TY - JOUR
T1 - Intramolecular spin relaxation in isolated molecules
AU - Amirav, A.
AU - Navon, G.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - We report an experimental observation of intramolecular electron-spin relaxation in isolated, collision-free molecules, in a molecular-beam apparatus. The relaxation was probed by a Stern-Gerlach experiment with Rabi-type inhomogeneous magnets. Relaxation was found to be very efficient for molecules such as chromium acetylacetonate and UCl4. For the nitroxide free radical TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinooxy) relaxation times of about 0.4 and 200 μs were found in effusive and supersonic beams, respectively.
AB - We report an experimental observation of intramolecular electron-spin relaxation in isolated, collision-free molecules, in a molecular-beam apparatus. The relaxation was probed by a Stern-Gerlach experiment with Rabi-type inhomogeneous magnets. Relaxation was found to be very efficient for molecules such as chromium acetylacetonate and UCl4. For the nitroxide free radical TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinooxy) relaxation times of about 0.4 and 200 μs were found in effusive and supersonic beams, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.906
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.906
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AN - SCOPUS:4944231425
VL - 47
SP - 906
EP - 909
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 13
ER -