Tunneling splittings in Mn12-acetate single crystals

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 768-774

  Del Barco, E ^a   Kent, A D ^a   Rumberger, E M ^b   Hendrickson, D N ^b   Christou, G ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0036899346     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2002-00374-9     Document Type: Article

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