Exploration of the Magnetic Properties and Exotic Behavior of 3d/4f Coordination Clusters (B04)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Analytical Chemistry ; Inorganic Molecular Chemistry - Synthesis and Characterisation ; Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
• Term: since 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 471424360

The aim of the project is to explore the magnetic properties including exotic behavior in 3d/4f coordination clusters with an emphasis on systems combining Fe/4f and 3d/Dy ions. Relevant examples of exotic magnetic behavior are found in molecules showing toroidal moments. These were first identified on a molecular basis in a collaboration with the Mercator fellow Prof. Roberta Sessoli (University of Florence). These systems could be developed into multiferroic or even Skyrmionic system. The emerging set of Fe/Dy molecules show the charac-teristics of so-called (exchange) coupled Spring Magnets.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1573: 4f for Future
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Annie Powell; Professor Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Ph.D.