title: New strategy to construct single-ion magnets: a unique Dy@Zn₆ cluster exhibiting slow magnetic relaxation.
abstract: Two unique heptanuclear clusters Ln@Zn6 (Ln = Dy (1), Er (2)) were structurally and magnetically characterized. Each Dy(3+)/Er(3+) is located in a nona-coordinate D(3h) coordination environment, and is encapsulated in a diamagnetic Zn6 cage. Compound 1 exhibits single-ion magnetic behavior, and is the first example of a single-ion magnet (SIM) constructed through embedding one magnetic anisotropic metal ion into a diamagnetic cage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry, MOE, TKL of Metal and Molecule Based Material Chemistry, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. zhaobin@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Xiang-Yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Peng-Fei
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yin-Ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jian-Zhong
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005998:Glycine / Q000737:chemistry; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry*; D059346:Magnets; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D056831:Coordination Complexes; D028581:Lanthanoid Series Elements; D015032:Zinc; D005998:Glycine