Sub-Kelvin magnetic relaxation in the non-Kramers Ho(III) antiferromagnetic chain {Ho(α-fur)3}n

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https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0044825

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1D lanthanide-based chain, holmium(III), non-Kramers ion, magnetic anisotropy, heat capacity

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We report the synthesis, structural and magnetothermal characterization down to sub-Kelvin temperatures of the polymeric complex {Ho(α-fur)3}n (α-fur = C4H3OCOO⁻). The α-furoate ligands bridge Ho(III) ions into one-dimensional zigzag chains running along the crystallographic c-axis. Two slightly distinct coordination environments, denoted Ho(A) and Ho(B), arise from positional disorder of one furoate ligand. Ab initio calculations were performed to estimate the zero-field splittings of both Ho at A and B sites. Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements show that at low temperatures, the compound behaves as an assembly of antiferromagnetically coupled S* =1/2 Ising-like chains (J*/kB ≈ −0.4 K) of Ho ions with transverse anisotropy. The low-temperature susceptibility further reveals a small concentration of chain defects. Zero-field ac susceptibility measurements evidence slow relaxation of the magnetization assigned to defect-enabled single-chain magnet (SCM) dynamics in the two chain types, with activation energies EA,SCM = 2.9(3) K and EB,SCM = 4(3) K. Below 0.4 K, a crossover to a coherent quantum tunneling of the magnetization regime, assisted by hyperfine interactions, is observed. The relaxation behavior is discussed in comparison with the related compounds {Ln(α-fur)3}n (Ln = Dy, Tb) and {Ho2Ba(α-fur)8}n, highlighting the interplay between Kramers versus non-Kramers ion character, hyperfine interactions, and magnetic exchange topology in governing the low-temperature dynamics.

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Ana Arauzo, Elena Bartolomé, Javier Luzón, Silvia Melnic, Sergiu Shova, and Juan Bartolomé, Sub-Kelvin magnetic relaxation in the non-Kramers Ho(III) antiferromagnetic chain {Ho(α-fur)3}n, Low Temp. Phys. 52, 1089–1101 , (2026) [Fiz. Nyzk. Temp. 52, 1202–1215, (2026)] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0044825.

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