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Hu Z, Yang S. Endohedral metallofullerene molecular nanomagnets. Chem Soc Rev 2024; 53:2863-2897. [PMID: 38324027 DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00991b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Magnetic lanthanide (Ln) metal complexes exhibiting magnetic bistability can behave as molecular nanomagnets, also known as single-molecule magnets (SMMs), suitable for storing magnetic information at the molecular level, thus attracting extensive interest in the quest for high-density information storage and quantum information technologies. Upon encapsulating Ln ion(s) into fullerene cages, endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) have been proven as a promising and versatile platform to realize chemically robust SMMs, in which the magnetic properties are able to be readily tailored by altering the configurations of the encapsulated species and the host cages. In this review, we present critical discussions on the molecular structures and magnetic characterizations of EMF-SMMs, with the focus on their peculiar molecular and electronic structures and on the intriguing molecular magnetism arising from such structural uniqueness. In this context, different families of magnetic EMFs are summarized, including mononuclear EMF-SMMs wherein single-ion anisotropy is decisive, dinuclear clusterfullerenes whose magnetism is governed by intramolecular magnetic interaction, and radical-bridged dimetallic EMFs with high-spin ground states that arise from the strong ferromagnetic coupling. We then discuss how molecular assemblies of SMMs can be constructed, in a way that the original SMM behavior is either retained or altered in a controlled manner, thanks to the chemical robustness of EMFs. Finally, on the basis of understanding the structure-magnetic property correlation, we propose design strategies for high-performance EMF-SMMs by engineering ligand fields, electronic structures, magnetic interactions, and molecular vibrations that can couple to the spin states.
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- Ziqi Hu
- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials (iChEM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
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Yang W, Velkos G, Rosenkranz M, Schiemenz S, Liu F, Popov AA. Nd─Nd Bond in I h and D 5h Cage Isomers of Nd 2 @C 80 Stabilized by Electrophilic CF 3 Addition. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2305190. [PMID: 37946664 PMCID: PMC10767449 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202305190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Synthesis of molecular compounds with metal-metal bonds between 4f elements is recognized as one of the fascinating milestones in lanthanide metallochemistry. The main focus of such studies is on heavy lanthanides due to the interest in their magnetism, while bonding between light lanthanides remains unexplored. In this work, the Nd─Nd bonding in Nd-dimetallofullerenes as a case study of metal-metal bonding between early lanthanides is demonstrated. Combined experimental and computational study proves that pristine Nd2 @C80 has an open shell structure with a single electron occupying the Nd─Nd bonding orbital. Nd2 @C80 is stabilized by a one-electron reduction and further by the electrophilic CF3 addition to [Nd2 @C80 ]- . Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals the formation of two Nd2 @C80 (CF3 ) isomers with D5h -C80 and Ih -C80 carbon cages, both featuring a single-electron Nd─Nd bond with the length of 3.78-3.79 Å. The mutual influence of the exohedral CF3 group and endohedral metal dimer in determining the molecular structure of the adducts is analyzed. Unlike Tb or Dy analogs, which are strong single-molecule magnets with high blocking temperature of magnetization, the slow relaxation of magnetization in Nd2 @Ih -C80 (CF3 ) is detectable via out-of-phase magnetic susceptibility only below 3 K and in the presence of magnetic field.
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- Wei Yang
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials ResearchHelmholtzstraße 2001069DresdenGermany
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Shui Y, Liu D, Zhao P, Zhao X, Ehara M, Lu X, Akasaka T, Yang T. Element effects in endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, La, Lu). J Chem Phys 2023; 159:244302. [PMID: 38131484 DOI: 10.1063/5.0180309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes have recently emerged, in which encapsulated metals form a metal-metal bond. However, the physical reasons why some metal elements prefer to form metal-metal bonds inside fullerene are still unclear. Herein, we reported first-principles calculations on electronic structures, bonding properties, dynamics, and thermodynamic stabilities of endohedral metallofullerenes M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, La, Lu). Multiple bonding analysis approaches unambiguously reveal the existence of one two-center two-electron σ covalent metal-metal bond in M2@C82 (M = Sc, Y, Lu); however, the La-La bonding interaction in La2@C82 is weaker and could not be categorized as one metal-metal covalent bond. The energy decomposition analysis on bonding interactions between an encapsulated metal dimer and fullerene cages suggested that there exist two electron-sharing bonds between a metal dimer and fullerene cages. The reasons why La2 prefers to donate electrons to fullerene cages rather than form a standard σ covalent metal-metal bond are mainly attributed to two following facts: La2 has a lower ionization potential, while the hybridization of ns, (n - 1)d, and np atomic orbitals in La2 is higher. Ab initio molecular dynamic simulations reveal that the M-M bond length at room temperature follows the trend of Sc < Lu < Y. The statistical thermodynamics calculations at different temperatures reveal that the experimentally observed endohedral metal-metal-bonding fullerenes M2@C82 have high concentrations in the endohedral fullerene formation temperature range.
