Measurement of the relaxation rate of the magnetization in Mn 12O 12-acetate using proton NMR echo

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  Jang, Z H ^a   Lascialfari, A ^b   Borsa, F ^a,b   Gatteschi, D ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MOLECULES; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; THERMAL EXCITATIONS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 4243407795     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2977     Document Type: Article

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