A classification of spin frustration in molecular magnets from a physical study of large odd-numbered-metal, odd electron rings

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 19113-19118

  Baker, Michael L ^a,b,c   Timco, Grigore A ^a   Piligkos, Stergios ^d   Mathieson, Jennifer S ^e   Mutka, Hannu ^c   Tuna, Floriana ^a   Kozłowski, Piotr ^f   Antkowiak, Michał ^f   Guidi, Tatiana ^g   Gupta, Tulika ^h   Rath, Harapriya ^a   Woolfson, Robert J ^a   Kamieniarz, Grzegorz ^f   Pritchard, Robin G ^a   Weihe, Høgni ^d   Cronin, Leroy ^e   Rajaraman, Gopalan ^h   Collison, David ^a   McInnes, Eric J L ^a   Winpenny, Richard E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^h INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Chromium; Density functional theory; Inelastic neutron scattering; Magnetic measurements; Molecular magnetism

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM TRIFLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84869860975     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213127109     Document Type: Article

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