Slow magnetic relaxation in a novel carboxylate/oxalate/hydroxyl bridged dysprosium layer

A new 2D dysprosium layer compound has been successfully synthesized from reaction with 2-(3-pyridyl) pyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid (H3-py-4-pmc), in which the Dy(3+) ions reside in square antiprismatic coordination environments and are connected by carboxylate/oxalate/hydroxyl bridges. Magnetic studies reveal ferromagnetic interactions between Dy(3+) ions, slow magnetic relaxation with an effective energy barrier U (eff) of 186 K under zero dc field and pronounced hysteresis loops at low temperatures. Further dilution magnetic study suggests that the slow magnetic relaxation originates from the single-ion magnetic behavior of Dy(3+) ion and that magnetic coupling suppresses the quantum tunneling of magnetization at low temperature. In addition, theoretical calculation indicates strong Ising anisotropy of the Dy(3+) ion that is due to the strong interaction between Dy(3+) ions and hydroxyl groups.