Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 1(52), p. 350-354, 2012
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 1(125), p. 368-372, 2012
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Spotting trends: Upon going from Tb(III) to Yb(III) centers in the complexes of the DOTA(4-) ligand, a reorientation of the easy axis of magnetization from perpendicular to parallel to the Ln-O bond of the apical water molecule is experimentally observed and theoretically predicted (SMM=single-molecule magnet). Only ions with an odd number of electrons show slow relaxation of the magnetization.