Nature Communications (May 2021)

Water-oriented magnetic anisotropy transition

  • Sheng-Qun Su,
  • Shu-Qi Wu,
  • Masato Hagihala,
  • Ping Miao,
  • Zhijian Tan,
  • Shuki Torii,
  • Takashi Kamiyama,
  • Tongtong Xiao,
  • Zhenxing Wang,
  • Zhongwen Ouyang,
  • Yuji Miyazaki,
  • Motohiro Nakano,
  • Takumi Nakanishi,
  • Jun-Qiu Li,
  • Shinji Kanegawa,
  • Osamu Sato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23057-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Little is known about how the orientation of coordinated water molecules affects the magnetic properties of single molecule magnets. Here the authors combine experimental data and theoretical calculations to study how the rotation of water molecules alters the magnetic anisotropy of a pyrazine-based cobalt(II) complex.