Designing Dimeric Lanthanide(III)-Containing Ionic liquids |
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| Authors: | Éadaoin McCourt Dr. Kane Esien Li Zhenyu Dr. Solveig Felton Dr. Peter Nockemann |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Quill Research Centre, The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University of Belfast, BT95AG Belfast, UK;2. Centre for Nanostructured Media, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, BT71NN Belfast, UK |
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| Abstract: | Herein, we report on the preparation of liquid dimeric lanthanide(III)-containing compounds. Starting from the design of dimeric solids, we demonstrate that by tuning of anion and cation structures we can lower the melting points below room temperature, whilst maintaining the dimeric structure. Magnetic measurements could establish the spin-spin interactions of the neighboring lanthanide(III) ions in the liquid state at low temperatures, and matched the interactions of the analogous crystalline solid compounds. |
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| Keywords: | Dimer Ionic Liquids Lanthanides Magnetic Properties Materials Chemistry |
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