Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.50, No.3, 720-722, 2011
Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Novel Dy-4 and Dy-8 Compounds
Two novel dysprosium(III) clusters have been prepared and structurally characterized. One has a tetranuclear core with a rare zigzag arrangement, and the other is an unprecedented octanuclear cluster with six triangular Dy-3 units sharing vertices. Both dysprosium(III) clusters possess frequency-dependent on alternating-current magnetic susceptibilities, indicating possible single-molecule magnet behavior.