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Co–Ln Mixed-Metal Phosphonate Grids and Cages as Molecular Magnetic Refrigerants

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posted on 2016-02-22, 08:22 authored by Yan-Zhen Zheng, Marco Evangelisti, Floriana Tuna, Richard E. P. Winpenny
The synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of six families of cobalt–lanthanide mixed-metal phosphonate complexes are reported in this Article. These six families can be divided into two structural types: grids, where the metal centers lie in a single plane, and cages. The grids include [4 × 3] {Co8Ln4}, [3 × 3] {Co4Ln6}, and [2 × 2] {Co4Ln2} families and a [4 × 4] {Co8Ln8} family where the central 2 × 2 square is rotated with respect to the external square. The cages include {Co6Ln8} and {Co8Ln2} families. Magnetic studies have been performed for these compounds, and for each family, the maximum magnetocaloric effect (MCE) has been observed for the Ln = Gd derivative, with a smaller MCE for the compounds containing magnetically anisotropic 4f-ions. The resulting entropy changes of the gadolinium derivatives are (for 3 K and 7 T) 11.8 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co8Gd2}; 20.0 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co4Gd2}; 21.1 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co8Gd4}; 21.4 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co8Gd8}; 23.6 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co4Gd6}; and 28.6 J kg–1 K–1 for {Co6Gd8}, from which we can see these values are proportional to the percentage of the gadolinium in the core.

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