Tao Shang

3 weeks ago | dx.doi.org | Ming Liu |Yan-Cong Chen |Huan Wang |Tao Shang

IntroductionClick to copy section linkSection link copied!The observation of slow magnetic relaxation in the terbium(III) complex [TbPc2]− (Pc is the phthalocyanine dianion) was a landmark discovery that ushered in a new era in the study of single-molecule magnets (SMMs). (1,2) An explosion in the number of lanthanide (Ln) SMMs soon followed, with a strong emphasis on trivalent terbium, dysprosium and erbium in addition to other lanthanides.