Photoexcited organic chromophores appended to stable radicals can serve as qubit and/or qudit candidates for quantum information applications. 1,6,7,12‐Tetra‐(4‐
We report the results of thermodynamic measurements in external magnetic field of the cubic Ce-based cage compounds Ce
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10446954
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
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- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Volume:
- 35
- Issue:
- 46
- ISSN:
- 0953-8984
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- Article No. 465601
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