Single-molecule magnet behavior and magnetocaloric effect in ferromagnetically coupled LnIII-NiII-NiII-LnIII (LnIII = DyIII and GdIII) linear complexes

Financial support from Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) for Project Nos. CTQ-2011-24478 and MAT2012-38318-C03-01, the Junta de Andalucia (No. FQM-195 and Project of Excellence No. P11-FQM-7756), and the University of Granada are acknowledged. S.T. thanks to Junta de Andalucia for a post-doctoral contract.