Decoherence in crystals of quantum molecular magnets

Nature

Volumn 476, Issue 7358, 2011, Pages 76-79

  Takahashi, S ^a,b   Tupitsyn, I S ^c,d   Van Tol, J ^e   Beedle, C C ^f   Hendrickson, D N ^e   Stamp, P C E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; IRON; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MAGNET; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULE; PHONON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79961170538     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10314     Document Type: Article

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