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Cover Feature: First Demonstration of Magnetoelectric Coupling in a Polynuclear Molecular Nanomagnet: Single‐Crystal EPR Studies of [Fe 3 O(O 2 CPh) 6 (py) 3 ]ClO 4 ⋅py under Static Electric Fields (Chem. Eur. J. 56/2018)
Author(s) -
Boudalis Athanassios K.,
Robert Jérôme,
Turek Philippe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201804581
Subject(s) - nanomagnet , spintronics , coupling (piping) , antiferromagnetism , spin (aerodynamics) , electron paramagnetic resonance , condensed matter physics , crystallography , single crystal , chemistry , molecular magnets , physics , materials science , nuclear magnetic resonance , magnetic field , ferromagnetism , magnetization , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , thermodynamics
The spin of a polynuclear Molecular Nanomagnet can couple to externally applied electric fields, as evidenced by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance experiments. This is the first demonstration of magnetoelectric coupling in this class of magnetic materials and was observed for the spin‐chiral antiferromagnetic triangle [Fe 3 O(O 2 CPh) 6 (py) 3 ]ClO 4 ⋅ py. This magnetoelectric coupling could provide electric control of the spin states of Molecular Nanomagnets, a highly sought‐after characteristic in molecular spintronics. More information can be found in the Communication by A. K. Boudalis et al. on page 14896.