The origin of nonmagnetic kramers doublets in the ground state of dysprosium triangles: Evidence for a toroidal magnetic moment

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 4126-4129

  Chibotaru, Liviu F ^a   Ungur, Liviu ^a   Soncini, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Dysprosium; Exchange coupling; Magnetic properties; Single molecule magnets

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; EXCHANGE COUPLING; HIGH-LEVEL AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; NON-MAGNETIC; SINGLE-MOLECULE MAGNETS;

DYSPROSIUM;

EID: 45549085858     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800283     Document Type: Article

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