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- Yuan Shui
- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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- Research Center for Computational Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Nishigonaka 38, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die and Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory for Non-Equilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, School of Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
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Kandrashkin YE, Zaripov RB. Low-temperature motion of the scandium bimetal in endofullerene Sc 2@C 80(CH 2Ph). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:31493-31499. [PMID: 37962489 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04335e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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The spin decoherence of the scandium bimetal in Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) is studied at low temperatures (20-120 K) by the electron spin echo technique. The correlation between the magnetic quantum number m of the total spin state of the scandium nuclei j and the decay rates is established. For the total spin j = 5, a decrease of the phase relaxation time by a factor of two is observed by changing the transition from m = -1 to m = +1 and m = -3 at 120 K. The observed results are rationalized in the framework of the rotational diffusion of the endohedral fragment in the fullerene cage. It is found that the characteristic rotation time is of the order of a microsecond at 100 K and increases at lower temperatures.
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- Yuri E Kandrashkin
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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Yu P, Li M, Hu S, Pan C, Shen W, Guo K, Xie YP, Bao L, Zhang R, Lu X. Stabilizing a non-IPR C2(13333)-C 74 cage with Lu 2C 2/Lu 2O: the importance of encaged non-metallic elements. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:12990-12993. [PMID: 37831442 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc04668k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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A difference in encaged non-metallic element (i.e., C2versus O) leads to a clear change of intramolecular interactions and shifts in redox potentials of Lu2C2@C2(13333)-C74 and Lu2O@C2(13333)-C74, as a result of their distinct molecular orbital energy levels. Different from these two endoherals whose HOMOs are located on the cage, experimentally absent Lu2@C2(13333)-C74 possesses a HOMO predominantly delocalized on the internal Lu-Lu bond, accompanied by a much smaller HOMO-LUMO gap, suggesting that the presence of a non-metallic unit broadens the electrochemical gaps and consequently improves the kinetic stability. These findings shed light on the role of non-metallic moieties in clusterfullerenes, providing valuable insights into the stability and properties of metallofullerenes.
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- Pengwei Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Physics, Xidian University, Xi'an, 710071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an 331000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, China.
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China
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Tučková L, Jaroš A, Foroutan-Nejad C, Straka M. A quest for ideal electric field-driven MX@C 70 endohedral fullerene memristors: which MX fits the best? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:14245-14256. [PMID: 37171279 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01149f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Endohedral fullerenes with a dipolar molecule enclosed in the fullerene cage have great potential in molecular electronics, such as diodes, switches, or molecular memristors. Here, we study a series of model systems based on MX@D5h(1)-C70 (M = a metal or hydrogen, X = a halogen or a chalcogen) endohedral fullerenes to identify potential molecular memristors and to derive a general formula for rapid identification of potential memristors among analogous MX@Cn systems. To obtain sufficiently accurate results for switching barriers and encapsulation energies, we perform a benchmark of ten DFT functionals against ab initio SCS-MP2 and DLPNO-CCSD(T) methods at the complete basis set limit. The whole series is then investigated using the PBE0 functional which was found to be the most efficient vs. the ab initio methods. Nine of the 34 MX@C70 molecules studied are predicted to have suitable switching barriers to be considered as potential candidates for molecular switches and memristors. We have identified several structure-property relationships for the switching barrier and response of the systems to the electric field, in particular the dependence of the switching barrier on the available space for M-X switching and faster response of the system to the electric field with a larger dipole moment of MX and MX@C70.
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- Lucie Tučková
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-16610, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 3, CZ-16628, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-16610, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2038/6, CZ-12843, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-16610, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, CZ-16610, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Li M, Zhao R, Dang J, Zhao X. Theoretical study on the stabilities, electronic structures, and reaction and formation mechanisms of fullerenes and endohedral metallofullerenes. Coord Chem Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Kandrashkin YE, Zaripov RB. Scandium dimetallofullerene with a single-electron metal-metal bond as a spectroscopic ruler for EPR measurements. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:19743-19752. [PMID: 35968766 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02116a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Measurements of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) close to the saturation region of iron-core electromagnets (ca. 1 Tesla) require precise magnetic field calibration due to nonlinear effects. Endohedral fullerenes Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) have unique spectral features due to the large hyperfine interaction (509 MHz) of the delocalized electron with two scandium nuclei (I = 7/2), resulting in a maximum spectral width of 0.25 Tesla. The spectrum consists of 64 well resolved lines divided into 15 groups, depending on the projection of the total spin of the scandium nuclei. Each group has a reference line with the largest possible total nuclear spin, located in the right edge of the group. These reference lines are shown to be equidistant in the low-field and high-field regions of the spectrum, and can therefore serve as a benchmark for magnetic field calibration. The calibration procedure is explained by theoretical calculations and verified on endofullerene spectra in Q-band EPR. To compare the spectral properties, measurements in the X- and W-bands were also performed. Absolute values of magnetic field strength were taken from standard Hall sensors of the spectrometer (X- and Q-bands) or on the measurements of the applied current (W-band); additional control of these values is carried out using a Gaussmeter at the sample location. The results show the high accuracy of the correction procedure for linear and nonlinear magnetic field offsets.
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- Yuri E Kandrashkin
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan, 420029, Russia.
