Ferrotoroidic ground state in a heterometallic {CrIIIDyIII 6} complex displaying slow magnetic relaxation
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1827
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41467-017-01102-5
- Title of journal
- Nature Communications
- Article number
- 1023
- First page
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- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-01102-5
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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A - Advanced Materials
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper reports the discovery of the first ferrotoroidal spin state in an individual molecule. Toroidal quantum states (rotating magnetic spin states) are most promising for building quantum computing and information storage devices, as they interact with charge and spin currents, allowing this moment to be manipulated by electrical means. We have constructed the first molecule that contains two toroidal moments that interact to enhances the toroidal moment of the molecule. The work has led to the first toroido-correlations ever to be reported, highlighting how to optimize ferrotoroidal magnetism in molecules (Langley et. al. submitted to Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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