Theoretical aspects of the magnetocaloric effect of coordination compounds, which hold promise for the design of new cooling agents termed “molecular refrigerators,” is examined. Due to special features of the electronic structure of polynuclear gadolinium(III) complexes, these compounds hold promise for use as refrigerating materials for achieving subhelium temperatures. Analysis of the literature suggests that further efforts on the design of molecular cooling agents should be concentrated on the development of molecular polynuclear scaffolds with gadolinium ions bound to a number of low-molecular-weight bridging ligands.

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从钆 (III) 配位化合物制造“分子冰箱”的原理：综述

研究了配位化合物磁热效应的理论方面，这些方面有望用于设计称为“分子冰箱”的新型冷却剂。由于多核钆 (III) 配合物的电子结构的特殊性，这些化合物有望用作实现低于氦气温度的制冷材料。文献分析表明，分子冷却剂设计的进一步努力应集中在分子多核支架的开发上，其中钆离子与许多低分子量桥接配体结合。