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Nguyen GT, Ungur L. The Role of Radical Bridges in Polynuclear Single‐Molecule Magnets. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200227. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Giang Truong Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Block S8 Level 3, 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore Singapore 117543
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science National University of Singapore Block S8 Level 3, 3 Science Drive 3 Singapore Singapore 117543
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Kandrashkin YE, Zaripov RB, Liu F, Büchner B, Kataev V, Popov AA. Temperature-dependent dynamics of endohedral fullerene Sc 2@C 80(CH 2Ph) studied by EPR spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:18206-18220. [PMID: 34612284 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02237g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Endohedral fullerenes are promising materials for the quantum information and quantum processing due to the unique properties of the electron-nuclear spin system well isolated from the environment inside the fullerene cage. The endofullerene Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) features a strong hyperfine interaction between one electron spin 1/2 localized at the Sc2 dimer and two equivalent 45Sc nuclear spins 7/2, which yields 64 well resolved EPR transitions. We report a comprehensive analysis of the temperature dependence of the EPR spectrum of Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) dissolved in d-toluene measured in a wide temperature range above and below the melting point. The nature of the electron spin coherence phase memory is investigated. The properties of all resonance lines in a liquid phase were treated within the model of the free rotational diffusion. Both, analytical expressions and numerical examination provide an excellent agreement between the experimental and simulated spectra. A detailed study of the experimental data confirms the assumption of the independent motions of the fullerene cage and the Sc2 core. The data obtained show three regimes of molecular motion detected at different temperatures: the free rotation of both the fullerene cage and its bi-metal core, the motion of the core in the frozen fullerene cage, and, finally, a state with a fixed structure of both parts of the metallofullerene molecules. The data analysis reveals a significant nuclear quadrupole interaction playing an important role for the mixing of the different nuclear spin multiplets.
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- Yuri E Kandrashkin
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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Zhang K, Zheng H, Li M, Li QZ, Zhao Y, Zhao X. Significant Roles of a Particularly Stable Two-Center Two-Electron Lu-Lu σ Bond in Lu 2@C 86: Electronic Structure of Lu and Radius of Lu 2. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2425-2436. [PMID: 33497217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is still dispute over the stability of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) M2C2n, and recently, multiform lutetium-based dimetallofullerenes have been dropped in experiments. The thermodynamic stabilities of Lu2C86 EMFs are revealed by density functional theory (DFT) in conjunction with statistical thermodynamic analyses. Inevitably, besides the experimentally reported Lu2@C2v(63751)-C86, Lu2@Cs(63750)-C86, and Lu2@Cs(63757)-C86, other three metal carbide clusterfullerenes, Lu2C2@D2d(51591)-C84, Lu2C2@C1(51383)-C84, and Lu2C2@Cs(id207430)-C84, rather than Lu2@C86 are first characterized as thermodynamically stable isomers of Lu2C86. Specially, the Cs(id207430)-C84 is a newly non-classical fullerene containing one heptagon, which is stabilized via encaging Lu2C2. Another interesting phenomenon is that the outer fullerene cages of thermodynamically stable Lu2C82-88 molecules are geometrically connected through C2 addition/loss and Stone-Wales (SW) transformation, suggesting a special relationship between thermodynamic stabilities and geometries of Lu2C82-88 EMFs. Furthermore, the electronic configurations of (Lu2)4+@C864- and (Lu2C2)4+@C844- were confirmed. A significantly stable two-center two-electron (2c-2e) Lu-Lu σ single bond is formed in Lu2@C86. By comparing M-M bonds in M2@C2v(63751)-C86 (M = Sc, Y, La, and Lu), two significant factors, the valence atomic orbital (ns) of metal atoms and radius of M2+, are found to determine the stability of the M-M bond in the C2v(63751)-C86. Additionally, the simulated UV-vis-NIR spectra of thermodynamically stable Lu2C86 isomers were simulated, which further disclose their electronic features.
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- KaiNi Zhang
- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center of Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Institute of Molecular Science & Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory for Nonequilibrium Synthesis and Modulation of Condensed Matter, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Cai W, Bocarsly JD, Gomez A, Letona Lee RJ, Metta-Magaña A, Seshadri R, Echegoyen L. High blocking temperatures for DyScS endohedral fullerene single-molecule magnets. Chem Sci 2020; 11:13129-13136. [PMID: 34094494 PMCID: PMC8163201 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05265e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Dy-based single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are of great interest due to their ability to exhibit very large thermal barriers to relaxation and therefore high blocking temperatures. One interesting line of investigation is Dy-encapsulating endohedral clusterfullerenes, in which a carbon cage protects magnetic Dy3+ ions against decoherence by environmental noise and allows for the stabilization of bonding and magnetic interactions that would be difficult to achieve in other molecular architectures. Recent studies of such materials have focused on clusters with two Dy atoms, since ferromagnetic exchange between Dy atoms is known to reduce the rate of magnetic relaxation via quantum tunneling. Here, two new dysprosium-containing mixed-metallic sulfide clusterfullerenes, DyScS@C s(6)-C82 and DyScS@C 3v(8)-C82, have been successfully synthesized, isolated and characterized by mass spectrometry, Vis-NIR, cyclic voltammetry, single crystal X-ray diffractometry, and magnetic measurements. Crystallographic analyses show that the conformation of the encapsulated cluster inside the fullerene cages is notably different than in the Dy2X@C s(6)-C82 and Dy2X@C 3v(8)-C82 (X = S, O) analogues. Remarkably, both isomers of DyScS@C82 show open magnetic hysteresis and slow magnetic relaxation, even at zero field. Their magnetic blocking temperatures are around 7.3 K, which are among the highest values reported for clusterfullerene SMMs. The SMM properties of DyScS@C82 far outperform those of the dilanthanide analogues Dy2S@C82, in contrast to the trend observed for carbide and nitride Dy clusterfullerenes.
