The first {Dy4} single-molecule magnet with a toroidal magnetic moment in the ground state

Inorg Chem. 2012 Feb 6;51(3):1233-5. doi: 10.1021/ic202650f. Epub 2012 Jan 12.

Abstract

A toroidal magnetic moment in the absence of a conventional total magnetic moment was first observed in a novel tetranuclear dysprosium cluster with nonmagnetic ground state. The toroidal state is quite robust with respect to variations of the exchange parameters.