Proximal magnetometry of monolayers of single molecule magnets on gold using polarized muons (2009)
Salman, Z., Blundell, S. J., Giblin, S. R., Mannini, M., Margheriti, L., Morenzoni, E., ...
The magnetic properties of a monolayer of Fe4 single molecule magnets grafted onto a Au (111) thin film have been investigated using low energy muon spin rotation. The properties of the monolayer are...
Procissi, D., Arosio, P., Orsini, F., Marinone, M., Cornia, A., Lascialfari, A.
We present a study of the spin dynamics of Fe_4(OCH_3)_6(dpm)_6 single molecule magnet by means of SQUID magnetization and muon relaxation (µ^(+)SR) measurements. In longitudinal field µ^+SR...
Mugnier, L. M., Fusco, T., Cornia, A., Dandy, S.
The phase diversity technique is a useful tool to measure and pre-compensate for quasi-static aberrations, in particular non-common path aberrations, in an adaptive optics corrected imaging system....
Electron transport through single Mn12 molecular magnets (2005)
Heersche, H. B., De Groot, Z., Folk, J. A., Romeike, C., Wegewijs, M. R., ...
We report transport measurements through a single-molecule magnet, the Mn12 derivative [Mn12O12(O2C-C6H4-SAc)16(H2O)4], in a single-molecule transistor geometry. Thiol groups connect the molecule to...
Spin dynamics at level crossing in molecular AF rings probed by NMR (2004)
Lascialfari, A., Borsa, F., Micotti, E., Furukawa, D., Jang, Z. H., ...
The low-temperature spin dynamics in molecular rings with a finite number (N less than or equal to 10) of magnetic ions was studied by means of H-1 NMR. When an external magnetic field (B) induces a...
Energy-barrier enhancement by ligand substitution in tetrairon(III) single-molecule magnets (2004)
Cornia, A., Fabretti, A. C., Garrisi, P., Mortalò, C., Bonacchi, D., Gatteschi, D., ...
Magnetic anisotropy of the antiferromagnetic ring [Cr8F8Piv16] (2002)
Van Slageren, J., Sessoli, R., Gatteschi, D., Smith, A. A., Helliwell, M., Winpenny, R. E. P., ...
A new tetragonal (P42(1)2) crystalline form of [Cr(8)F(8)Piv(16)] (HPiv = pivalic acid, trimethyl acetic acid) is reported. The ring-shaped molecules, which are aligned in a parallel fashion in the...
The origin of second-order transverse magnetic anisotropy in Mn12-acetate (2001)
Cornia, A., Sessoli, R., Sorace, L., Gatteschi, D., Barra, A. L., Daiguebonne, C.
The problem of the role of transverse fields in Mn12-acetate, a molecular nanomagnet, is still open. We present structural evidences that the disorder of the acetic acid of crystallization indices...
Nonadiabatic Landau Zener tunneling in Fe_8 molecular nanomagnets (2000)
Wernsdorfer, W., Sessoli, R., Caneschi, A., Gatteschi, D., Cornia, A.
The Landau Zener method allows to measure very small tunnel splittings \Delta in molecular clusters Fe_8. The observed oscillations of \Delta as a function of the magnetic field applied along the...
Wernsdorfer, W., Caneschi, A., Sessoli, R., Gatteschi, D., Cornia, A., Villar, V., ...
The strong influence of nuclear spins on resonant quantum tunneling in the molecular cluster Fe_8 is demonstrated for the first time by comparing the relaxation rate of the standard Fe_8 sample with...
Magnetic anisotropy of Mn-12-acetate nanomagnets from high-field torque magnetometry (2000)
Cornia, A., Affronte, M., Jansen, A. G. M., Gatteschi, D., Caneschi, A., Sessoli, R.
Landau Zener method to study quantum phase interference of Fe8 molecular nanomagnets (1999)
Wernsdorfer, W., Sessoli, R., Caneschi, A., Gatteschi, D., Cornia, A., Mailly, D.
We present details about an experimental method based on the Landau Zener model which allows to measure very small tunnel splittings $\Delta$ in molecular clusters Fe8. The measurements are performed...