Université de Fribourg

Electronic fine structure calculation of [Gd(DOTA)(H₂O)]⁻ using LF-DFT: The zero field splitting

Senn, Florian ; Helm, Lothar ; Borel, Alain ; Daul, Claude A.

In: Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2011, vol. 15, no. 2-3, p. 250-254

Zerfo field splitting plays an important role in determining the electron spin relaxation of Gd(III) in solution. We understand the ZFS as an effect depending on the f electron structure and treat it in the framework of ligand field-density functional theory (LF-DFT). We apply this theory to calculate the ZFS of [Gd(DOTA)(H₂O)]⁻ from first principles, having an insight concerning the...