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- Wenting Cai
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Avenue El Paso Texas 79968 USA
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- Materials Research Lab, Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California 93106 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Avenue El Paso Texas 79968 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Avenue El Paso Texas 79968 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Avenue El Paso Texas 79968 USA
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- Materials Research Lab, Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara California 93106 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso 500 W University Avenue El Paso Texas 79968 USA
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Zaripov RB, Kandrashkin YE, Salikhov KM, Büchner B, Liu F, Rosenkranz M, Popov AA, Kataev V. Unusually large hyperfine structure of the electron spin levels in an endohedral dimetallofullerene and its spin coherent properties. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:20513-20521. [PMID: 33026391 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06114j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We report the synthesis, ESR spectroscopic and spin coherent properties of the dimetallofullerene Sc2@C80(CH2Ph). The single-electron metal-metal bond of the Sc2 dimer inside the fullerene's cage is stabilized with the electron spin density being fully localized at the metal bond. This results in an extraordinary strong hyperfine interaction of the electron spin with the 45Sc nuclear spins with a coupling constant a = 18.2 mT (∼510 MHz) and yields a fully resolved hyperfine-split ESR spectrum comprising 64 lines. The splitting is present even at low temperatures where the molecular dynamics are completely frozen. The large extent and the robustness of the hyperfine-split spectra enable us to identify and control the well-defined transitions between specific electron-nuclear quantum states. This made it possible to demonstrate in our pulse ESR study the remarkable spin coherent dynamics of Sc2@C80(CH2Ph), such as the generation of arbitrary superpositions of the spin states in a nutation experiment and the spin dephasing times above 10 μs at temperatures T < 80 K reaching the value of 17 μs at T ≤ 20 K. These observations suggest Sc2@C80(CH2Ph) as an interesting qubit candidate and motivate further synthetic efforts to obtain fullerene-based systems with superior spin properties.
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- Ruslan B Zaripov
- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan 420029, Russia.
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, D-01069, Dresden, Germany and Institute for Solid State and Materials Physics, TU Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz IFW Dresden, D-01069, Dresden, Germany
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Nie M, Meng H, Zhao C, Lu Y, Zhang J, Feng L, Wang C, Wang T. Crystallographic evidence and spin activation for the Russian-doll-type metallofullerene Sc 4C 2@C 80. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:10879-10882. [PMID: 32804991 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04496b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We report unambiguous crystallographic evidence for the Russian-doll-type metallofullerene Sc4C2@Ih-C80. 45Sc NMR further demonstrates the tetrahedron arrangement of the Sc4C2 cluster. Moreover, the electrochemical test reveals the stable oxidation state of Sc4C2@C80. Hence, the Sc4C2@C80 cation radical was studied by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. These results provide better understanding for the previously less-explored Sc4C2@C80.
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- Mingzhe Nie
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials InnovationS, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Yu B, Shen W, Yang L, Liu Y, Pan C, Cong H, Jin P, Lu X. Regioselective Synthesis, Crystallographic Characterization, and Electrochemical Properties of Pyrazole‐ and Pyrrole‐Ring‐Fused Derivatives of Y
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- Bing Yu
- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 P. R. China
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- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Lab for New Fiber Materials and Modern TextileGrowing Base for State Key LaboratoryCollege of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringQingdao University Qingdao 266071 P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and EngineeringHebei University of Technology Tianjin 300130 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould TechnologySchool of Materials Science and EngineeringHuazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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Nie M, Yang L, Zhao C, Meng H, Feng L, Jin P, Wang C, Wang T. A luminescent single-molecule magnet of dimetallofullerene with cage-dependent properties. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:18612-18618. [PMID: 31580370 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr05255k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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It is important to explore luminescent single-molecule magnets (SMMs) to promote their application in high-density data storage. Herein, we report two dimetallofullerenes of DyEr@C82 isomers, which exhibit cage-dependent single-molecule magnet behavior and photoluminescence properties. DyEr@C82 isomers were characterized with a Cs and C3v cage symmetry by UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Magnetic results revealed that DyEr@C3v-C82 displays SMM behavior below 3 K, whereas DyEr@Cs-C82 is a paramagnet. In addition, photoluminescence (PL) was also observed for both of these two isomers, whose peak patterns are different. Theoretical calculations revealed the presence of a one-electron-two-center Dy-Er bond in these two isomers, and different electronic structures of DyEr@Cs-C82 and DyEr@C3v-C82, which agrees well with the experimental results. These results show that dimetallofullerenes are promising magneto-luminescent materials with varied properties.
