Templating Odd Numbered Magnetic Rings: Oxovanadium Heptagons Sandwiched by beta-Cyclodextrins

N. Hoshino , Motohiro Nakano , Hiroyuki Nojiri , Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (1) , Hiroki Oshio

1 NEEL - QuantECA - Circuits électroniques quantiques Alpes

The oxovanadium heptagons sandwiched by beta-cyclodextrins showed stepped magnetization curves, which were characteristic of level crossings of spin sublevels. Doubly degenerate ground Kramers' doublets split into two spin states, and the splitting energy gaps depend upon ring distortions.

Domaines: Physique [physics]

N. Hoshino, Motohiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Nojiri, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Hiroki Oshio. Templating Odd Numbered Magnetic Rings: Oxovanadium Heptagons Sandwiched by beta-Cyclodextrins. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131 (42), pp.15100-15101. ⟨10.1021/ja9066496⟩. ⟨hal-00981967⟩