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| Open AccessDirect determination of high-order transverse ligand field parameters via µSQUID-EPR in a Et4N[160GdPc2] SMM
Single molecule magnets (SMMs) are molecules with magnetic states separated by an energy barrier. These two (or more) states can serve as basis for quantum information processing, but this requires a detailed understanding of the ligand field of the molecule that forms the SMM. Here, Taran et al use a combination of two experimental techniques, µSQUID and EPR, to precisely measure the higher-order ligand field parameters.
- Gheorghe Taran
- , Eufemio Moreno-Pineda
- & Wolfgang Wernsdorfer
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| Open AccessChemical design of electronic and magnetic energy scales of tetravalent praseodymium materials
Trivalent lanthanides are typically described using an ionic picture that leads to localized magnetic moments. Here authors show that the “textbook” description of lanthanides fails for Pr4+ ions where the hierarchy of single-ion energy scales can be tailored to explore correlated phenomena in quantum materials.
- Arun Ramanathan
- , Jensen Kaplan
- & Henry S. La Pierre
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| Open AccessReversible single crystal-to-single crystal double [2+2] cycloaddition induces multifunctional photo-mechano-electrochemical properties in framework materials
Porous coordination frameworks that undergo reversible structural transformations are promising for sensing, switching and separations. Here, the authors report an electroactive framework that exhibits a reversible single crystal-to-single crystal double [2+2] photocyclisation, leading to property changes.
- Dylan A. Sherman
- , Ryuichi Murase
- & Deanna M. D’Alessandro
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| Open AccessRashba coupling amplification by a staggered crystal field
Future spintronic devices may exploit spin-orbit interactions, which often emerge from broken symmetries and strongly influence electronic behaviour. Here, the authors evidence the amplification of Rashba coupling by a crystal field that breaks the local inversion symmetry at the Ni site in BaNiS2.
- David Santos-Cottin
- , Michele Casula
- & Andrea Gauzzi