Photomagnetic effect in molecular magnets based on nitrosyl complexes of ruthenium and rare-earth ions

Abstract

The magnetic properties of new bifunctional molecular magnets based on nitrosyl complexes of ruthenium and thiacalix[4]arenes of rare-earth ions (Gd3+, Dy3+) have been investigated. A photoinduced decrease in the magnetization of the molecular magnet with rare-earth ions Gd3+ and the absence of a photomagnetic effect in crystals with rare-earth ions Dy3+ have been revealed at a temperature of 2 K. It has been found that, in the sample containing Dy3+ ions, the magnetization deviates by 6% from the calculated value for noninteracting ions. A comparison of the results obtained for two groups of isostructural samples, which differ only in the type of rare-earth ions, has demonstrated that the observed deviation of the magnetization is caused by the interaction of the orbital moment of the Dy3+ ions with the crystal field.