: You