Aims of this tutorial:

(1) Reminder of magnetic properties, magnetic hamiltonian, Hund's rules, CEF, ...

(2) Discuss the basic experiments proving SMM behavior

Manuscript I to be discussed: Sessoli et al., Magnetic biastability in a metal-ion cluster:

• Why the Mn12 cluster can be described by a single spin S=10?
• Discuss Fig. 4. What would you expect for an ordinary paramagnet?

Manuscript II to be discussed: Novikov et al., A Trigonal Prismatic Mononuclear Cobalt(II) Complex Showing Single-Molecule Magnet Behavior

• Discuss the manuscript! (Which experiments have been done? Why are these experiments relevant here? What are the main results? What are the main conclusions?)

Literature:

• Blundell's Introduction to Magnetism
• Summer school lecture by W. Wernsdorfer, a main player on the field
• AC-chi: Page 19ff from Tang and Thang's textbook
• Review by Eugenio Coronado, Molecular magnetism: from chemical design to spin control in molecules, materials and devices, Nature Reviews Materials volume 5, pages 87–104 (2020) (a more chemistry perspective)
• Review by Stephen J. Blundell, Molecular magnets, Contemporary Physics 48 (2007) 275-290