Xi'an Jiaotong University Researchers Achieve Groundbreaking Advances in Light-Controlled Magnetism in Two-Dimensional Single-Molecule Magnets
2025-05-21 / Read about 0 minute
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Collaborating with Professor Cheng Peng from Nankai University, Associate Professor Han Tian from the School of Chemistry at Xi'an Jiaotong University (as part of Professor Ding Shujiang's team) has achieved remarkable breakthroughs. Utilizing a sophisticated molecular engineering approach and the synergistic effect of photosensitive ligand bridging and axial strong-field ligands, they have successfully synthesized high-performance pentagonal bipyramidal Dy(III) single-molecule magnets within a two-dimensional metal-organic framework. Moreover, they have constructed a spatially vertically aligned array of easy magnetization axes for Dy(III) ions. This innovative material boasts an impressive magnetic reversal energy barrier exceeding 1000K and a coercivity of 4500Oe at 2K, establishing a new benchmark for the single-molecule magnet-metal-organic framework system. Furthermore, the material can generate stable radicals through UV light-induced electron transfer, enabling photochromism and effective control over magnetic relaxation dynamics, thus creating a sophisticated light-controlled magnetic bistable switch system.