Templating odd numbered magnetic rings: oxovanadium heptagons sandwiched by beta-cyclodextrins.
The oxovanadium heptagons sandwiched by beta-cyclodextrins showed stepped magnetization curves, which were characteristic of level crossings of spin sublevels. Doubly degenerate ground Kramers' doublets split into two spin states, and the splitting energy gaps depend upon ring distortions.
Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8571, Japan.
Norihisa
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Hoshino
Motohiro
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Nakano
Hiroyuki
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Nojiri
Wolfgang
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Wernsdorfer
Hiroki
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Oshio