Resonant magnetization tunnelling in the half-integer-spin single-molecule magnet [PPh4][Mn12O12(O2CEt)16(H2O)4]

Sheila M. J. Aubin, David N. Hendrickson, Sheila M. J. Aubin, Stefano Spagna, Hilary J. Eppley, Ronald Sager, Hilary J. Eppley, George Christou

Chemical Communications · 1998 · 63 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Steps are observed on the magnetization hysteresis loop for an oriented crystal sample of [PPh4][Mn12O12(O2CEt)16- (H2O)4] and these are taken as evidence for field-tuned resonant magnetization tunnelling between quantum levels of the S = 19/2 ground state.

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