Nature Communications (May 2018)

Quantum Monte Carlo simulations of a giant {Ni21Gd20} cage with a S = 91 spin ground state

  • Wei-Peng Chen,
  • Jared Singleton,
  • Lei Qin,
  • Agustín Camón,
  • Larry Engelhardt,
  • Fernando Luis,
  • Richard E. P. Winpenny,
  • Yan-Zhen Zheng

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04547-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Paramagnetic metal clusters with large ground spin states often possess attractive magnetic behaviors for information storage or solid-state cooling applications. Here, the authors design a giant {Ni21Gd20} cage, which using quantum monte carlo simulations they predict to possess a spin ground state approaching S = 91.