Magnetocaloric effect and slow magnetic relaxation in two dense (3,12)-connected lanthanide complexes†
Abstract
Two (3,12)-connected complexes with distorted cubic [Ln4O4] (Ln = Gd (1), Dy (2)) building units were synthesized. The magnetic studies reveal that 1 features a large magnetocaloric effect with −ΔSmaxm = 51.29 J kg−1 K−1, and 2 displays slow magnetic relaxation behavior.