title: Slow relaxation of the magnetization observed in an antiferromagnetically ordered phase for SCM-based two-dimensional layered compounds.
abstract: Two-dimensional layered compounds with different counteranions, [{Mn(salen)}4C6](BF4)2·2(CH3OH) (1) and [{Mn(salen)}4C6](PF6)2·2(CH3OH) (2) (salen2-= N,N'-bis(salicylideneiminato), C62-= C6H12(COO)22-), were synthesized by assembling [Mn(salen)(H2O)]X (X-= BF4-and PF6-) and C6H12(CO2-)2(C62-) in a methanol/2-propanol medium. The compounds have similar structures, which are composed of Mn(salen) out-of-plane dimers bridged by μ4-type C62-ions, forming a brick-wall-type network of [-{Mn2}-OCO-] chains alternately connected via C6H12linkers of C62-moieties. The counteranions for 1 and 2, i.e., BF4-and PF6-, respectively, are located between layers. Since the size of BF4-is smaller than that of PF6-, intra-layer inter-chain and inter-plane nearest-neighbor MnMn distances are shorter in 1 than in 2. The zigzag chain moiety of [-{Mn2}-OCO-] leads to a canted S = 2 spin arrangement with ferromagnetic coupling in the MnIIIout-of-plane dimer moiety and antiferromagnetic coupling through -OCO- bridges. Due to strong uniaxial anisotropy of the MnIIIion, the [-{Mn2}-OCO-] chains could behave as a single-chain magnet (SCM), which exhibits slow relaxation of magnetization at low temperatures. Nevertheless, these compounds fall into an antiferromagnetic ground state at higher temperatures of TN= 4.6 and 3.8 K for 1 and 2, respectively, than active temperatures for SCM behavior. The spin flip field at 1.8 K is 2.7 and 1.8 kOe for 1 and 2, respectively, which is attributed to the inter-chain interactions tuned by the size of the counteranions. The relaxation times of magnetization become longer at the boundary between the antiferromagnetic phase and the paramagnetic phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology (JST), 4-1-8 Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6058-5130
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kagesawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology (JST), 4-1-8 Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Breedlove
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aramaki-Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology (JST), 4-1-8 Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan and WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyasaka