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Title:
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Magnetic long-range order induced by quantum ralaxation in single-molecule magnets
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Author:
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Evangelisti, M.; Luis, F.; Mettes, F. L.; Aliaga, N.; Aromí Bedmar, Guillem; Alonso, J. J.; Christou, G.; Jongh, L. J. de
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
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Abstract:
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Can magnetic interactions between single-molecule magnets (SMMs) in a crystal establish long-range magnetic order at low temperatures deep in the quantum regime, where the only electron spin fluctuations are due to incoherent magnetic quantum tunneling (MQT)? Put inversely: can MQT provide the temperature dependent fluctuations needed to destroy the ordered state above some finite Tc, although it should basically itself be a T-independent process? Our experiments on two novel Mn4 SMMs provide a positive answer to the above, showing at the same time that MQT in the SMMs has to involve spin-lattice coupling at a relaxation rate equaling that predicted and observed recently for nuclear-spin-mediated quantum relaxation. |
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Magnetic properties and materials Materials Propietats magnètiques |
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Rights:
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(c) American Physical Society, 2004
openAccess |
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Document type:
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article |
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