Quantum signatures of a molecular nanomagnet in direct magnetocaloric measurements

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sharples, Joseph W ^a   Collison, David ^a   McInnes, Eric J L ^a   Schnack, Jürgen ^b   Palacios, Elias ^c   Evangelisti, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; COOLING; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DENSITY; ENTROPY; HEAT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR NANOMAGNET; MOLECULE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84924102519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6321     Document Type: Article

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