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Top left: Kagome structure, Bottom left: YMn6Sn6 single crystal mounted on a rotating sample holder, Right: FMR signals at 240 GHz as a function of temperature, showing a magnetic phase transition  around 80K.

May 12, 2026

Researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso, Boston College, and the University of Notre Dame came to the MagLab to study the magnetism of an …


These three types of special molecules contain the element lutetium (green). The gray atoms are carbon, and the smallest hydrogen atoms are left out to keep things clear.

August 14, 2025

Chemists from the Naval Air Warfare Center and UC Berkeley have demonstrated chemical control of the electron-nuclear hyperfine interaction in a serie…


Illustration of the triangular Eu0.9Ba0.1I2(pyrazine)3 network and the magnetic fields (blue lines) produced by the EuII ions (green spheres) that are essential to the refrigeration process.

April 14, 2025

A two-dimensional triangular network of europium ions connected by organic pyrazine molecules is shown to possess the perfect ingredients for efficien…


The image illustrates the ability of the transition metal, titanium, to switch between oxidation states

January 14, 2025

Molecules containing the Earth-abundant metal, titanium, are widely used as catalysts for production of polymers such as polyethylene, polycarbonates …


Quantized energy levels associated with the coupled electron and nuclear states of the PrII ion as a function of magnetic field.

October 14, 2024

Previous work at the MagLab demonstrated that it is possible to design molecules containing a LuII ion such that its lone unpaired electron is shielde…


Imaging data of  first example of a europium single-molecule magnet

June 20, 2024

This study reports the first example of a europium single-molecule magnet – a molecule that can retain alignment of its ‘North’ and ‘South’ poles at l…


(a) Average crystal structure of Na2Co2TeO6 with each Na site 2/3 occupied; Te and O atoms have been omitted for clarity. (b) Representative structure showing Na-occupation disorder,

January 18, 2024

Studying a mysterious magnetic material (Na2Co2TeO6) that could be used in future quantum computing schemes, researchers revealed the crucial role mic…


Graphic of electron magnetic resonance experiments

August 11, 2023

New instrumentation allows electron magnetic resonance experiments to be performed in the lab’s flagship 36 T Series-Connected Hybrid magnet, unlockin…


Left: Magnetic field-swept pulsed electron echo-detected (ED) spectrum of a reactive, short-lived state of Mn/Fe R2lox after binding oxygen. Right: Detailed structure of the “R2lox” metalloprotein

January 23, 2023

High-magnetic-field time-resolved electron magnetic resonance was used to probe the unusual manganese/iron complex that is believed to play a role in …


Pulsed electron spin-echo spectra recorded at 94GHz and 5K, for the three compounds shown.

September 12, 2022

Electron spin coherence was enhanced through engineering of so-called clock transitions in molecular magnets, an advance in quantum computing strategi…


FIRMS map

May 16, 2022

Using far-infared magnetospectroscopy in high magnetic fields, scientists probed coupled electronic and vibrational modes in a molecular magnet that a…


The six-carbon benzene ring (highlighted in green) is stabilized via the surrounding rigid ligand scaffold, with the pair of metal ions (M = Y or Gd) above and below, further promoting the magnetic (triplet) ground state. The delocalized nature (aromaticity) of the unpaired electrons manifests as an equalization of the carbon-carbon bond lengths (right), resulting in an undistorted ring structure

February 09, 2022

High-magnetic-field, high-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance demonstrates how coordination chemistry can be leveraged to stabilize a desired el…


Normalized transmission through a BiFeO3 crystal with the magnetic field.

June 23, 2021

High-resolution electron magnetic resonance studies of the spin-wave spectrum in the high-field phase of the multiferroic Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) rev…


Molecular structure of the neutral Ni4(NPtBu3)4

February 11, 2021

An exciting advance of interest to future molecular-scale information storage. By using the uniquely high frequency Electron Magnetic Resonance techni…