Heisenberg spin triangles in {V6}-type magnetic molecules: Experiment and theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 544071-5440712

  Luban, Marshall ^a   Borsa, Ferdinando ^a   Bud'ko, Sergey ^a   Canfield, Paul ^a   Jun, Suckjoon ^a   Jung, Jae Kap ^a   Kögerler, Paul ^a   Mentrup, Detlef ^a   Müller, Achim ^a   Modler, Robert ^a   Procissi, Daniel ^a   Suh, Byoung Jin ^a   Torikachvili, Milton ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SODIUM 23;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4243407100     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.054407     Document Type: Article

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