Resonant magnetization tunnelling in the half-integer-spin single-molecule magnet [PPh₄][Mn₁₂O₁₂(O₂CEt)₁₆(H₂O)₄]

Abstract

Steps are observed on the magnetization hysteresis loop for an oriented crystal sample of [PPh₄][Mn₁₂O₁₂(O₂CEt)₁₆- (H₂O)₄] and these are taken as evidence for field-tuned resonant magnetization tunnelling between quantum levels of the S = 19/2 ground state.

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