Magnetic molecules are a new class of quantum magnets realizing zero-dimensional systems. They consist of a core with a finite number of magnetically strongly interacting paramagnetic ions. The anisotropy barrier induced by the magnetic core results in bistable ground state of magnetization at low temperature. Moreover, in case of a bistable ground state set, the famous quantum tunneling of the magnetization is observed, one of the very few macroscopic quantum effects in condensed matter. High-frequency ESR Spectroscopy is particularly devoted to investigate such metal-organic materials, i.e. spin state, spin dynamics, anisotropy and spin-orbit coupling, etc.
Within the thesis, students will:
