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Role of Ab Initio Calculations in the Design and Development of Organometallic Lanthanide‐Based Single‐Molecule Magnets
Author(s) -
Swain Abinash,
Sarkar Arup,
Rajaraman Gopalan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – an asian journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.18
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1861-471X
pISSN - 1861-4728
DOI - 10.1002/asia.201900828
Subject(s) - lanthanide , ab initio , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , magnet , molecule , constructive , wave function , computational chemistry , chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , computer science , atomic physics , physics , organic chemistry , process (computing) , quantum mechanics , ion , operating system
Single‐molecule magnets based on lanthanides are very attractive due to their potential applications proposed in the area of microelectronic devices. Very recent advances in this area are due to the blend of conventional lanthanide chemistry with organometallic ligands, and several breakthrough achievements are attained with this combination. Ab initio methods based on multi‐reference CASSCF calculations are playing a vital role in the design and development of such molecules. In this minireview, we aim to appraise various contributions in the area of organometallic lanthanide complexes (those containing lanthanide‐carbon bonds) and describe how these robust wavefunction‐based methods have played a constructive role not only in rationalizing the observed magnetic properties but also proven to be a potential predictive tool with some selected examples.