Magnetism of single-doped paramagnetic tin clusters studied using temperature-dependent Stern–Gerlach experiments with enhanced sensitivity: impact of the diamagnetic ligand field and paramagnetic dopant

Abstract

Arachno-type geometries have been validated for Sn14TM (with TM = Cr, Mn, Fe) by cryogenic electric beam deflection. Variable temperature Stern–Gerlach experiments reveal that Sn14Cr is a singlet, Sn14Mn a doublet and Sn14Fe most probably a triplet.