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A detailed multifrequency high field - high frequency EPR (95-285 GHz) study has been performed on the single-molecule magnet of formula [Fe8O2(OH)12(tacn)6]Br8 9H2O, where tacn=1,4,7-triazacyclononane. Polycrystalline powder spectra have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Anne Laure Barra , Dante Gatteschi , Roberta Sessoli

We develop the phenomenological theory for uniaxial ferromagnets, and derive explicit formulae for their magnetostriction (MS) and magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) generated by the magnetoelastic (ME) effects. An analysis of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-10-29 Jun-ichiro Inoue , Hiroki Tsuchiura

Tupitsyn et al. [Phys. Rev. B v69, 132406 (2004)] have recently reported results for the relaxation of crystalline systems of single--molecule magnets, such as Fe_8. They claim that, quite generally, (1) the magnetization and hole widths of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 J. J. Alonso , J. F. Fernandez

Single molecule magnets straddle the classical and quantum mechanical worlds, displaying many fascinating phenomena. They may have important technological applications in information storage and quantum computation. We review the physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-08-06 Jonathan R. Friedman , Myriam P. Sarachik

We report measurements of the temperature dependent components of the magnetic penetration depth {\lambda}(T) in single crystal samples of YBa_2Cu_4O_8 using a radio frequency tunnel diode oscillator technique. We observe a downturn in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-22 A. Serafin , J. D. Fletcher , S. Adachi , N. E. Hussey , A. Carrington

Altermagnetism has been detected in several materials using spin-sensitive probes. These measurements require rather complex setups that make it challenging to track variations in altermagnetic order, e.g., to identify a temperature-tuned…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 T. Farajollahpour , R. Ganesh , K. V. Samokhin

We study the magnetoelectric and magnetothermal transport properties of noncentrosymmetric metals using semiclassical Boltzmann transport formalism by incorporating the effects of Berry curvature and orbital magnetic moment. These effects…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-03 Ojasvi Pal , Bashab Dey , Tarun Kanti Ghosh

We have studied the magnetic behavior of dextran-coated magnetite (Fe$_3$O$_4$) nanoparticles with median particle size $\left<d\right>=8$ $nm$. Magnetization curves and in-field M\"ossbauer spectroscopy measurements showed that the…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Lima , A. L. Brandl , A. D. Arelaro , G. F. Goya

The magnetic anisotropy of a planar array of Ga$_{x}$Fe$_{4-x}$N nanocrystals (NCs) embedded in a GaN host is studied by ferromagnetic resonance. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy are employed to determine the phase and…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-19 Andreas Grois , Thibaut Devillers , Tian Li , Alberta Bonanni

Through systematics density functional calculations, the mechanism of the substrate induced spin reorientation transition in FePc/O-Cu(110) was explained in terms of charge transfer and rearrangement of Fe-d orbitals. Moreover, we found…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-01-14 Jun Hu , Ruqian Wu

First-principles calculations of the magnetic anisotropy energy for Mn- and Fe-atoms on CuN/Cu(001) surface are performed making use of the torque method. The easy magnetization direction is found to be different for Mn and Fe atoms in…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 A. B. Shick , F. Máca , A. I. Lichtenstein

Recent advances in nanoscience have raised interest in the minimum bit size required for classical information storage, i.e. for bistability with suppressed quantum tunnelling and energy barriers that exceed ambient temperatures. In the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-06-25 Tor O. Strandberg , Carlo. M. Canali , Allan H. MacDonald

We investigate the magnetization reversal in Fe/MgO(001) films with fourfold in-plane magnetic anisotropy and an additional uniaxial anisotropy whose orientation and strength are tuned using different growth geometries and post growth…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-13 Qing-feng Zhan , Stijn Vandezande , Kristiaan Temst , Chris Van Haesendonck

The low temperature spin dynamics of a Fe8 Single-Molecule Magnet was studied under circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation allowing us to establish clearly photon-assisted tunneling. This effect, while linear at low power, becomes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Sorace , W. Wernsdorfer , C. Thirion , A. -L. Barra , M. Pacchioni , D. Mailly , B. Barbara

Spin tunneling in the particular case of the magnetic molecular cluster octanuclear iron(III), Fe8, is treated by an effective Hamiltonian that allows for an angle-based description of the process. The presence of an external magnetic field…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Galetti , E. C. Silva

Single-ion lanthanide-organic complexes can provide stable magnetic moments with well-defined orientation for spintronic applications on the atomic level. Here, we show by a combined experimental approach of scanning tunneling microscopy…

In this work we report the appearence of a large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in Fe$_{1-x}$Ga$_x$ thin films grown onto ZnSe/GaAs(100). This arising anisotropy is related to the tetragonal metastable phase in as-grown samples…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-08-18 M. Barturen , J. Milano , M. Vásquez-Mansilla , C. Helman , M. A. Barral , A. M. Llois , M. Eddrief , M. Marangolo

Electronic nematicity in Fe-based superconductors is manifested by spontaneous rotational symmetry breaking and the formation of nematic domains with mutually orthogonal directions of $d_{xz}$/$d_{yz}$ orbital anisotropy. However, its…

The detailed theoretical understanding of quantum spin dynamics in various molecular magnets is an important step on the roadway to technological applications of these systems. Quantum effects in both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic…

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