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Part I Tunneling of Single Molecule Magnets |
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1 From Quantum Relaxation to Resonant Spin Tunneling |
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3 | (14) |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Early Experiments on Magnetic Tunneling at the University of Barcelona |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (4) |
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12 | (5) |
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13 | (4) |
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2 Quantum Tunneling of the Collective Spins of Single-Molecule Magnets: From Early Studies to Quantum Coherence |
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17 | (44) |
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17 | (1) |
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2.2 Prehistory and History |
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18 | (6) |
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2.2.1 Micro-SQUID Measurements |
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22 | (1) |
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2.2.2 Mn12-ac, The First Single Molecular Magnet |
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22 | (2) |
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2.3 Quantum Tunneling in Single Molecule Magnets |
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24 | (9) |
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2.3.1 Single Molecule Magnets: Basic Properties |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (5) |
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2.4 Theory and Comparisons with Experiments |
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33 | (11) |
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2.4.1 Resonance Conditions |
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33 | (1) |
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2.4.2 Quantum Fluctuations and Barrier Erasing |
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34 | (1) |
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2.4.3 Tunnel Splittings, Spin-Parity and Observation of MQTM |
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34 | (2) |
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2.4.4 Quantum Tunneling and Spin-Bath |
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36 | (8) |
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2.5 Quantum Tunneling and Coherence in Single Ion Magnets |
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44 | (6) |
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2.5.1 First Evidence of MQTM in SIMs and Comparison with SMMs |
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44 | (3) |
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2.5.2 First Evidence of MQCM in SIMs, Paving the Way for SMMs |
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47 | (3) |
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2.6 Quantum Coherence in Single Molecule Magnets |
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50 | (4) |
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2.7 Conclusion and Perspectives |
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54 | (7) |
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55 | (6) |
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3 Spin Tunneling in Magnetic Molecules That Have Full or Partial Mechanical Freedom |
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61 | (16) |
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61 | (3) |
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3.2 Nanomechanics of a Two-State Spin System Rotating About a Fixed Axis |
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64 | (3) |
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3.2.1 Quantum Mechanics of a Two-State Spin System |
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64 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Renormalization of the Spin Tunnel Splitting in a Nano-oscillator |
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65 | (2) |
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3.3 Free Quantum Rotator with a Two-State Macrospin |
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67 | (7) |
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3.3.1 Anomalous Commutation Relations |
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67 | (3) |
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3.3.2 Rotating Two-State Spin System |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (3) |
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75 | (2) |
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4 A Microscopic and Spectroscopic View of Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization |
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77 | (36) |
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77 | (6) |
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4.1.1 Giant-Spin Approximation Hamiltonian |
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78 | (4) |
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4.1.2 Multi-Spin Hamiltonian |
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82 | (1) |
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4.2 Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in High-Symmetry Mn3 Single-Molecule Magnets |
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83 | (10) |
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4.2.1 The Mn3 Single-Molecule Magnet |
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84 | (1) |
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4.2.2 QTM Selection Rules in Mn3 |
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85 | (3) |
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4.2.3 The Influence of Disorder on QTM |
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88 | (4) |
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4.2.4 Berry Phase Interference in Trigonal Symmetry |
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92 | (1) |
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4.3 Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in the High-Symmetry Ni4 Single-Molecule Magnet |
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93 | (6) |
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4.3.1 The Ni4 Single-Molecule Magnet |
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93 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in the Ni4 SMM |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
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4.4 Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Low-Symmetry Mn4 Single-Molecule Magnets |
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99 | (7) |
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4.4.1 The Mn4 Single-Molecule Magnets |
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99 | (1) |
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4.4.2 EPR and QTM Spectroscopy in Mn4 SMMs with and Without Solvent |
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100 | (3) |
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4.4.3 Berry Phase Interference in Mn4-Bet |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (7) |
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108 | (5) |
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Part II Beyond Single Molecules |
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5 Magnetic Avalanches in Molecular Magnets |
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113 | (16) |
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113 | (3) |
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5.2 Temperature-Driven Magnetic Deflagration |
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116 | (7) |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (1) |