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- Mingzhe Nie
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, College of Physics, Optoelectronics and Energy & Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy Technologies, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Yang W, Velkos G, Liu F, Sudarkova SM, Wang Y, Zhuang J, Zhang H, Li X, Zhang X, Büchner B, Avdoshenko SM, Popov AA, Chen N. Single Molecule Magnetism with Strong Magnetic Anisotropy and Enhanced Dy∙∙∙Dy Coupling in Three Isomers of Dy-Oxide Clusterfullerene Dy 2O@C 82. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2019; 6:1901352. [PMID: 31637168 PMCID: PMC6794633 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A new class of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) based on Dy-oxide clusterfullerenes is synthesized. Three isomers of Dy2O@C82 with C s(6), C 3v(8), and C 2v(9) cage symmetries are characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, which shows that the endohedral Dy-(µ2-O)-Dy cluster has bent shape with very short Dy-O bonds. Dy2O@C82 isomers show SMM behavior with broad magnetic hysteresis, but the temperature and magnetization relaxation depend strongly on the fullerene cage. The short Dy-O distances and the large negative charge of the oxide ion in Dy2O@C82 result in the very strong magnetic anisotropy of Dy ions. Their magnetic moments are aligned along the Dy-O bonds and are antiferromagnetically (AFM) coupled. At low temperatures, relaxation of magnetization in Dy2O@C82 proceeds via the ferromagnetically (FM)-coupled excited state, giving Arrhenius behavior with the effective barriers equal to the AFM-FM energy difference. The AFM-FM energy differences of 5.4-12.9 cm-1 in Dy2O@C82 are considerably larger than in SMMs with {Dy2O2} bridges, and the Dy∙∙∙Dy exchange coupling in Dy2O@C82 is the strongest among all dinuclear Dy SMMs with diamagnetic bridges. Dy-oxide clusterfullerenes provide a playground for the further tuning of molecular magnetism via variation of the size and shape of the fullerene cage.
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- Wei Yang
- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden)Helmholtzstrasse 2001069DresdenGermany
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- College of ChemistryChemical Engineering and Materials ScienceSoochow UniversitySuzhouJiangsu215123P. R. China
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Liu F, Spree L, Krylov DS, Velkos G, Avdoshenko SM, Popov AA. Single-Electron Lanthanide-Lanthanide Bonds Inside Fullerenes toward Robust Redox-Active Molecular Magnets. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:2981-2993. [PMID: 31571482 PMCID: PMC6796827 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A characteristic phenomenon of lanthanide-fullerene interactions is the transfer of metal valence electrons to the carbon cage. With early lanthanides such as La, a complete transfer of six valence electrons takes place for the metal dimers encapsulated in the fullerene cage. However, the low energy of the σ-type Ln-Ln bonding orbital in the second half of the lanthanide row limits the Ln2 → fullerene transfer to only five electrons. One electron remains in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital, whereas the fullerene cage with a formal charge of -5 is left electron-deficient. Such Ln2@C80 molecules are unstable in the neutral form but can be stabilized by substitution of one carbon atom by nitrogen to give azafullerenes Ln2@C79N or by quenching the unpaired electron on the fullerene cage by reacting it with a chemical such as benzyl bromide, transforming one sp2 carbon into an sp3 carbon and yielding the monoadduct Ln2@C80(CH2Ph). Because of the presence of the Ln-Ln bonding molecular orbital with one electron, the Ln2@C79N and Ln2@C80(R) molecules feature a unique single-electron Ln-Ln bond and an unconventional +2.5 oxidation state of the lanthanides. In this Account, which brings together metallofullerenes, molecular magnets, and lanthanides in unconventional valence states, we review the progress in the studies of dimetallofullerenes with single-electron Ln-Ln bonds and highlight the consequences of the unpaired electron residing in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital for the magnetic interactions between Ln ions. Usually, Ln···Ln exchange coupling in polynuclear lanthanide compounds is weak because of the core nature of 4f electrons. However, when interactions between Ln centers are mediated by a radical bridge, stronger coupling may be achieved because of the diffuse nature of radical-based orbitals. Ultimately, when the role of a radical bridge is played by a single unpaired electron in the Ln-Ln bonding orbital, the strength of the exchange coupling is increased dramatically. Giant exchange coupling in endohedral Ln2 dimers is combined with a rather strong axial ligand field exerted on the lanthanide ions by the fullerene cage and the excess electron density localized between two Ln ions. As a result, Ln2@C79N and Ln2@C80(CH2Ph) compounds exhibit slow relaxation of magnetization and exceptionally high blocking temperatures for Ln = Dy and Tb. At low temperatures, the [Ln3+-e-Ln3+] fragment behaves as a single giant spin. Furthermore, the Ln-Ln bonding orbital in dimetallofullerenes is redox-active, which allows its population to be changed by electrochemical reactions, thus changing the magnetic properties because the change in the number of electrons residing in the Ln-Ln orbital affects the magnetic structure of the molecule.
