Uranium and manganese cations have been combined in a wheel-shaped supramolecular assembly that retains its magnetic spin state after the external field is removed, with a high barrier to its relaxation. This cluster supports recent predictions of the usefulness of the actinides in single-molecule magnetic devices.
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Arnold, P. Uranyl steps in the ring. Nature Chem 4, 967–969 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1512
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