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5.4 Summary and Outlook for the Future |
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124 | (5) |
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125 | (4) |
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6 Theory of Deflagration and Fronts of Tunneling in Molecular Magnets |
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129 | (32) |
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129 | (3) |
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6.2 Magnetic Deflagration |
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132 | (7) |
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6.2.1 Ignition of Deflagration |
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134 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Deflagration Fronts |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (17) |
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6.3.1 Tunneling Effects in the Relaxation Rate |
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139 | (4) |
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6.3.2 Dipolar Field in Molecular Magnets |
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143 | (4) |
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6.3.3 Fronts of Tunneling at T = 0 |
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147 | (4) |
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6.3.4 1d Theory of Quantum Deflagration |
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151 | (3) |
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6.3.5 3d Theory of Quantum Deflagration |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (5) |
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157 | (4) |
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7 Dipolar Magnetic Order in Crystals of Molecular Nanomagnets |
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161 | (30) |
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161 | (4) |
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7.2 Theoretical Background |
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165 | (3) |
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165 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Mean-Field Approximations |
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166 | (2) |
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7.3 Dipolar Order vs. Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior |
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168 | (4) |
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7.3.1 Magnetic Order and Relaxation Towards Thermal Equilibrium |
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168 | (1) |
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7.3.2 Influence of Dipolar Interactions on Magnetic Relaxation and Spin Tunneling |
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169 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Experimental Determination of the Average Interaction Fields |
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170 | (2) |
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7.4 Dipolar Order of Molecular Nanomagnets with Low Magnetic Anisotropy. Ferromagnetism in Mn6 |
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172 | (3) |
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7.5 Dipolar Order in a Transverse Magnetic Field. Ferromagnetism in Mn12 Acetate |
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175 | (6) |
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7.5.1 Magnetic Ordering Via Pure Quantum Tunneling |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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7.5.3 The Quantum Ising Model |
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176 | (1) |
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7.5.4 Magnetic Order in Mn12 Acetate |
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177 | (4) |
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7.6 Magnetic Order and Quantum Phase Transition in Fe8 |
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181 | (5) |
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7.7 Conclusions and Outlook |
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186 | (5) |
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187 | (4) |
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191 | (30) |
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191 | (3) |
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8.2 Thermal Equilibrium and Slow Dynamics in Ideal SCMs |
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194 | (4) |
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8.3 Tailoring SCMs by Building-Block Approach |
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198 | (3) |
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8.4 Realistic Spin Hamiltonians for Single-Chain Magnets |
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201 | (5) |
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8.5 Glauber Model and Single-Chain Magnets |
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206 | (5) |
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8.6 Glauber Model for Finite Chains |
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211 | (4) |
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8.7 Beyond the Glauber Model |
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215 | (2) |
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8.8 Conclusion and Perspectives |
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217 | (4) |
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218 | (3) |
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9 Magnetism of Metal Phthalocyanines |
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221 | (28) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (7) |
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229 | (5) |
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9.4 MPc Molecules Adsorbed on Substrates |
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234 | (5) |
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239 | (10) |
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242 | (7) |
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10 Potentialities of Molecular Nanomagnets for Information Technologies |
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249 | (26) |
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249 | (2) |
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10.2 Classical and Quantum Bits |
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251 | (6) |
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10.3 Issues, Trends and Benchmarks of Information Technologies |
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257 | (5) |
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262 | (8) |
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10.5 Conclusions and Future Directions |
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270 | (5) |
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270 | (5) |
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11 Molecular Magnets for Quantum Information Processing |
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275 | (22) |
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275 | (3) |
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11.2 Encoding of Qubits in Molecular Magnets |
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278 | (2) |
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11.3 Single-Qubit Rotations and the Spin-Electric Effect |
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280 | (6) |
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286 | (2) |
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11.5 Decoherence in Molecular Magnets |
