Macroscopic Hexagonal Tubes of 3 d–4 f Metallocycles |
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| Authors: | Jianfeng Wu Lang Zhao Li Zhang Xiao‐Lei Li Mei Guo Prof?Dr Annie K Powell Prof?Dr Jinkui Tang |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, P.R. China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China;3. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The self‐assembly of three giant hexagonal 3d–4f metallocycles with inner diameters of 16.4, 16.5, and 16.4 Å, is described. Hexagonal metallocycles were stacked along the crystallographic c axis, producing unique hexagonal macroscopic tubular single crystals. The assembly mechanism of the tubular crystals was investigated. Remarkably, all three hexagonal metallocycles show typical single‐molecule magnet behavior, benefiting from the ferromagnetic couplings between the 3d and 4f ions. |
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| Keywords: | macroscopic tubes metallocycles single-molecule magnets |
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