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American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 22(95), 2005

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.227202

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Long-Range Ferromagnetism ofMn12Acetate Single-Molecule Magnets under a Transverse Magnetic Field

Journal article published in 2005 by F. Luis, J. Campo ORCID, J. Gómez, G. J. McIntyre, J. Luzón, D. Ruiz-Molina
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Abstract

We use neutron diffraction to probe the magnetization components of a crystal of Mn12 single-molecule magnets. Each of these molecules behaves, at low temperatures, as a nanomagnet with spin S = 10 and strong anisotropy along the crystallographic c axis. The application of a magnetic field H(perpendicular) perpendicular to c induces quantum tunneling between opposite spin orientations, enabling the spins to attain thermal equilibrium. For T approximately < 0.9(1) K, this equilibrium state shows spontaneous magnetization, indicating the onset of ferromagnetism. These long-range magnetic correlations nearly disappear for mu0H(perpendicular) approximately > 5.5 T, possibly suggesting the existence of a quantum critical point.