The origin of the second relaxation process in the [Mn12O12(O2CR)16(H2O)4] single-molecule magnets: ‘Jahn–Teller isomerism’ in the [Mn12O12] core

Ziming Sun, Daniel Ruiz, David N. Hendrickson, N. R. Dilley, M. B. Maple, Mónica Soler, Kirsten Folting, George Christou, Joan Ribas

Chemical Communications · 1999 · 99 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

The origin of the second, faster relaxation process in Mn12 molecules has been identified as a different relative orientation of the Jahn–Teller elongation axes of the MnIII ions, which we have termed ‘Jahn–Teller isomerism’.

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