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- Fupin Liu
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
- Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Hu S, Shen W, Yang L, Duan G, Jin P, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic and Theoretical Investigations of Er 2 @C 2 n (2 n=82, 84, 86): Indication of Distance-Dependent Metal-Metal Bonding Nature. Chemistry 2019; 25:11538-11544. [PMID: 31290169 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Successful isolation and characterization of a series of Er-based dimetallofullerenes present valuable insights into the realm of metal-metal bonding. These species are crystallographically identified as Er2 @Cs (6)-C82 , Er2 @C3v (8)-C82 , Er2 @C1 (12)-C84 , and Er2 @C2v (9)-C86 , in which the structure of the C1 (12)-C84 cage is unambiguously characterized for the first time by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Interestingly, natural bond orbital analysis demonstrates that the two Er atoms in Er2 @Cs (6)-C82 , Er2 @C3v (8)-C82 , and Er2 @C2v (9)-C86 form a two-electron-two-center Er-Er bond. However, for Er2 @C1 (12)-C84 , with the longest Er⋅⋅⋅Er distance, a one-electron-two-center Er-Er bond may exist. Thus, the difference in the Er⋅⋅⋅Er separation indicates distinct metal bonding natures, suggesting a distance-dependent bonding behavior for the internal dimetallic cluster. Additionally, electrochemical studies suggest that Er2 @C82-86 are good electron donors instead of electron acceptors. Hence, this finding initiates a connection between metal-metal bonding chemistry and fullerene chemistry.
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- Shuaifeng Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die &, Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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Spree L, Popov AA. Recent advances in single molecule magnetism of dysprosium-metallofullerenes. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:2861-2871. [PMID: 30756104 PMCID: PMC6394203 DOI: 10.1039/c8dt05153d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This article outlines the magnetic properties of single molecule magnets based on Dy-encapsulating endohedral metallofullerenes. The factors that govern these properties, such as the influence of different non-metal species in clusterfullerenes, the cage size, and cage isomerism are discussed, as well as the recent successful isolation of dimetallofullerenes with unprecedented magnetic properties. Finally, recent advances towards the organization of endohedral metallofullerenes in 1D, 2D, and 3D ordered structures with potential for devices are reviewed.
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- IFW Dresden
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- IFW Dresden
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Liu F, Velkos G, Krylov DS, Spree L, Zalibera M, Ray R, Samoylova NA, Chen CH, Rosenkranz M, Schiemenz S, Ziegs F, Nenkov K, Kostanyan A, Greber T, Wolter AUB, Richter M, Büchner B, Avdoshenko SM, Popov AA. Air-stable redox-active nanomagnets with lanthanide spins radical-bridged by a metal-metal bond. Nat Commun 2019; 10:571. [PMID: 30718550 PMCID: PMC6362165 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08513-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Engineering intramolecular exchange interactions between magnetic metal atoms is a ubiquitous strategy for designing molecular magnets. For lanthanides, the localized nature of 4f electrons usually results in weak exchange coupling. Mediating magnetic interactions between lanthanide ions via radical bridges is a fruitful strategy towards stronger coupling. In this work we explore the limiting case when the role of a radical bridge is played by a single unpaired electron. We synthesize an array of air-stable Ln2@C80(CH2Ph) dimetallofullerenes (Ln2 = Y2, Gd2, Tb2, Dy2, Ho2, Er2, TbY, TbGd) featuring a covalent lanthanide-lanthanide bond. The lanthanide spins are glued together by very strong exchange interactions between 4f moments and a single electron residing on the metal–metal bonding orbital. Tb2@C80(CH2Ph) shows a gigantic coercivity of 8.2 Tesla at 5 K and a high 100-s blocking temperature of magnetization of 25.2 K. The Ln-Ln bonding orbital in Ln2@C80(CH2Ph) is redox active, enabling electrochemical tuning of the magnetism. Dilanthanide complexes that possess radical bridges exhibit enhanced magnetic exchange coupling, affording molecular magnets with high blocking temperatures. Here, the authors explore a series of dilanthanide-encapsulated fullerenes where the radical bridge is taken to its limit and the role is played by a single unpaired electron.
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- Fupin Liu
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 81237, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany.,Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS), TU Dresden, D-01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany.,Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS), TU Dresden, D-01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW Dresden), Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069, Dresden, Germany.
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Shen W, Bao L, Hu S, Yang L, Jin P, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic characterization of Lu 2C 2n (2 n = 76-90): cluster selection by cage size. Chem Sci 2019; 10:829-836. [PMID: 30774877 PMCID: PMC6345353 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc03886d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The successful isolation and unambiguous crystallographic assignment of a series of lutetium-containing endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs), Lu2C2n (2n = 76, 78, 80, 84, 86, 88, 90), reveal an unrecognized decisive effect of the cage size on the configuration of the encapsulated clusters. The molecular structures of these compounds are unambiguously assigned as Lu2@T d(2)-C76, Lu2@D 3h(5)-C78, Lu2@C 2v(5)-C80, Lu2@C 2v(7)-C84, Lu2@C s(8)-C86, Lu2@C s(15)-C86, Lu2@C 1(26)-C88, Lu2C2@C 2v(9)-C86, Lu2C2@C s(32)-C88 and Lu2C2@D 2(35)-C88. Specifically, when the cage is relatively small, Lu2@C2n (2n = 76-86) are all dimetallofullerenes (di-EMFs) and a Lu-Lu single bond could be formed between the two lutetium ions inside the cages. However, when the cage expands further, the valence electrons forming the possible Lu-Lu bond donate to a readily inserted C2-unit, resulting in the formation of carbide EMFs, Lu2C2@C2n (2n = 86, 88). Consistently, our theoretical results reveal that all these EMFs are thermodynamically favorable isomers. Thus the comprehensive characterization of the series of Lu2C76-90 isomers and the overall agreement between the experimental and theoretical results reveal for the first time that the exact configuration of the internal metallic cluster is determined by the cage size, taking a solid step towards the controlled synthesis of novel hybrid molecules which may have potential applications as building blocks of single molecule devices.