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288 | (3) |
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11.6 Initialization and Read-out |
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291 | (1) |
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11.7 Grover's Algorithm Using Molecular Magnets |
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292 | (5) |
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294 | (3) |
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12 Single-Molecule Spintronics |
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297 | (22) |
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297 | (2) |
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12.1.1 How to Detect Spin in Magnetic Molecules? |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
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12.3 Spectroscopy of Magnetic Spin States |
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301 | (6) |
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12.3.1 Weak Coupling: SET Excitations |
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302 | (1) |
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12.3.2 Intermediate Coupling: Inelastic Spin-Flip Co-tunneling Process |
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303 | (1) |
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12.3.3 Kondo Correlations |
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304 | (1) |
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12.3.4 Ground State to Ground State: Gate Spectroscopy |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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12.4 Fabrication of a Spin Transistor |
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307 | (3) |
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12.4.1 Electron-Beam Lithography |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (1) |
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12.4.3 Preliminary Characterization |
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310 | (1) |
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12.5 A Practical Example. The Fe4 Single-Molecule Magnet |
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310 | (5) |
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12.5.1 Why the Fe4 Single-Molecule Magnet? |
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310 | (2) |
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12.5.2 Spin Excitations: Inelastic Spin Flip Spectroscopy |
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312 | (1) |
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12.5.3 Gate-Voltage Spectroscopy |
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313 | (1) |
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12.5.4 Kondo Excitations and High-Spin State |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (4) |
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12.6.1 Quantum Tunneling of the Magnetization and Berry Phase |
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315 | (1) |
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12.6.2 Ferromagnetic Electrodes |
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316 | (1) |
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12.6.3 Spin Crossover Molecules |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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13 Molecular Quantum Spintronics Using Single-Molecule Magnets |
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319 | (46) |
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319 | (1) |
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13.2 Molecular Nanomagnets for Molecular Spintronics |
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320 | (1) |
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13.3 Introduction to Molecular Spintronics |
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321 | (7) |
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13.3.1 Direct Coupling Scheme |
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322 | (2) |
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13.3.2 Indirect Coupling Scheme |
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324 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Magnetic Torque Detector or Probing Via Mechanical Motion |
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325 | (2) |
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13.3.4 NanoSQUID or Probing Via Magnetic Flux |
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327 | (1) |
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13.4 Magnetism of the TbPc2 Molecular Nanomagnet |
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328 | (7) |
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13.4.1 Molecular Structure |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (3) |
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13.4.3 Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization and Landau-Zener Model |
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332 | (1) |
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13.4.4 Spin-Lattice Relaxation |
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333 | (2) |
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13.5 Molecular Quantum Spintronics with a Single TbPc2 |
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335 | (25) |
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13.5.1 Read-out of the Electronic Spin |
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336 | (8) |
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13.5.2 Read-out of the Nuclear Spin |
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344 | (10) |
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13.5.3 Coupling of a Single TbPc2 SMM to a Carbon Nanotube's Mechanical Motion |
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354 | (4) |
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13.5.4 Coupling of a Single TbPc2 SMM to a Quantum Dot |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (5) |
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361 | (4) |
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14 Molecule-Based Magnetic Coolers: Measurement, Design and Application |
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365 | (24) |
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365 | (2) |
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14.2 Theoretical Framework |
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367 | (1) |
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14.3 Experimental Evaluation of the MCE |
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368 | (5) |
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368 | (2) |
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14.3.2 Direct Measurements |
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370 | (3) |
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14.4 Designing the Ideal Refrigerant |
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373 | (9) |
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14.4.1 Magnetic Anisotropy |
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374 | (1) |
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14.4.2 Magnetic Interactions |
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375 | (3) |
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14.4.3 Magnetic Density and Choice of Units |
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378 | (4) |
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14.5 Towards Applications: On-Chip Refrigeration |
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382 | (3) |
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385 | (4) |
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385 | (4) |
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