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Magnetic Tweezers for the Measurement of Twist and Torque
Published on: May 19, 2014
Net toroidal magnetic moment in the ground state of a {Dy6}-triethanolamine ring
Liviu Ungur1, Stuart K Langley, Thomas N Hooper
1Division of Quantum and Physical Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Liviu.Ungur@chem.kuleuven.be
Abstract:
A toroidal magnetic moment in the absence of conventional total magnetic moment is observed in a {Dy(6)} ring. The reason for the net toroidal arrangement of the local magnetic moments is the high symmetry of the complex in combination with strong intra-molecular dipolar interactions between Dy ions. The description of single-ion and inter-ion anisotropic magnetic interactions is achieved here for the first time fully ab initio, i.e., without use of phenomenological parameters.
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