Alignment of magnetic anisotropy axes in crystals of Mn12 acetate and Mn12 -tBuAc molecular nanomagnets: Angle-dependent ac susceptibility study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Burzuri E ^a   Carbonera, Ch ^a   Luis, F ^a   Ruiz Molina, D ^b   Lampropoulos, C ^c   Christou, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ICN2   (Spain)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

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EID: 77954717755     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.224428     Document Type: Article

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