Stern-Gerlach molecular beam deflection studies of magnetic sandwich clusters
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Abstract
Stern-Gerlach studies of transition metal-benzene [M$_{n}$(bz)$_{m}$] and lanthanide-cyclooctatetarene [Ln$_{n}$(COT)$_{m}$] sandwich clusters and related sandwich compounds have identified several systems that are ferromagnetically ordered. Such ordered organometallic systems are promising candidates as building blocks for spintronic and information storage applications: their quasi-one-dimensional molecular structures introduce the spatial anisotropy required for magnetic bistability. Magnetic moment measurements of representative magnetically ordered M$_{n}$(bz)$_{m}$ (M=Sc and V) and Ln$_{n}$(COT)$_{m}$ (Ln=Eu, Tb, Ho) systems will be presented.
*This work is supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Chemical Sciences, under Contract W-31-109-ENG-38 and by the CREST program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).