Synthesis and properties of a family of unsymmetric dinuclear complexes of Ln(III) (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb).
A new ligand has been synthesized with the aim of favoring distinct coordination environments within lanthanide polynuclear complexes. It has led to the formation of three unsymmetrical [Ln(III)(2)] (Ln = Gd, Tb, Eu) complexes, exhibiting weak antiferromagnetic coupling and, for Eu and Tb, high single-ion magnetic anisotropy. All of these attributes are necessary for these clusters to behave as possible 2qubit quantum gates.
Aguilà
David
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Departament de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Barrios
Leoní A
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Luis
Fernando
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Repollés
Ana
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Roubeau
Olivier
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Teat
Simon J
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Aromí
Guillem
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