Electrically driven nuclear spin resonance in single-molecule magnets.

Recent advances in addressing isolated nuclear spins have opened up a path toward using nuclear-spin-based quantum bits. Local magnetic fields are normally used to coherently manipulate the state of the nuclear spin; however, electrical manipulation would allow for fast switching and spatially confined spin control. Here, we propose and demonstrate coherent single nuclear spin manipulation using electric fields only.

Electronic interaction in an outer-sphere mixed-valence double salt: a polarized neutron diffraction study of K(3)(MnO(4))(2).

The mixed-valence double salt K(3)(MnO(4))(2) crystallizes in space group P2(1)/m with Z = 2. The manganese centers Mn1 and Mn2 constitute discrete "permanganate", [Mn(VII)O(4)](-), and "manganate", [Mn(VI)O(4)](2-), ions, respectively. There is a spin-ordering transition to an antiferromagnetic state at ca.

Analytical determination of the [Ln-aminoxyl radical] exchange interaction taking into account both the ligand-field effect and the spin-orbit coupling of the lanthanide ion (Ln = DyIII and HoIII).

Numerous compounds in which a paramagnetic LnIII ion is in an exchange interaction with a second spin carrier, such as a transition metal ion or an organic radical, have been described. However, except for GdIII, very little has been reported about the magnitude of the interactions. Indeed, for these ions both the ligand-field effects and the exchange interactions between the magnetic centers become relevant in the same temperature range; this makes the analysis of the magnetic behavior of such compounds more difficult.