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The Origin of Nonmagnetic Kramers Doublets in the Ground State of Dysprosium Triangles: Evidence for a Toroidal Magnetic Moment
Author(s) -
Chibotaru Liviu F.,
Ungur Liviu,
Soncini Alessandro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200800283
Subject(s) - dysprosium , ground state , magnetic moment , toroid , moment (physics) , ab initio , ab initio quantum chemistry methods , condensed matter physics , chemistry , materials science , atomic physics , physics , molecule , inorganic chemistry , quantum mechanics , plasma , organic chemistry
Triangular donuts : High‐level ab initio calculations reveal a toroidal arrangement of local magnetizations at dysprosium sites in the ground state of triangular dysprosium complexes (see picture), an arrangement that explains their unusual magnetic properties.