title: Synthesis and properties of a family of unsymmetric dinuclear complexes of Ln(III) (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Química Inorgànica, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aguilà
authors.forename: Leoní A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luis
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Repollés
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Roubeau
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Teat
authors.forename: Guillem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aromí