Former Members of the Güdel Group

Dr. Roland Bircher;
graduate student until July 2006 and postdoc until August 2006

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Dr. Roland Bircher
The Bragg Institute, Building 87
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
PMB 1, Menai NSW 2234
Australia
Phone +61 2 9717 9657
Fax +61 2 9717 3606
e-Mail roland.bircher@ansto.gov.au
Web http://www.ansto.gov.au/ansto/bragg/staff/s_bircher.html

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Research field

 

Publications

Mikhail Sofin, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Roland Bircher, Eva-Maria Peters and Martin Jansen
Na10Co4O10, an Oligooxocobaltate(II, III) with Unusual Magnetic Properties
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42, 3527-2529 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)
Angew. Chem. 115, 3651-3653 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Colette Boskovic, Roland Bircher, Philip L. W. Tregenna-Piggott, Hans U. Güdel, Carley Paulsen, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Anne-Laure Barra, Eugene Khatsko, Antonia Neels and Helen Stoeckli-Evans
Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Intermolecular Interactions in a New Family of Mn4 Complexes with an Energy Barrier to Magnetization Reversal
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 14046-14058 (2003)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

G. Chaboussant, S. T. Ochsenbein, A. Sieber, R. Bircher, H.-U. Güdel, B. Barbara, A. Müller and H. Mutka
Magnetic field reveals nature of quantum spin state in the molecular spin cluster V15
ILL Annual Report 2003, 18-19 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Andreas Sieber, Grégory Chaboussant, Roland Bircher, Colette Boskovic, Hans U. Güdel, George Christou and Hannu Mutka
Pressure dependence of the magnetic anisotropy in the single-molecule magnet Mn4O3Br(OAc)3(dbm)3
Phys. Rev. B 70, 172413/1-4 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Roland Bircher, Grégory Chaboussant, Andreas Sieber, Hans U. Güdel and Hannu Mutka
Transverse magnetic anisotropy in Mn12 acetate: Direct determination by inelastic neutron scattering
Phys. Rev. B 70, 212413/1-4 (2004)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Stergios Piligkos, Gopalan Rajaraman, Monica Soler, Nadeschda Kirchner, Joris van Slageren, Roland Bircher, Simon Parsons, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Jens Kortus, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, George Christou and Euan K. Brechin
Studies of an Enneanuclear Manganese Single-Molecule Magnet
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 5572-5580 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)

Juan Modesto Clemente-Juan, Eugenio Coronado, Alejandro Gaita-Ariño, Carlos Giménez-Saiz, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Andreas Sieber, Roland Bircher and Hannu Mutka
Magnetic Polyoxometalates: Anisotropic Exchange Interactions in the CoII3 Moiety of [(NaOH2)Co3(H2O)(P2W15O56)2]17-
Inorg. Chem. 44, 3389-3395 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Journal Cover Picture

Andreas Sieber, Colette Boskovic, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Grégory Chaboussant, Hans U. Güdel, Nadeschda Kirchner, Joris van Slageren, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Antonia Neels, Helen Stoeckli-Evans, Stefan Janssen, Fanni Juranyi and Hannu Mutka
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of a New Family of Ni4 Spin Clusters
Inorg. Chem. 44, 4315-4325 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Andreas Sieber, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Graham Carver, Grégory Chaboussant, Hannu Mutka and Hans-Ulrich Güdel
Effect of Pressure on the Magnetic Anisotropy in the Single-Molecule Magnet Mn12-Acetate: An Inelastic Neutron Scattering Study
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 4239-4242 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)
Angew. Chem. 117, 4311-4314 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)

Andreas Sieber, Dolos Foguet-Albiol, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Roland Bircher, George Christou, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Hannu Mutka and Hans U. Güdel
Direct Determination of the Anisotropy and Exchange Splittings in the Dimeric Single-Molecule Magnet [Mn4O3Cl4(O2CEt)3(py)3]2·8MeCN by Inelastic Neutron Scattering
Inorg. Chem. 44, 6771-6776 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Roland Bircher, Grégory Chaboussant, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Hans U. Güdel and Euan K. Brechin
Inelastic neutron scattering study of undeuterated [Mn9O7(OAc)11(thme)(py)3(H2O)2]
Polyhedron 24, 2455-2458 (2005)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

