Single molecule magnet behaviour in a rare trinuclear {Cr(III)Dy} methoxo-bridged complex.

The reaction of the chromium(iii) chloride tetrahydrofuran complex with the dipivaloylmethane ligand, the lanthanide alcoholic salt DyCl3·CH3OH and the 1,1,1-tris(hydroxymethyl)-ethane ligand resulted in the formation of a new trinuclear chromium-dysprosium complex. Magnetic investigations revealed that the new 3d-4f complex exhibits single molecule magnet behaviour.

Giant field dependence of the low temperature relaxation of the magnetization in a dysprosium(III)-DOTA complex.

The square antiprismatic Na[Dy(DOTA)(H(2)O)]·4H(2)O complex was characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction and ac magnetic susceptometry. Two competing mechanisms for magnetic relaxation as well as the remarkable increase of six orders of magnitude in the relaxation time upon application of a static magnetic field were detected.