EPR of molecular nanomagnets

D Gatteschi, AL Barra, A Caneschi, A Cornia… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2006 - Elsevier
Electron paramagnetic resonance has played a crucial role in the determination of the
properties and in explaining the origin of the peculiar behaviour of molecular nanomagnets …

Fast magnetization tunneling in tetranickel (II) single-molecule magnets

EC Yang, W Wernsdorfer, LN Zakharov… - Inorganic …, 2006 - ACS Publications
A series of Ni4 cubane complexes with the composition [Ni (hmp)(ROH) Cl] 4 complexes 1−
4 where R=− CH3 (complex 1),− CH2CH3 (complex 2),− CH2CH2 (C4H9)(complex 3) …

Spin transverse force on spin current in an electric field

SQ Shen - Physical review letters, 2005 - APS
As a relativistic quantum mechanical effect, it is shown that the electron field exerts a
transverse force on an electron spin 1/2 only if the electron is moving. The spin force …

Origin of Second-Order Transverse Magnetic Anisotropy in -Acetate

A Cornia, R Sessoli, L Sorace, D Gatteschi, AL Barra… - Physical review …, 2002 - APS
The symmetry breaking effects for quantum tunneling of the magnetization in M n 12-acetate,
a molecular nanomagnet, represent an open problem. We present structural evidence that …

Spectroscopy of single-molecule magnets

EJL McInnes - Single-Molecule Magnets and Related Phenomena, 2006 - Springer
A review of spectroscopic studies of single-molecule magnets (SMMs) is presented,
covering Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR; field and frequency swept), Nuclear …

Definitive Spectroscopic Determination of the Transverse Interactions Responsible <?format ?>for the Magnetic Quantum Tunneling in -Acetate

S Hill, RS Edwards, SI Jones, NS Dalal, JM North - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
We present detailed angle-dependent single crystal electron paramagnetic resonance
(EPR) data for field rotations in the hard plane of the S= 10 single molecule magnet M n 12 …

Discrete easy-axis tilting in -acetate, as determined by EPR: Implications for the magnetic quantum tunneling mechanism

S Takahashi, RS Edwards, JM North, S Hill… - Physical Review B …, 2004 - APS
The variation with microwave frequency and temperature of previously reported anomalous
peaks in the EPR spectra of Mn 12-acetate, under large transverse fields, reveals that the …

Exchange interactions and high-energy spin states in -acetate

G Chaboussant, A Sieber, S Ochsenbein… - Physical Review B …, 2004 - APS
We perform inelastic neutron scattering measurements on the molecular nanomagnet Mn 12-
acetate to measure the excitation spectrum up to 45 meV (500 K). We isolate magnetic …

Heterometallic Integer-Spin Analogues of S = 9/2 Mn4 Cubane Single-Molecule Magnets

PL Feng, CC Beedle, C Koo, W Wernsdorfer… - Inorganic …, 2008 - ACS Publications
A family of distorted heterometallic cubanes,[MnIII3NiII (hmp) 3O (N3) 3 (O2CR) 3], where
O2CR− is benzoate (1), 3-phenylpropionate (2), 1-adamantanecarboxylate (3), or acetate …

Quantum tunneling and relaxation in -acetate studied by magnetic spectroscopy

M Dressel, B Gorshunov, K Rajagopal, S Vongtragool… - Physical Review B, 2003 - APS
The spin relaxation in the molecular magnet Mn 12 ac is investigated by high-frequency
magnetic spectroscopy in the frequency domain. By reversing the external magnetic field the …