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- Wangqiang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Hebei University of Technology , Tianjin , 300130 , China .
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Hebei University of Technology , Tianjin , 300130 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology , School of Materials Science and Engineering , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road , Wuhan , 430074 , China .
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Pan C, Shen W, Yang L, Bao L, Wei Z, Jin P, Fang H, Xie Y, Akasaka T, Lu X. Crystallographic characterization of Y2C2n (2n = 82, 88–94): direct Y–Y bonding and cage-dependent cluster evolution. Chem Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00941h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The long-sought Y–Y bonding is experimentally observed in organometallic complexes for the first time by encapsulation inside the hollow cavity of C3v(8)-C82 and Cs(6)-C82 fullerene cages.
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Velkos G, Krylov DS, Kirkpatrick K, Liu X, Spree L, Wolter AUB, Büchner B, Dorn HC, Popov AA. Giant exchange coupling and field-induced slow relaxation of magnetization in Gd 2@C 79N with a single-electron Gd-Gd bond. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:2902-2905. [PMID: 29497728 PMCID: PMC5885278 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00112j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Magnetic properties of the azafullerene Gd2@C79N are studied by SQUID magnetometry. The effective exchange coupling constant jGd,e between the Gd spins and the spin of unpaired electron residing on the single-electron Gd-Gd bond is determined to be 170 ± 10 cm-1. Low temperature AC measurements revealed field-induced millisecond-long relaxation of magnetization.
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- G Velkos
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA and Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia 24016, USA.
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 01069, Germany.
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Popov AA. Redox-active metal-metal bonds between lanthanides in dimetallofullerenes. CURRENT OPINION IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2018; 8:73-80. [PMID: 30079381 PMCID: PMC6071841 DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The empty space inside a fullerene cage can be filled with a variety of species, including metal dimers. Encapsulation of Sc2, Y2, or lanthanide dimers leads to dimetallofullerenes featuring metal-metal bonding molecular orbital. Such an orbital can be either HOMO or LUMO of the dimetallofullerene molecule. In certain cases, single-occupied metal-metal bonding orbital can be also stabilized. This review is focused on redox processes involving variation of the electron population of metal-metal bonding orbitals in dimetallofullerenes.
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Mansikkamäki A, Popov AA, Deng Q, Iwahara N, Chibotaru LF. Interplay of spin-dependent delocalization and magnetic anisotropy in the ground and excited states of [Gd 2@C 78] - and [Gd 2@C 80] . J Chem Phys 2017; 147:124305. [PMID: 28964020 DOI: 10.1063/1.5004183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The magnetic properties and electronic structure of the ground and excited states of two recently characterized endohedral metallo-fullerenes, [Gd2@C78]- (1) and [Gd2@C80]- (2), have been studied by theoretical methods. The systems can be considered as [Gd2]5+ dimers encapsulated in a fullerene cage with the fifteen unpaired electrons ferromagnetically coupled into an S = 15/2 high-spin configuration in the ground state. The microscopic mechanisms governing the Gd-Gd interactions leading to the ferromagnetic ground state are examined by a combination of density functional and ab initio calculations and the full energy spectrum of the ground and lowest excited states is constructed by means of ab initio model Hamiltonians. The ground state is characterized by strong electron delocalization bordering on a σ type one-electron covalent bond and minor zero-field splitting (ZFS) that is successfully described as a second order spin-orbit coupling effect. We have shown that the observed ferromagnetic interaction originates from Hund's rule coupling and not from the conventional double exchange mechanism. The calculated ZFS parameters of 1 and 2 in their optimized geometries are in qualitative agreement with experimental EPR results. The higher excited states display less electron delocalization, but at the same time they possess unquenched first-order angular momentum. This leads to strong spin-orbit coupling and highly anisotropic energy spectrum. The analysis of the excited states presented here constitutes the first detailed study of the effects of spin-dependent delocalization in the presence of first order orbital angular momentum and the obtained results can be applied to other mixed valence lanthanide systems.