David M. Low, Gopalan Rajaraman, Madeleine Helliwell, Grigore Timco, Joris van Slageren, Roberta Sessoli, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Roland Bircher, Christopher Dobe, Oliver Waldmann, Hans-Ulrich Güdel, Mark A. Adams, Eliseo Ruiz, Santiago Alvarez and Eric J. L. McInnes
A Family of Ferro- and Antiferromagnetically Coupled Decametallic Chromium(III) Wheels
Chem. Eur. J. 12, 1385-1396 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Roland Bircher, Grégory Chaboussant, Chris Dobe, Hans U. Güdel, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Andreas Sieber and Oliver Waldmann
Single-Molecule Magnets Under Pressure
Adv. Funct. Mater. 16, 209-220 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Norbert Stüßer, Mikhail Sofin, Roland Bircher, Hans-Ulrich Güdel and Martin Jansen
Competing Magnetic Interactions in Na10Co4O10, Studied by Neutron Diffraction
Chem. Eur. J. 12, 5452-5457 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

K. M. Mogare, D. V. Sheptyakov, R. Bircher, H.-U. Güdel and M. Jansen
Neutron diffraction study of the magnetic structure of Na2RuO4
Eur. Phys. J. B 52, 371-376 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Kerwyn G. Alley, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Hans U. Güdel, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Brendan F. Abrahams and Colette Boskovic
Mixed-Valent Cobalt Spin Clusters: a Hexanuclear Complex and a One-Dimensional Coordination Polymer Comprised of Alternating Hepta- and Mononuclear Fragments
Inorg. Chem. 45, 8950-8957 (2006)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Supplementary Data (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

Kerwyn G. Alley, Roland Bircher, Hans U. Güdel, Boujemaa Moubaraki, Keith S. Murray, Brendan F. Abrahams and Colette Boskovic
Incorporation of a tripodal ligand with a (N,O,O)-donor set into a new family of nickel and cobalt spin clusters
Polyhedron 26, 369-377 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

O. Waldmann, R. Bircher, G. Carver, A. Sieber, H. U. Güdel and H. Mutka
Exchange-coupling constants, spin density map, and Q dependence of the inelastic neutron scattering intensity in single-molecule magnets
Phys. Rev. B 75, 174438/1-11 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Roland Bircher, Brendan F. Abrahams, Hans U. Güdel and Colette Boskovic
Synthesis, structure and magnetic properties of a novel Tb4 spin cluster and synthesis of a Tb chain
Polyhedron 26, 3023-3028 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Crystal Structure Data (CIF format)

S. T. Ochsenbein, O. Waldmann, A. Sieber, G. Carver, R. Bircher, H. U. Güdel, R. S. G. Davies, G. A. Timco, R. E. P. Winpenny, H. Mutka and F. Fernandez-Alonso
Standing spin waves in an antiferromagnetic molecular Cr6 horseshoe
Europhys. Lett. 79, 17003/1-6 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)

Satoshi Koizumi, Masayuki Nihei, Takuya Shiga, Motohiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Nojiri, Roland Bircher, Oliver Waldmann, Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Hans U. Güdel, Felix Fernandez-Alonso and Hiroki Oshio
A Wheel-Shaped Single-Molecule Magnet of [MnII3MnIII4]: Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization under Static and Pulse Magnetic Fields
Chem. Eur. J. 13, 8445-8453 (2007)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      Journal Cover Picture      Journal Cover Picture (PDF)

Stefan T. Ochsenbein, Floriana Tuna, Marzio Rancan, Rachel S. G. Davies, Christopher A. Muryn, Oliver Waldmann, Roland Bircher, Andreas Sieber, Graham Carver, Hannu Mutka, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Andrew Podlesnyak, Larry P. Engelhardt, Grigore A. Timco, Hans U. Güdel and Richard E. P. Winpenny
Studies of Finite Molecular Chains: Synthesis, Structural, Magnetic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Hexa- and Heptanuclear Chromium Horseshoes
Chem. Eur. J. 14, 5144-5158 (2008)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      DOI-Link      Journal Cover Picture      Journal Cover Picture (PDF)      DOI-Link     

new Michael L. Baker, Oliver Waldmann, Stergios Piligkos, Roland Bircher, Olivier Cador, Stefano Carretta, David Collison, Felix Fernandez-Alonso, Eric J. L. McInnes, Hannu Mutka, Andrew Podlesnyak, Floriana Tuna, Stefan Ochsenbein, Roberta Sessoli, Andreas Sieber, Grigore A. Timco, Høgni Weihe, Hans U. Güdel and Richard E. P. Winpenny
Inelastic neutron scattering studies on the odd-membered antiferromagnetic wheel Cr8Ni
Phys. Rev. B 86, 064405/1-11 (2012)      Abstract      Full Text (PDF)      DOI-Link     

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