Speaker
Mr
Owen Beaumont
(Monash University)
Description
Modern hard drive disks (HDDs) store information in the form of magnetic field orientation combinations. Information density / size of HDDS are hence limited by the size of the magnets used to construct the device. Molecules and single ions capable of magnetic hysteresis, termed single molecule magnets (SMMs) and single ion magnets (SIMs), respectively, are of interest then as a means to miniaturize HDDs. Widespread adoption of SMMs or SIMs in HDDs however is not currently feasible as the phenomenon requires liquid helium cooling in order to be observed. Current challenges for the field then include the discovery of SMMs or SIMs capable of retaining magnetization at temperatures above that of liquid nitrogen. Lanthanoid complexes are currently of interest then as the near degenerate 4f orbitals contribute greatly to ion anisotropy and hence the stability (Ueff) of single molecule / ion magnet magnetic hysteresis. Recent work within the Deacon group regarding a series of single ion / molecule magnets featuring the 5,7-dibromo-8-quinolinolate ligand will be presented.
| Do you wish to take part in</br>the Student Poster Slam? | No |
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| Are you an ECR? (<5 yrs</br>since PhD/Masters) | No |
| Are you a student? | Yes |
| What is your gender? | Male |
| Keywords or phrases (comma separated) | Lanthanoid, Single Molecule Magnet, X-ray Diffraction |
Primary author
Mr
Owen Beaumont
(Monash University)
Co-authors
Dr
Boujemaa Moubaraki
(Monash University)
Dr
David Turner
(Monash University)
Prof.
Glen Deacon
(Monash University)
Prof.
Keith Murray
(Monash University)
Dr
Stuart Langley
(Manchester Metropolitan University)
Mr
Tobias Rackl
(University of Munich)
