The association of a carbon-rich ruthenium complex with an anisotropic dysprosium ion leads to a unique complex showing SMM behaviour with multiple relaxation processes.

Utilization of the strong electron-withdrawing ligand, hfac, leads to a novel dinuclear dysprosium single-molecule magnet featuring a pyrazine bridge with a large anisotropic barrier.

We show the synthesis of three new dysprosium(iii)-carbamato complexes and describe their structures magnetic properties through X-ray diffraction SQUID measurements.

Over 8 months, we monitored transition frequencies between nearly degenerate, opposite-parity levels in two isotopes of atomic dysprosium (Dy). These frequencies are sensitive to variation of the fine-structure constant (alpha) due to relativistic corrections of opposite sign for the opposite-parity levels. In this unique system, in contrast to atomic-clock comparisons, the difference of the el...

A novel ferromagnetic 1D dysprosium chain was synthesized. It exhibits slow magnetic relaxation, originating from the single-ion behaviour of Dy(3+) as indicated by dc and ac magnetic data of both diluted and un-diluted samples.

Rare earth elements have been recognized as critical materials for the advancement of many strategic and green technologies. Recently, the United States Department of Energy has invested many millions of dollars to enhance, protect, and forecast their production and management. The work presented here attempts to clarify the limited and contradictory literature on the oxidation behavior of the ...

This dissertation presents the effects of atmosphere, time, and energy input (thermal and mechanical) on the kinetics of gas-solid and solid-solid reactions in systems of dysprosium, uranium, oxygen, and nitrogen. Accordingly, Chapter Two presents a novel synthesis technique used to form DyN via a gas-solid reaction between dysprosium and nitrogen. DyN was rapidly formed through a mechanochemic...

Two homoleptic phosphanylamido dysprosium complexes [Li(THF)4][(Ph2PNPh)4Dy] and [Dy{N(PPh2)2}3] have been synthesized. Both have a highly symmetric arrangement of the ligand which is only slightly broken in the solid state by steric and packing effects as a result of the weak coordination of phosphorus atoms to the metal centre. Magnetic properties of these two compounds are similar with both ...

Three lanthanide one-dimensional coordination polymers, obtained using Ln(3+) salts and croconate dianion, were structurally characterized. Magnetic studies reveal that the gadolinium analogue exhibits a large magnetocaloric effect while single-molecule magnet behaviour is observed in the dysprosium analogue.

This work describes the techniques used to prepare and analyze a reflectance wavelength standard composed of three rare-earth oxides. A mixture of dysprosium oxide (DY20.1), erbium oxide (Er203). and holmium oxide (Ho20) provides a pressed powder specimen exhibiting a near infrared reflectance spectrum characterized by many discrete absorption minima in the wavelength range 700 to 2000 urn. The...