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In this paper, we have focused on a comparison of the different magnetic properties of the three nano-Heusler Ru$_2$Mn$_X$ (X = Nb, Ta or V) compounds using the Blume-Capel Ising model. The Heusler structures are composed by different mixed…
We present a brief review of experimental and theoretical papers on studies of electron transport and magnetic properties in manganese-based compounds Mn$_2$YZ and Mn$_3$Z (Y = V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, etc.; Z = Al, Ge, Sn, Si, Pt, etc.). It has…
The heterobimetallic metallacrown (MC), (TMA)$_2${Mn(OAc)$_2$[12-MC$_{Mn(III)Cu(II)N(shi)}$-4](CH$_3$OH)}$\cdot$2.90CH$_3$OH, 1, where TMA$^+$ is tetramethylammonium, $^-$OAc is acetate, and shi$^{3-}$ is salicylhydroximate, consists of a…
The giant $\{ \mathrm{Mn}_{70} \}$ and $\{ \mathrm{Mn}_{84} \}$ wheels are the largest nuclearity single-molecule magnets synthesized to date and understanding their magnetic properties poses a challenge to theory. Starting from first…
The mixed manganite-cuprate CaCu3Mn4O12 is found, using density functional methods, to be a narrow gap (90 meV calculated) ferrimagnetic semiconductor. Cu (formally S=1/2) antialigns with Mn (formally S=3/2), and the net spin moment is 9…
The Mn12Ac single-molecule magnet has been converted for the first time into a form that contains non-carboxylate ligands. Reaction of Mn12Ac with diphenylphosphinic acid converts it into the title compound in which eight of the acetate…
We present low temperature magnetometry measurements on a new Mn3 single-molecule magnet (SMM) in which the quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) displays clear evidence for quantum mechanical selection rules. A QTM resonance appearing…
Search for single-molecule magnets (SMMs) with high blocking temperature (TB) is urgent for practical applications in magnetic recording, molecular spintronics and quantum computing. Based on the First-principles calculations, magnetic…
Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are molecules that can function as nanoscale magnets with potential use as magnetic memory bits. While SMMs can retain magnetization at low temperatures, characterizing them on surface and at room temperature…
Single-chain magnets are molecular spin chains displaying slow relaxation of the magnetisation on a macroscopic time scale. To this similarity with single-molecule magnets they own their name. In this chapter the distinctive features of…
The magnetization relaxation of Mn12 single-molecule magnets (SMMs) does not follow a simple Arrhenius law, even for data collected at low frequencies (5-1500 Hz) due to contributions from relaxation pathways via excited states with larger…
A Mn4 single-molecule magnet (SMM) is used to show that quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) is not suppressed by moderate three dimensional exchange coupling between molecules. Instead, it leads to an exchange bias of the quantum…
Materials with strong magnetoresistive responses are the backbone of spintronic technology, magnetic sensors, and hard drives. Among them, manganese oxides with a mixed valence and a cubic perovskite structure stand out due to their…
A key to building functional devices on the basis of single molecule magnets in the framework of molecular electronics is the ability to deposit and study these molecules on a surface, because the structural, electronic and magnetic…
We present a study of systems of single-molecule magnets using a semiclassical analysis and catastrophe theory. Separatrices in parameter space are constructed which are useful to determine the structure of the Hamiltonians energy levels.…
Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials have attracted tremendous research interest because of the promising application in the next-generation microelectronic devices. Here, by the first-principles calculations, we propose a…
The organometallic ring molecules Fe_6 and Fe_10 are leading examples of a class of nanoscopic molecular magnets, which have been of intense recent interest both for their intrinsic magnetic properties and as candidates for the observation…
The exploration of two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials has shown great promise and interest in tuning the magnetic and electronic properties as well as studying magneto-optical effects. The current work investigates the…
A new type of the single-molecule magnet [Mn_4 O_3 Cl_4 (O_2 CEt)_3(py)_3] forms dimers. Recent magnetic hysteresis measurements on this single-molecular magnet revealed interesting phenomena: an absence of quantum tunneling at zero…
Mixed-valence compound Pb3O4 (minium) has been studied using X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy and DFT calculations. In spite of presence of two valence states of lead [Pb(II) and Pb(IV)], the XANES spectrum of…