Landau-Zener tunneling in the presence of weak intermolecular interactions in a crystal of Mn4 single-molecule magnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Wernsdorfer, W ^a   Bhaduri, S ^b   Vinslava, A ^b   Christou, G ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 29844444619     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.214429     Document Type: Article

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