title: Anion dependent self-assembly of sandwich 13-metal Ni-Ln nanoclusters with a long-chain Schiff base ligand.
abstract: Two classes of Ni-Ln clusters [Ln4Ni3L3(OAc)6(NO3)3(OH)3] (Ln = Gd (1) and Tb (2)) and [Ln6Ni7L6(OAc)12(OH)6](OH)2(Ln = Gd (3) and Dy (4)) were prepared using a specifically designed Schiff base ligand built around a flexible (CH2)2O(CH2)2O(CH2)2chain. 1 and 2 exhibit cone-like structures, while 3 and 4 have nanosized sandwich architectures. The structures were studied by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and TEM, and magnetic properties were investigated.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shiqing
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jinjie
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9996-7929
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authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Life Science, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong, 657000, China. liqipeng10@mails.ucas.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Qipeng
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8792-0592
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authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China. czn@fjirsm.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Zhongning
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-3745
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lijie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shaoming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China and Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials, Wenzhou 325035, China. xpyang@wzu.edu.cn smhuang@wzu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Chengri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry, 1 University Station A5300, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. rajones@cm.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-6530
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jones