Quantum tunneling of magnetization in molecular nanomagnet Fe8 studied by NMR

摘要

Magnetization and NMR measurements have been performed for single crystals of molecular magnet Fe8. The field and temperature dependences of magnetization below 25 K are well described in terms of the isolated clusters with the total spin S = 10. The stepwise recoveries of H-1-NMR signals at the level crossing fields caused by the resonant quantum tunneling of magnetization were observed below 400 mK. The recovery of the NMR signals are explained by the fluctuation caused by the transition between the energy states of Fe magnetizations governed by Landau-Zener quantum transitions. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. [References: 12]