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- Akseli Mansikkamäki
- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Chemistry Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Helmholtzstrasse 20, Dresden 01069, Germany
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Chemistry Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, Chemistry Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Chen CH, Krylov DS, Avdoshenko S, Liu F, Spree L, Yadav R, Alvertis A, Hozoi L, Nenkov K, Kostanyan A, Greber T, Wolter AUB, Popov AA. Selective arc-discharge synthesis of Dy 2S-clusterfullerenes and their isomer-dependent single molecule magnetism. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6451-6465. [PMID: 29263779 PMCID: PMC5734629 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc02395b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A method for the selective synthesis of sulfide clusterfullerenes Dy2S@C2n is developed. Addition of methane to the reactive atmosphere reduces the formation of empty fullerenes in the arc-discharge synthesis, whereas the use of Dy2S3 as a source of metal and sulfur affords sulfide clusterfullerenes as the main fullerene products along with smaller amounts of carbide clusterfullerenes. Two isomers of Dy2S@C82 with Cs(6) and C3v(8) cage symmetry, Dy2S@C72-Cs(10528), and a carbide clusterfullerene Dy2C2@C82-Cs(6) were isolated. The molecular structure of both Dy2S@C82 isomers was elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. SQUID magnetometry demonstrates that all of these clusterfullerenes exhibit hysteresis of magnetization, with Dy2S@C82-C3v(8) being the strongest single molecule magnet in the series. DC- and AC-susceptibility measurements were used to determine magnetization relaxation times in the temperature range from 1.6 K to 70 K. Unprecedented magnetization relaxation dynamics with three consequent Orbach processes and energy barriers of 10.5, 48, and 1232 K are determined for Dy2S@C82-C3v(8). Dy2S@C82-Cs(6) exhibits faster relaxation of magnetization with two barriers of 15.2 and 523 K. Ab initio calculations were used to interpret experimental data and compare the Dy-sulfide clusterfullerenes to other Dy-clusterfullerenes. The smallest and largest barriers are ascribed to the exchange/dipolar barrier and relaxation via crystal-field states, respectively, whereas an intermediate energy barrier of 48 K in Dy2S@C82-C3v(8) is assigned to the local phonon mode, corresponding to the librational motion of the Dy2S cluster inside the carbon cage.
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- Chia-Hsiang Chen
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Physik-Institut , Universität Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut , Universität Zürich , Zürich , Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden , 01069 Dresden , Germany .
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Shen W, Bao L, Wu Y, Pan C, Zhao S, Fang H, Xie Y, Jin P, Peng P, Li FF, Lu X. Lu 2@C 2n (2n = 82, 84, 86): Crystallographic Evidence of Direct Lu-Lu Bonding between Two Divalent Lutetium Ions Inside Fullerene Cages. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:9979-9984. [PMID: 28679207 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although most of the M2C2n-type metallofullerenes (EMFs) tend to form carbide cluster EMFs, we report herein that Lu-containing EMFs Lu2C2n (2n = 82, 84, 86) are actually dimetallofullerenes (di-EMFs), namely, Lu2@Cs(6)-C82, Lu2@C3v(8)-C82, Lu2@D2d(23)-C84, and Lu2@C2v(9)-C86. Unambiguous X-ray results demonstrate the formation of a Lu-Lu single bond between two lutetium ions which transfers four electrons in total to the fullerene cages, thus resulting in a formal divalent state for each Lu ion. Population analysis indicates that each Lu atom formally donates a 5d electron and a 6s electron to the cage with the remaining 6s electron shared with the other Lu atom to form a Lu-Lu single bond so that only four electrons are transferred to the fullerene cages with the formal divalent valence for each lutetium ion. Accordingly, we confirmed both experimentally and theoretically that the dominating formation of di-EMFs is thermodynamically very favorable for Lu2C2n isomers.
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- Wangqiang Shen
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Technology , Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology , 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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Liu F, Krylov DS, Spree L, Avdoshenko SM, Samoylova NA, Rosenkranz M, Kostanyan A, Greber T, Wolter AUB, Büchner B, Popov AA. Single molecule magnet with an unpaired electron trapped between two lanthanide ions inside a fullerene. Nat Commun 2017; 8:16098. [PMID: 28706223 PMCID: PMC5519982 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Increasing the temperature at which molecules behave as single-molecule magnets is a serious challenge in molecular magnetism. One of the ways to address this problem is to create the molecules with strongly coupled lanthanide ions. In this work, endohedral metallofullerenes Y2@C80 and Dy2@C80 are obtained in the form of air-stable benzyl monoadducts. Both feature an unpaired electron trapped between metal ions, thus forming a single-electron metal-metal bond. Giant exchange interactions between lanthanide ions and the unpaired electron result in single-molecule magnetism of Dy2@C80(CH2Ph) with a record-high 100 s blocking temperature of 18 K. All magnetic moments in Dy2@C80(CH2Ph) are parallel and couple ferromagnetically to form a single spin unit of 21 μB with a dysprosium-electron exchange constant of 32 cm−1. The barrier of the magnetization reversal of 613 K is assigned to the state in which the spin of one Dy centre is flipped. Single molecule magnets have demonstrated promise for information storage, molecular spintronics and quantum computing, but are limited by their low operational temperatures. Here, Popov and coworkers prepare a SMM with a high blocking temperature of 18 K by trapping two lanthanide ions with a single-electron bond inside a fullerene.
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- Fupin Liu
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Physik-Institut der Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Helmholtzstrasse 20, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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Zhao C, Wang T, Li Y, Meng H, Nie M, Tian J, Wang C. Awaking N-hyperfine couplings in charged yttrium nitride endohedral fullerenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:26846-26850. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05444k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Charged yttrium nitride endohedral fullerenes show particular N-hyperfine couplings that are sensitive to the outer carbon cage.
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- Chong Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Nanostructure and Nanotechnology
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 100190 Beijing
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