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The orientation is in the details

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A detailed magnetic, structural and luminescence characterization unveils that what may have looked like mere details have a significant influence on the magnetic properties of a dysprosium complex.

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Figure 1: Molecular structure of the Dy–DOTA molecule, emphasizing the coordination environment; left (side view), right (top view).

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  1. Muralee Murugesu is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie-Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N6N5, Canada,

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Murugesu, M. The orientation is in the details. Nature Chem 4, 347–348 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1341

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